The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has set aside the winding-up of Afribank Nigeria Plc by an order of a Federal High Court, Lagos. The lower court had following a petition by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, wind-up the bank. The appellate court, set aside the winding up of Afribank following the appeal by shareholders of the bank, who had appealed against the judgment of the lower court.

The reality of life has dawned on out-going President Goodluck Jonathan as he lamented, yesterday, that his so-called friends have deserted him having lost the last presidential election to the opposition All progressives CongressAPC, candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking at a thanksgiving and farewell service in his honour at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja, President Jonathan said, however that he expected more of his friends to leave him. The president declared that he was ready to pay the price for his refusal to interfere with the electoral process which he ensured was carried out to its logical conclusion.

THE Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has rejected Paul Bassey’s resignation from the Technical and Development Committee of the NFF.

The Council of Traditional Chiefs of Alaoma Owerri Ebiri in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, has said that for the government of President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to succeed, it must reduce the cost of governance, strengthen the judiciary, ban unnecessary importation of goods, encourage industrilaisation, fight corruption and practise true federalism.

AMNESTY delegates deployed in Glassfa Continental Limited and Jimco Global Concept Limited’s training centres in Warri, Delta State, for training in pipeline welding and fabrication, have appealed to the Federal Government to settle their fees to enable them to receive their certificates.