The peace and tranquility that pervade the popular Ile-Epo Market in Abule Oke-Odo area of Lagos State was truncated on January 7, 2016 when some persons suspected to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW invaded the market with guns, cutlasses and broken bottles.

Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Federal Government to produce the erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), before him on February 16.

Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adeboye, yesterday, gave an assurance that Lassa Fever would be completely eradicated in the country this year.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria must adhere to the rules and guidelines of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, noting that registration of all mobile phone users without exception will help security agencies to pre-empt terrorist attacks.

Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Army, Princess Funke Adedoyin, has described Jebba- Mokwa road as a national disaster, needing urgent reconstruction.

THE Abia State Government has called on the National Judicial Council, NJC, to ensure that over 300,000 voters in the state were not denied their fundamental right of deciding the governor of the state.

ONE of those laying claim to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket in the forthcoming Anambra Central senatorial re-run polls, Senator Annie Okonkwo, has advised political parties planning fresh primaries to nominate candidates for the exercise to have re-think because it is illegal.

Monetary and fiscal policy executives from emerging markets in Africa are engaged in frantic efforts to market their economies at the ongoing World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, following the crash of commodities in the international markets, which has rendered their economies unattractive to investors.

The Minister of Communications and Technology, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, yesterday suspended the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mr. Peter jack, over allegations of illegal employments and procurement carried out in direct contraventions of laid down rules and procedure unknown to civil service administration in Nigeria.

The Acting Post Master General of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Mr. Enoch Ogun said NIPOST intercepted more than 500 items worth over N83.2 billion in 2015.

Benue State government and a private investor, Aerotropolis Development Company Ltd, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, for the establishment of a cargo airport in Makurdi, the state capital, at the cost of N37.898 billion.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has remanded an alleged fake codeine cough syrup producer, Mr. Kenneth Chiokwe, in prison custody following his arraignment by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.

SKYE Bank Plc has concluded plans to raise fresh capital during the first quarter of 2016 to beef up its capital base and improve its working capital.

The spokesperson to the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme Office for Niger Delta former militants, Mr Owei Lakemfa, has said that there was no need for anybody to protest over non-payment of stipends to the ex militants, as the payment was in progress.

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, has called on the education community to invest in early child education as it is a cornerstone to national development.