The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, has announced plans to cause the freight of N60billion worth of cargo to Enugu and other states in the South-East geopolitical zone through Akanu Ibiam International Airport where the new customs-bonded cargo warehouse was inaugurated last Thursday.

THE Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, says lack of comprehensive and harmonized data for monitoring targets contributed in denying Nigeria most of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Yakubu Dankaba, alias Yakubu Hamisu; Yahaya Baba and Usman Abdulhakeem, alias Chairman, at Area 3, Garki District, Abuja, for their alleged involvement in a N20 million fraud.

Nigeria’s Lovina Onyegbule yesterday afternoon won her second gold medal in the T11 (physically challenged) athletics event at the on-going All Africa Games holding here in Congo Brazzaville.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, summoned the Federal Ministry of Justice, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Mr. Sam Saba and that of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before the court on September 21, to show cause why Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki should be prosecuted.

Soccer loving Nigerians will have the opportunity of watching live matches of the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup to be staged in Chile. This is because the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and StarTimes have concluded arrangements to bring the live pictures in the comfort of their homes.

EDO State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin City, yesterday dismissed the petition by Mr. Samson Osagie of All Progressives Congress, APC, challenging the election of Senator Matthew Urhoghide of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the representative of Edo South senatorial district.

BRITAIN has within a week, set three new records. Wayne Roonney by scoring his fiftieth international goal for England in the Euro 2016 qualification match against Switzerland, set the record as the country’s highest goal scorer.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday, commissioned the renovated Agbala Paediatric Centre in Ikorodu as well as the newly constructed Accident and Emergency Ward, at the General Hospital Ikorodu area of the state.

A 49-year-old lawyer, Shina Ibrahim, and his accomplice, Falilulai Sarumi, a businessman, 67, were yesterday arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court for allegedly obtaining N13 million under the false pretence of selling a landed property.

Four persons were yesterday arrested by Jigawa State command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, for committing sodomy with a 16-year-old boy, Umar Sani, in Taura Local Government Area.
According to the boy, the suspects who reside in the same local government, defiled him at different locations within their community and threatened to kill him if he tells anybody.

The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, to Cross River State, for the groundbreaking of the 260km dual carriage way has been postponed.

All Progressives Congress, APC, has rescheduled its Bayelsa State governorship primaries to September 22.

Imo State government appears set to close all unregistered and unapproved private institutions currently operating in the state.

Mr Kola Ogunleye, is an architect, and a chartered accountant of repute. He is also an economic policy analyst and commentator. His wealth of experience spanned both the public and private sector of the economy. He spoke to a select group of newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, expressing concern about the debt profile of South-West states, which he blamed on financial recklessness of the governors. He also criticized the Federal Government for not raising questions on why many of the states incurred huge debts before providing soft landing which he said has put the future generation in bondage.