The leadership of veteran soldiers of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, under the aegis of Care First for the Aged Welfare Development Association, CFAWDA, has drawn the attention of the Senate president, Senator Olusola Saraki and members of the National Assembly to their plight.

Manufacturers in the real sector of the economy have requested the federal government to grant them 18 months access to foreign exchange to enable them backwardly integrate.

Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, held that the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has a case to answer over the alleged role he played in the illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms.

Thirty two persons were yesterday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court siting in Ikeja for allegedly causing riot at Mile 12, Lagos.

IT was a star-studded list of Nigerians that braved the early-morning downpour on Saturday March 5, 2016, to participate in the annual Endo Walk, aimed at breaking the silence around Endometrioisis – a silent but growing health condition that predisposes women of reproductive age to ill health, infertility and severe periodic pains.

ABEOKUTA—As the strike action embarked on by the workers in Ogun State entered the fourth day, yesterday, the organised labour leaders said they are prepared to face any consequence including being arrested and detained to achieve their agitations.

Akure—MEMBERS of the Ondo State House of Assembly, yesterday, rescinded their decision to impeach the first female Speaker in the history of the state Hon Jumoke Akindele and other principal officers less than 24 hours after serving them notice of impeachment.

THE House of Representatives yesterday, finally took over the legislative activities of the Kogi State House of Assembly in line with section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution, following the protracted crisis rocking the assembly.

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has accredited eleven Enterprise Development Centres and capacity building consultants to implement the bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Programme.

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechuckwu Enelamah has identified policy institutionalization as one of the current challenges confronting his ministry in implementing profitable policy that will shore up development for the economy.

Niger Delta activist and Chairman of Warri South West Monitoring Group, WSWMG, Ebiwei Loye, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to beam its search light on the activities of the Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Ado-Ekiti—Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, yesterday said he would not stop criticizing the Federal Government over its bad policies despite the recent clampdown on state officials by men of the Department of State Security, DSS.

For long burdened by the baggage of defending its eight year in power, the resolve of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to exploit the alleged fractures in the Adams Oshiomhole led All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State is apparently going awry.

ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, said that fleeing members of Boko Haram sect have infiltrated towns and villages in Taraba State, in the North Central geo-political zone of the country.

The lawmaker representing Ojo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Obasa has lauded Nigerian Women for their positive roles in nation building.