The entire idea of fasting is definitely not to starve oneself but to be on a different spiritual plane altogether. It is not a punishment but a spiritual exercise to go closer to God.

Aggrieved Imo monarchs, who dragged Governor Rochas Okorocha and nine others to court have won the first round as an Imo High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Bernadine Ngozi Ukoha, yesterday, restrained the defendants from taking any further action that would impinge on the matter before the court.

The retirement of the Chairman, Oyo State governorship election petition, Justice F. C Obieze yesterday stalled proceedings on the petition filed by a former governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja against the incumbent governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

Worried by the incessant killings in villages in some local government areas of Plateau North Senatorial zone, traditional rulers in the area have appealed to the Federal Government and other relevant agencies to step up efforts at arresting the trend.

Construction companies in Nigeria, under the aegis of the Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI), have expressed concern over the high indebtedness of the Federal Government, state and local governments to the construction industry running into over N600 billion

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed fears that removal of restrictions imposed on the interbank foreign exchange market will lead to sharp depreciation of the naira.

POLITICIANS opposed to the second term ambition of the incumbent Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, have met in Yenagoa to map out strategies on how to scuttle his return bid.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, re-validated the judgment of the court, restraining any extradition process against the Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) yesterday released the list of athletes that qualified for the Kaduna leg of the AFN Golden League slated for Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Saturday June 27, 2015.

The Executive Secretary of Apapa Local Government, Mrs Cecilia Dada, yesterday, told stakeholders’ that unless prompt attention and lasting solution is found to the incessant traffic gridlock in Apapa, life will continue to be unbearable for all.

A customer in one of the new generation banks along Rangers Avenue, Enugu, has alleged the connivance of security men in the pilfering of the N500,000 he withdrew from his account on June 11.

Former speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chief Stanley Ohajuruka, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, would take over power in 2019.

Nigeria Under 20 international Dele Alampasu can now resume his career at Estoril Praia, the Nigeria Football Federation Players’ Status/Arbitration Committee has ruled.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange , NSE will soon commence trading naira futures that will help investors hedge against movements in the local currency, Chief Executive Officer Oscar Onyema said. “It would be awesome if we had a naira-dollar contract that we could trade on the exchange,” he said in an interview in London on Monday. “Futures and options are asset classes that we think would be very beneficial to foreign investors.”

Unemployment must be tackled with business decline which has progressively worsened over the years with many business executives having to sell their properties, with them driving their cars as unpainted taxi for survival. About 1.8 million fresh graduates, millions of unskilled youths, yearly enter into the ever-swirling labour pool.