Nigeria’s third-most powerful politician appeared in court on Friday to face false declaration of assets charges, with 66 lawyers on his defence team.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied any tension within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged secret zoning of national offices of the party by some of its leaders.

Jailed Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou, who is due to face off against President Mahamadou Issoufou in a March 20 election, was transferred to a hospital Friday, an opposition spokesman told AFP.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC and Guinness Nigeria Plc have resolved court action failed by the former over the of N1 billion administrative charges for its failure to adhere to recommended good manufacturing practice procedures.

Tunde Kolawole, a 29-year-old unemployed man, was on Friday arraigned before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for alleged theft of a refrigerator valued at N35,000.

The Police Area Commander, Sango-Ota Command in Ogun State, CP Fayoade Adegoke, has said that relevant information by Ota community aided the arrest of more than 20 robbery suspects and 10 cultists.

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti Friday ordered the security agency to release Hon Afolabi Akanni, a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who was arrested last week by men of the Department of State Services during their invasion of the Assembly.

The Chairman, National Seafarers Welfare Board, Chief Kunle Folarin, has urged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to focus on seatime training of cadets of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP).

NO fewer than 13 persons including an Anglican priest were Thursday killed in a fatal multiple auto crash near Atakpo River in Ibusa along Asaba-Ogwashi-Uku road, Delta State.

Prof. Lucy Ogbadu, the Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says the agency will partner with Cuba in producing vaccines against killer diseases.

“That’s the grand challenge,” says Stephen Sanborn, senior engineer and principal investigator at GE Global Research (GRC). “We need to make renewable energy available to the grid when it is needed.”

Kwara Elders Committee on Thursday openly expressed their support for the anti- corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) has announced the appointment of the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mallam Garba-Deen Mohammed , as the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation.

Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christain Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, Mr. Kennedy Opara has said that it was extremely necessary for every practicing Christian to visit Isreal on pilgrimage.

IFAD has played an important role in advocating for and investing in initiatives that encourage sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurialism among rural youth.