lagos—Lagos State Government, yesterday, assured traders in Ladipo Market that it has no plan to demolish the market.

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, assured victims of Boko Haram attacks in Adamawa State of President Mohammadu Buhari’s determination to rid the country of terrorists, urging them not to lose hope.

LAGOS—Seven years old Olumide Basorun has cried out to Lagos, Ogun and federal governments to assist her locate her mother, who was kidnapped last Tuesday at Ikorodu, Lagos.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank is a leading light in the party. In this interview monitored on the African Independent Television (AIT) live current affairs programme, FOCUS NIGERIA, he spoke on issues flowing from the crisis that arose from the squabble for positions in the National Assembly

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has condemned the renewed onslaught against innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect especially during the holy month of Ramadan, just as he urged all Nigerians especially the religious faithful to pray to God to continue to save the country from all forms of calamity.

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended Nigerians for their patience and perseverance over the delay in the appointments of ministers, saying that the list would be released soon.

lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till October 21, 2015 for continuation of trial of the suspended Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Temisan Omatseye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over alleged N271 million fraud.

Adamawa State government says it will require a whooping N200 billion to reconstruct, rehabilitate and put in proper shape the facilities, private residences and other properties destroyed by Boko Haram in 11 of the 21 local government areas of the state.

AS the controversy rages over the alleged relocation of some Boko Haram detainees from prisons in the northern part of the country to Anambra State, the member representing Aguata federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mrs. Eucharia Azodo, yesterday urged the federal government to rescind the decision in view of its security implications on the people of her constituency.

The first meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling party since its decisive election victory should have been a celebration. That celebration is enveloped in a crisis its adversaries had foretold

Lagos State Secretariat Mosque Ikeja, Alausa has urged all Muslims to explore the spiritual benefits of fasting during the month of Ramadan and apply same in their daily activities even after Ramadan.

A well respected former governor in his old age is making a bold effort to galvanise popular movement to choose a successor to another popular governor. Will it work?

Various Islamic scholars have dismissed the notion being held by some Muslims that poverty engenders piety, stressing that just as begging is antithetical to Islam, there is no correlation between poverty and piety. The scholars advised Muslims not to be laid back, but work hard, help each other through the institution of zakaat, avoid inordinate pursuit of wealth and shun all what constitute haram in the quest of means of livelihood.

Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gecila Khan, has reiterated her stand that the last general elections in the state were devoid of violence.

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