The Police in Lagos are currently investigating a native doctor, identified simply as Celestine, for allegedly burying a client who died while receiving treatment.

I HAVE spent the weekend in Ilorin, after a week’s visit to Maiduguri. And that included my birthday, September 5th, which meant that, for the umpteenth time, I was away from my family, on the eve of my children’s return to school for the new session. When I tell my friends that I carry the gene of travel as a good Fullo, the fact that I always seem to travel just underlines the issue.

According to a press statement by the Acting State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adulrahaman Ahmed, the gunmen accosted their victim, one Idris Mai Dawa of Gwalaga ward, along Lere junction in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state and shot him.

An 86-year-old man, Ebenize Okpara, and two others, were yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court over alleged burglary and stealing of properties worth N1.5 million.

ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s banking industry, yesterday in Lagos, said that it would not accept a situation where workers were used as a sacrificial lamb over the Federal Government new Treasury Single Account, TSA, policy.

The apex Igbo Organization in Diaspora, the World Igbo Congress, WIC, at the end of its 21st annual convention held in Los Angeles , California, the United States of America has urged both the Federal and State governments in Nigeria to treat the issue of security of lives and property in the South East states and Nigeria with priority attention.

A human rights group, the Campaign for Democracy, CD, South East Zone, yesterday, condemned what it termed last Sunday’s invasion of some sacred worship centers by the police and other law enforcement agencies to arrest members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, during their thanksgiving church service to mark their 16th anniversary.

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Arc. Abayomi Awoniyi has expressed gratitude to the PDP delegates who voted massively to give victory to Governor Idris Wada, assuring them that the governor will work hard to deliver victory to the party.

In a bid to further boost trade between Nigeria and landlocked countries, the Federal Government has concluded plans to site three key transport infrastructure in Enugu State as a strategy to decongesting the seaports, promote export and create more corridors for transit trade between Nigeria and her landlocked neigbouring countries of Niger and Chad.

The Council of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to develop the retail aspect of the capital market to help raise capital to fund government projects.

The talks between the Presidency and Boko Haram with a view to ending the carnage in the North-East have so far been carried out at an informal level, credible sources have told to Vanguard.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) from further operating a parallel account called “Eko Electricity Distribution Company Meter Account” number 2562128948 with ECOBANK Nigeria Plc until the determination of the substantive suit filed by Momas Systems Nigeria Limited, MSNL and one other.

Perturbed by the delay in the implementation of the National Conference report,the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the outcome of the conference as an anti-corruption template.

THE Urhobo Nationality Council, UNC, yesterday, slammed critics of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Niger-Delta over his recent appointments, urging them to be patient and watch how the development would unfold.

THE Traditional Council of Chiefs of Okere Urhobo Kingdom in Warri, Delta State, has re-affirmed the sanctity of the Ototaship and regency of Chief Wilson Eboh.