ENUGU — People of the South-East geopolitical zone have tasked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the implementation of Enugu Free Trade Zone, FTZ, which was approved last May, by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

THE Delta State House of Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Oshimili North Constituency in the last House of Assembly polls, Chief Tony Azuya to inspect all the materials used.

In its determined effort to provide a platform to put an end to child marriage and ensure that all stakeholders work relentlessly to make sure that negative social practices imposed by culture on children are eliminated, Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund, formerly United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has hosted school students in Lagos State at the Women Development Centre, Agege, Lagos to celebrate the Day of the African Child.

President of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association, Bitrus Bewarang has called on the Nigeria Football Federation and, in particular, the League Management Company to halt the rate at which Nigerian club coaches were being sacked.

The US Investors Visa Programme was created by the Immigration Act of 1990 to encourage the flow of major investments into the United States to help stimulate the economy through job creation. In exchange for the investments made, the United States offers the foreign investors a variety of immigrant and non-immigrant visa options, such as EB-5; L-1 or EB-1C. This article aims at demystifying the myths associated with the various U.S. Investor Program.

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, the state House of Assembly and their agents from dissolving or, in any manner whatsoever, interfering with the tenure of office of the 23 local government council chairmen in Rivers State.

ObisiA Nwamkpa, a former Commonwealth Welterweight boxing champion on Wednesday decried the nation’s poor preparation towards the forthcoming 11th All Africa Games to hold in Congo Brazzaville.

An Islamic poet says: A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting beneath a mountain which he fears will fall on him, whilst the sinner sees his sins as if it were a fly passing his nose and he waves it off. As Ramadan provides us the promise of Allah’s increased mercy, it is better to use the period very well, maximise the opportunity and become a better person after Ramadan. It offers a unique opportunity to earn Allah’s pleasure. The process starts now. The entire idea of fasting is definitely to get closer to God. In doing this, it must be a period of total re-dedication to Allah with increase in activities that are in consonance with the dictates of Allah while also shunning the ways of shaytan (devil). The fasting Muslim must ensure that the exercise goes far beyond abstinence from eating and drinking. It includes a change of habits that will put you on the track of righteousness. Some of them are as follow.

Osakwe Industrial Cluster, also known as Association of Small / Medium Scale Industries, Awada Obosi, near Onitsha, Anambra State, has given Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, 30-day ultimatum to address its complaints about poor power supply and crazy bills or face legal action.

The police in Lagos have arraigned a 36-year-old man, Ibukun Onile, before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court over alleged stealing of N5,766,410.
This came on a day 23-year-old Haruna Shakiru was arraigned before the same court for allegedly conspiring to commit felony to wit: armed robbery, having armed himself with two locally made gun.

THE Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has concluded plans to partner Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, with a view to reducing accidents on the roads.

The Secretary to the Delta State Government, Mr Ovie Agas, has tasked journalists to shun divisive reports and give prominence to issues that would promote peace and unity among the people.

The Finals of the GTBank Masters Cup season 4 comes up tomorrow, at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos.

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja yesterday remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison two men, Alhaji Yerima Suleiman and Uwem Essien Antia, for allegedly obtaining N465 million by false pretence, from two persons, Dennis Ale and Aginwa Gladys.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, representing Remo Federal Constituency in the house of representative, Ladi Adebutu Kessignton has pledged financial commitment to the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball team qualification for the 2016 RIO Olympics.