EARLY January, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, issued a 30-day to the Security Adviser, NSA, and the Inspector General of Police, IG, to unmask those behind an explosion that rocked premises of a Rivers State High Court at Ahoada on January 5.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mrs Funke Aboyade, has called on the National Assembly to fast track the passage of the justice sector reform bills, stressing that the criminal justice system was at breaking point.

ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, charged Abiodun Akorede, A.K.A. Kwesi John Mensah; and Sherif Ajaga, A. K.A. Rowland Komolafe, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for attempting to dupe Senator Tunde Ogbeha.

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, has urged Nigerians not to entertain fear about 2015, saying that the year will be of blessing and filled with bountiful opportunities for the country.

Awka—THE candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Anambra Central in the February 2015 election, Chief Victor Umeh, has received a boost in Agulu, the home town of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Peter Obi, who recently defected from APGA to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Central Bank of Nigeria sold $5.3 billion to defend the naira in October even as foreign exchange inflow into the economy fell by 5.4 percent during the month.

THE Federal Government says it intends to inject N1.2 trillion into the nation’s universities for infrastructural development and capacity building within the next three years.

After many weeks of aversion to his candidacy, Adamawa State Governor, Bala James Ngilari, has finally acknowledged former Economic and Financial Crimes Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

THE 2014 Christmas season might have come and gone , but one of the major high points of the season in Lagos was the return of The Biggest Broadway Theatre, Saro 2 The Musical to the theatre circuit.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said that the New Year 2015, will be an important one for Nigerians to vote for change and get the country back to the path of greatness, rather than the present system at the federal level where nothing works.

A senatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Mr. Solomon Edoja, has denied media report that he was about decamping to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has described 2015 as very crucial to Nigeria and has therefore called on everyone to remain more focused on building the culture of peace for the survival of the Nation.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released N500 million to the Enugu State Government to finance 1,600 micro enterprise borrowers recommended by Enugu Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, Centre under the state Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Programme, MSMEDP.

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State, yesterday, said among his achievements as out-going governor was ensuring that security and peace reigned in the state.

DR Oke Idawene is chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Delta State. In this interview, he boasts that the SDP remains the only alternative to the electorates in the state. Giving reasons why the party is yet to pick a candidate for the 2015 governorship election in the state, he said “we are taking the right steps to give Delta State the best.” He bares his mind on other burning issues.