The embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, Thursday, begged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to quash the seven-count criminal charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.

Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o on Thursday succeeded in having a tell-all book written by his former girlfriend banned by the High Court of Paris, but the editor confirmed they have appealed the decision.

In a keynote address at the public presentation of a book, Nigerian Century written by Dare Babarinsa at the Shehu Musa Yaradua centre in Abuja, President Buhari said with the abundant human and natural resources in the country, with proper harnessing, the country would attain its greatness.

Lawyers to Anita, the former wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of Christ Embassy, have said that she had finalised her divorce to the preacher, adding that she was no longer a part of, or involved in, the church, also known as Believers LoveWorld Inc.

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma on Thursday in Abuja met with Commissioners for Economic Planning and Budget matters in the states to address emerging Socio- economic policy issues in the country.

Liberia’s central bank confirmed Thursday it has appointed the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as interim governor despite his previous suspension from the institution for failing to properly declare his assets.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday announced the appointment of a renowned blogger & Journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media.

The criminal negligence trial of Nigerian pastor TB Joshua over a building collapse at his Lagos mega-church that killed more than a hundred people was delayed Thursday for two weeks.

Apparently worried by the continuous decline in the nation’s economy, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene an emergency economic conference to enable experts brainstorm on the way forward and future of the economy.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has hailed the emergence of former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), calling on all members and supporters of the party to support the new chairman.

Troops of 7 Division Garrison comprising 112 Battalion and Armed Forces Special Forces Battalion yesterday carried out a joint clearance patrol on suspected Boko Haram terrorists locations at Kwaptara, Mijigete, Garin Boka, Mosole, Ngubdori, Ma’asa, Dukje and Gulumba in Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas of Borno State.

A 36-year-old driver, Sakiru Ogunbode, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing diesel worth N1.1 million.

Two Eko Hotel and Suites staff and a cab driver, were on Thursday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos over alleged theft of chickens worth N55, 000.

A 26-year-old murder suspect of Oluwaseun Oladapo, on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos that he never knew or met Mr Kunle Fadipe. Oladapo, led in evidence by his counsel, Mr Walter Oduagbaka made the claim in his ongoing trial for the July 4, 2014, murder of Fadipe, a prominent Lagos lawyer and human rights activist. The defendant, whose testimony in Yoruba was interpreted into English, told the court that he was watching football at Idiagbon Street, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, on the evening of the incident.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded one Abdulsalam Olayinka, 20, in prison for allegedly raping a 14- year-old orphan on Valentine Day.