The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church (LFC), Bishop David Oyedepo, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to unite in prayers to overcome the current challenges facing the country. Oyedepo spoke at the opening ceremony of the annual Winners Chapel Convention, Shiloh 2015, entitled “From Glory to Glory,’’ at Canaan land, Km 10, Idiroko Road, Ota, Ogun State.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo says he will present the 2016 Appropriation Bill to the House of Assembly on Dec. 14.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who has recently become a global icon, will be honoured by the Diplomatic Circle in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday, January 21, 2016.

The Global Financial Integrity (GFI) ranked Nigeria after South Africa as the 10 biggest exporter of Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) between 2004 and 2013. In a statement on Wednesday in Lagos issued by the Media Contact for GFI, Ms Christine Clough, GFI said the record was obtained from 20 emerging and developed economies worldwide.

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced a 32-year- old man, Lawrence Aluagu to life imprisonment, for drug trafficking. Aluagu who is unemployed, was arraigned on March 8 and had pleaded guilty to the charge of dealing in drugs.

Jigawa state governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has made a passionate appeal to the chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to as a matter of urgency to establish army formation in the state with a view at enhancing security situation.

A 37-year-old man, Joseph Ozomena, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly robbing a taxi driver at gun point. The accused, whose address was not disclosed in court, is facing a charge of armed robbery. The prosecutor, Insp. Simon Imhonwa, told the court that the offence was committed on Nov. 14 at Lekki Phase 1 gate around 3p.m.

The Lagos State University (LASU) Joint Committee of Senate and Governing Council had selected three out of the nine professors initially shortlisted to contest for the post of the Vice-Chancellor.

Indication has emerged on why New Age Mobile Concepts Ltd. signed Nigeria’s football legend, Austin J.J Okocha, to endorse its range of battery chargers and power banks.

Hajiya Halima Baba, a member of Women Empowerment Educational Network in Sokoto State, an NGO, has advised the National Assembly to drop the controversial Anti-Social Media Bill and apologise to Nigerians. Baba told newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday that Nigerians expected legislation that would tally with the norms of political change direction for the nation’s optimal goals.