UNEASY lies the head that wears the crown. Lately, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has cried out twice on the fate of the Nigerian Judiciary.

BARELY a year and a half after the Ebola plague and its containment, the nation is grappling with another scourge, Lassa Fever. So far, 41 lives have been lost and cases have been confirmed in 10 states accross the country namely: Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi, Taraba, Nassarawa, Niger, Kano, Edo, Ondo and Oyo. There were unconfirmed cases in Lagos and Rivers. The situation has fuelled a fresh fear of more loss of lives if urgent steps are not taken to stem the tide of its spread.

In this interview, political scientist, Dr. Emeka Enejere, says states would have enough funds if Nigeria is restructured and states are allowed to control their resources.

A Nigerian firm, Epic Refinery Group has signed a consulting agreement with a foreign firm, Chiron Refineries, for the completion of the construction of a 100,000 barrel refinery that is expected to provide employment for 100,000 Nigerians.

THE House of Representatives yesterday passed into second reading a Bill seeking an amendment to the Minimum Wage Act 2004 to reverse the exclusion of companies that have foreign interests from the list of establishments exempted from payment of National Minimum Wage in the country.

LAGOS—An ex-convict, Olawale Adenoju, who was paraded alongside other suspects, has revealed that he actually learned how to rob while in prison custody.

lagos—Foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), has launched the #GTBankMobileWin100k competition to reward its mobile banking customers by availing them of an opportunity to win N100,000 weekly in the ‘mBank’ January rewards.

OYO State Government has confirmed that a patient, who tested positive to Lassa fever had been treated and discharged allaying fears of residents that the state is free from the disease.

Lagos—A police prosecutor, Corporal Cyriacus Osuji, yesterday, told an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, how two bankers, Akanni Kehinde and Mustapha Abdulwaheed, allegedly stole N16.5 million, property of their employer, First Bank Nigeria Ltd., Orile, Lagos branch.

Commercial activities in Enugu metropolis and beyond, yesterday, were grounded as petrol filling stations closed shops following enforcement measures by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, of Federal Government’s approved pump price of N86.50 per litre of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol.

HUNDREDS of ex- militants under the Federal Government’s phase II Amnesty Programme have accused officials of the Amnesty Office of allegedly selling training slots meant for ex-militants to influential Nigerians for N500, 000 per individual.

DEPUTY Governor of Edo State, Dr. Pius Odubu, has described as spurious, the figures presented by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, alleging shortfall in the 2016 budgetary allocation to his office.

The Federal Government has been urged not to approve the appointment of the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Seminatari as substantive chief executive officer of the commission.

The decision by Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, to open up the space for more participation in governance has been commended by various stakeholders in the state.

Justice Evoh Chukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, fixed January 18 to hear a suit challenging the eligibility of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, to participate in the re-run governorship poll in the state.