“… by virtue of the provisions of section 15(5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), section 38(2)(b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004 and section 27(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, it is contrary to public policy for the defendant or any of its agents to punish the claimant by way of suspension from duty or otherwise subject him to any disciplinary measure for making known to third parties information about corrupt practices and mismanagement of the funds of the Federal Polytechnic, Yaba otherwise known as Yaba College of technology.”

ABUJA — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, fixed August 13 to begin hearing on the suit seeking to stop Dr. Bukola Saraki from further exercising the powers of the Senate President.

The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, ONICCIMA said it will stop at nothing to ensure it persuades the new All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government to complete the ongoing Second Niger Bridge project.

Osun State House of Assembly, yesterday dismissed the petition by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, against Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his deputy, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Tomori over an allegation of mismanagement of the state resources, saying it was fictitious, frivolous and baseless.

The Golden Eaglets and other big names like Brazil, Argentina and Germany will today know their group opponents as the draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup will hold in Santiago, Chile.

Charles Dorgu, was a close associate of the late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar‘Adua and member of his Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM as well as a convener of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in his native Bayelsa State. Dorgu served as executive secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA.

Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government sacked the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dwaha, and appointed Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the new Chief Executive of the corporation, a gale of sacks, yesterday, swept through the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Together we planned my future; selected the courses and reviewed the progress. Even when I decided on Economics as my major subject, there were more questions regarding what I wanted to do with it. It was my disclosure about concern about poverty and its alleviation among Nigerians which influenced the elective courses. Mostly, I concentrated on Fiscal Policy matters and less on monetary issues. By choice, I could not be a banker; I was, and still am, happy to let others chase money.

Akure—A 28-year-old man, Bayo Odunayo, who allegedly raped a girl, aged 14, has been docked before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ondo town for rape and attempted suicide.

LAGOS—An Isolo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has remanded a 24-year-old man, Nwanagbaihu Chinonso, in prison custody for allegedly forcing his manhood into the mouth of a 4-year-old girl to suck.

Kwara State House of Assembly, yesterday, threatened to order the relocation of the military barracks and Nigeria Prison Service from Ilorin over the harassment of residents of the area by officers from both agencies.

Hon. Ken Agbim (PDP, Ahiazu Mbaise Constituency) is one of the six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Imo State House of Assembly. In this interview, the former media and entertainment executive, spoke on his plans for his people, collaboration with other legislators to assist the state government to increase its internally generated revenue and why it is too early to judge the All Progressives Congress, APC government in the state.

LAGOS — MORE than 10 years after the inception of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, following the Pension Reforms Act, PRA, of 2004, the pension assets have hit N4.746 trillioN

HIV: We have had so many claims by people of medicinal plants with anti-HIV activities but we had no means of screening them so in 2003/2004, we developed a technique called Vector-based Assay technique whereby we can actually screen large number of medicinal plants for anti-HIV activities.

Lagos—The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to unveil its economic blueprint in order to stem the tide of declining investor’s confidence in the economy.