Lagos—The management of Babington Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, has said one of the suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping of the three students has asked the school to pray for him.

THE Nigerian Police Force yesterday debunked insinuations in some quarters that it aided the violent attacks and disruption of the electoral process that took place during the last rerun election in Rivers State.

Federal Government is to establish weigh-stations at the nation’s seaport to beat the new International Maritime Organisation, IMO, law that makes it compulsory for all consignment meant for export to be weighed before leaving their port of origin.

Alumni Association of the National Institute policies and Strategic Studies, AANI, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to ignore the pressure to devalue the Naira, saying “It is time Nigeria diversified the economy to value adding activities in manufacturing in the real sector of the economy.”

THE United States Agency for International Development, USAID, yesterday said it had spent over $240 million on the welfare among others of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the North-East.

NIGER State Government yesterday warned that the ongoing water scarcity in the state might linger for the next 11 months.

In an effort to reduce the unemployment rate in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria, said it has approved the sum of N3 million credit line to each beneficiary of Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme, YIEDP.

lagos—The Lagos State and Kebbi State government yesterday, entered into a partnership on the establishment of a commodity value chain that will give a quantum leap to food processing, production and distribution.

Ibadan—THE Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has mourned the death of the Director of Legal Services of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Wale Diya, an incident he described as the exit of a shining star within the fold of the progressives.

As the House of Representatives moved the motion on the need for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to revert to Paper Pencil Test, it is imperative as stakeholders to recapitulate the pains and gains of Computer Based Test, CBT and Paper Pencil Test, PPT.

ABUJA — Alleged refusal by the erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), to appear in court, yesterday, stalled hearing on the 19-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and four others.

EVERY so often, we are bombarded with statistics upon statistics of women underperforming in virtually every field of endeavour. This dismal state of affairs cannot be too far removed from our abysmal ability to network.

Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has admitted the hot weather in Kaduna is affecting some of his players, but praised the commitment of the team ahead of tomorrow’s AFCON showdown against Egypt.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has expressed dissatisfaction with the low power supply by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, to Edo State, saying it posed a threat to security in the state.

As the human rights community in the country awaits the constitution of a fresh Governing Council for the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, stakeholders have called for its restructuring, with the appointment of capable hands to run it for the maximum benefit of Nigerians.