Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius on Monday made a last-ditch attempt with South Africa’s top court to overturn his murder conviction for shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday unfolded a 13-point agenda to drive efforts towards enhancing power supply in the country.

National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, who’s being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit before a Federal High Court in Lagos requesting for his immediate release.

According to Fashola, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that all stakeholders in the sector should hold monthly meetings on issues concerning the industry. He said that the meeting would be rotated among the various GENCOs, DISCOs, TCN and other stakeholders across the country. Fashola said that all decisions reached in such meetings would be binding on all the stakeholders.

The Naira on Monday depreciated by 2 per cent against the dollar at the parallel market. The naira shed N5 to exchange at N280 to the dollar, as against N275 it traded on Saturday.

The board set up by the Nigerian Army to probe involvement of officers and soldiers in election malpractices during the governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti State, on Monday, submitted its report.

“All we are saying here is that our investors should go and register to collect your dividend electronically in their preferred bank. “All that we expect from an investor is to go to the bank and fill a form, which will contain certain information “ You will be required to give certain information like your passport, account number whether savings or current and then your BVN.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Monday, said the priority of his administration for educational institutions at the tertiary level is for them to nurture students to become wealth creators and innovators capable of contributing positively to the communities and the nation.

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Monday, frowned at the continued gale of defections of politicians from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to her party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Relating with the African press corps to Beijing, China, the Deputy Director General, Department of West Asian and African Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, China, Mr. Cao Jiachang disclosed China’s new blue print to elevating China-Africa partnership, saying that the way forward for China in the new intended relationship with governments of African countries is sustaining stability in order to attain the much needed prosperity that will be mutually benefitting to both China and African countries.

An Indian national, Mr Somen Debnath, is presently in Nigeria on ‘Around the World Bicycle Tour’ programme to raise global awareness on the effects of HIV/AIDS, through the education of young men and women worldwide. Somen, who arrived Lagos on bicycle after visiting 110 other countries in the last 11 years through same means, told Saturday Vanguard that the whole essence of the bicycle tour, which he said started at his hometown in Sundarbans, India, in May 2004, is to enjoin in ensuring that people living with the virus are not stigmatisied and or discriminated.

In the bid to deepen bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and China, the Chinese government through its Department of West Asian and African Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, China, has expressed the need for the two countries to sustain their diplomatic ties, by way of establishing a Win-Win cooperation to boost their economies.

Ibrahim said the accident happened when the driver of the bus lost control at Zangon Buji village in Dutse Local Government Area. He said that the bus was conveying Exchange students of Unity Schools from Damaturu, Yobe, to Abuja. The said four of the victims died on the spot, while the rest died on Monday at the Rasheed Shekoni Specialists Hospital, Dutse.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arrested the Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba, over an alleged N15 billion fraud.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is targeting an unprecedented fifth Ballon d’Or award in Zurich on Monday, with the Argentine heavily favoured to reclaim the prize from three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Brazil striker Neymar, who plays alongside Messi at Barca, is also in the running to be crowned world player of the year after he was included on the three-man shortlist for the first time.