Determined to press its case of money laundering against former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the British government, yesterday, seized £27,000 from the embattled ex-minister, who was granted conditional bail by the National Crime Agency, NCA, last week.

ABUJA—The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, overruled Governor Nyesom Wike on the admissibility of the election documents All Progressives Congress, APC, tendered through one of his witnesses

NIGERIAN nurses are diligent, hardworking and committed to work, but challenges in the hospital environment and at the home front are factors that contribute to the generally unbecoming and unfriendly attitude of some nurses in the country.

ONITSHA—The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in-charge of C Division, Asaba, Delta state, Mr Emmanuel Ogbuanya, has vowed that officers and men of the division would not rest on their oars until some undesirable elements who have been terrorizing inhabitants of Jaret and Cable Point areas of Asaba are completely wiped out from the area, based on his new detective strategies.

Secretary to Cross River State Government, Mrs Martina Agbor, was yesterday held hostage by street sweepers and gardeners at the Calabar Urban Development Authority, CUDA, when she went there to take inventory of the Authority’s vehicles and other facilities.

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would enact new policies to diversify Nigeria’s economy from oil to other sectors such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing.

ABUJA—A British financial expert, Mr. Gerard Lyons, has urged the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to come up with a clear economic policy direction to enable international investors take investment decisions on Nigeria.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday in London, said the apex bank would consider relaxing restrictions on foreign exchange transactions in the country if there was a drop in demand for dollars.

The inability of the Nigeria Football Federation to clear a consignment of kits from its sponsor Nike at the Apapa port, Lagos has resulted in acute shortage of kits for the various national teams, a Sports Vanguard investigation has revealed.

LATCHING on the significance of Nigeria’s 55 years independence anniversary, eminent Nigerians converged on Lagos to promote and encourage the spirit of national cohesion among the diverse ethnic groupings in the country.