Chairman, Senate Committee on Media And Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has said that no statement made by any Senator during the plenary today can be interpreted to mean an admission that the 2016 budget is missing.

Renowned constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of undermining the rule of law in the polity, adding “that those who may be telling the President to put Nigerians on the stakes and shoot them to death, without even trying them in the fight against corruption are his worst enemies.

Chelsea are in talks over a move for Paris Saint-Germain forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, according to the Argentine’s representative.

In fulfillment of the electioneering campaign promise of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Government has intensified efforts on the Light Up Lagos Project, an initiative aimed at lighting up every nook and cranny of the State.

In line with his passion for human capital development, Mr. Friday Osanebi, Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, and Founder of Friday Osanebi Foundation, FOF, has approved the commencement of 2016 undergraduate scholarship for Anioma students.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has moved to recover a whooping sum of N34 billion allegedly stolen by an ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), and the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi and nine others.

Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the successor to Pep Guardiola as coach of the Bundesliga giants next season.

Awka- TENSION is mounting in the sleepy Oraukwu community in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State following crisis that erupted in the area over the selection of the traditional ruler for the town. Since the demise of the former traditional ruler of the community five years ago, it had been difficult for the king makers to agree on the modality to the selection of the replacement for the late monarch.

The naira exchange rate was, however, stable at N197 to the dollar at the official market on Wednesday. The naira has depreciated steadily since Monday when the apex bank stopped the weekly sale of foreign exchange to Bureau de Change operators in the bid to sanitise the market.

ABUJA–Federal government on Wednesday gave nod to the request by the Lagos State government to borrow additional $200 million from the World Bank to finance its massive social infrastructures. The approval was one singular item that dominated the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, held at the presidential villa, Abuja.