SENATE President Bukola Saraki,Wednesday,swore in Senator Mao Ohuabunwu,as senator representing Abia North Senatorial zone.

An indigenous oil service company, Ofserv Nigeria Limited has dragged Weatherford International PLC, to court over alleged breach of contract and flouting the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act.

THREE persons laying claim to the Igweship stool of the oil –bearing Aguleri Otu in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State yesterday appeared at the State High Court sitting in Otuocha, with each accusing the other of being an impostor.

EVERY corruption case in Nigeria has an expiry date. This is one clear area where we shall consistently return to His Eminence, the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who we think can author a bestseller any day on the subject, being one Nigerian who thoroughly understands the Nigerian psyche and knows exactly when to do what.

The media have been awash of recent with petitions by one Mr. Peter Eze, a lawyer against the Chief Judge of Enugu State, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike, to the Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Judicial Council, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission, wherein he levelled allegations of forgery and misconducts.

MAKURDI—Despite the outcry that trailed the killings and sacking of Agatu communities by suspected Fulani militia, the marauders have, again, laid siege to Logo Local Government Area of the state, killing two and sacking over 25 villages.

Soldiers attached to 174 Battalion, Ikorodu, Lagos, yesterday, arrested a notorious pipeline vandal at Arepo creeks, Ogun State, while he was with some girls.

ABUJA — THE Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, yesterday, admitted before an investigative panel of the House of Representatives that its debt profile had risen to N6.6 trillion courtesy of accumulated interest payment of N2.1 trillion.

AHEAD of Saturday’s National and State Assemblies election rerun in Rivers state, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and security agencies have expressed their readiness for the polls.

AT the command performance of “ Little Drops”, a play written by Professor Ahmed Yerima, last Sunday, in commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari did not mince words when she declared that ‘she’s using the play as a campaign to bring once more, to national conscience, the anguish and travails of the women, children and people of the oil rich region.’

ABUJA— The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, described as erroneous claims by the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF) that it failed to remit N3.235 trillion to the Federation Account for the period ended December 31, 2014.

THE National Assembly fact-finding committee on the alleged invasion of Ekiti State House of Assembly by operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday visited the state to ascertain the veracity of the claim.

THE Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, said, yesterday, that Wednesday’s bomb attack which killed 22 persons at a mosque in Borno State was another desperate move by the Boko Haram sect to create the impression that its killer instinct still exists.

Super Eagles players, Leon Balogun and Aaron Samuel, are targeting home and away wins over the Pharaohs of Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations Cup qualifiers, billed for March 25 in Kaduna and March 29 in Alexandria.

THE Senate, yesterday, paid glowing tribute to the former Delta State governor, Chief Felix Ibru, who died last week at the age of 80.