The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday, said that the National Judicial Council, NJC, had between 2009 and 2014, punished over 64 judges that were found to have compromised the standard of justice in the country.

The South South Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Hillard Ita has said that the crisis in the National Assembly which has affected the party is a passing phase and would crash the party.

The hallowed chamber of the House of Representatives is in commotion as pro-All Progressives Congress lawmakers have kicked against the election of principal officers by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara

Retired Inspector-General of Police Mr. Mike Okiro, hit the nail on the head over the hullabaloo regarding the N275.5 million election fund fraud. He asserted that the whole scheme was an attempt to blackmail him.

BOARD of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP disclosed yesterday that a new Chairman for the party would emerge in August, just as the Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus has three months to provide such leadership in acting capacity.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has blamed the precarious financial health on the alleged fraudulent activities of political appointees, senior staff of ministries and parastatals, as well as local government workers.

DELTA State Labour Party, LP governorship candidate in the 2015 general election, Chief Great Ogboru has said though he is still a member of the LP, he is having discussions on a likely defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said that importers of rice, cement and other products will no longer access Foreign Exchange from CBN, banks and bureaux de change for such importation.

The empty treasuries at the federal and in many states of the federation is no longer news. The challenge before President Muhammadu Buhari is how to deliver the promises made to the electorate. In this interview, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State explains how he has decided to tackle the challenge of providing infrastructure for the people of his state, as according to him, the people did not vote for him to be giving excuses. He also spoke on a wide range of issues including the rancour between his administration and the immediate past government of ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi and why he has decided to complete projects started by the last administration

The inter agency rivalry between the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army came to head, yesterday, as the Aide de Camp to the President, Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal ordered personnel of the DSS out of the villa.

Reports from Akure, the Ondo State capital show that the ban placed on the production,sales and consumption of local gin popularly known as ‘ogogoro’ in the state is not effective. It is still business as usual for the sellers and consumers of the product across the state.

THE National Secretary of the Labour Party, LP, Dr Kayode Ajulo has urged the Federal Government to take over administrations in Osun and Benue States following the inability of the states to pay workers salaries.

The Federal Government has constituted an investigation panel into allegations leveled against the Nigerian military by Amnesty International.

THERE are hardly new reasons to adduce for the removal of fuel subsidy, except that the huge figures associated with the opaque practice are increasing in an economy that is almost on its belly. In simple terms, the burden of subsidising fuel is too heavy for the economy. The people, who the economy should serve, have their reasons for asking for subsidy.

Bauchi State High Court yesterday sentenced to death by hanging Ibrahim Idris, 40, for killing a six-year-old girl after failing in his attempt to rape her.