Ibadan—AS controversy to find grazing reserves for Fulani herdsmen across the country continues, some hoodlums, including herdsmen, on Tuesday night, invaded a farm belonging to a former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Mr. Ayodele Adigun and forced settlers in the place to flee their residence.

A 34-year-old suspect, Ibrahim Abudulamdi, paraded, yesterday, by the Lagos State Police Command, said he is not a robber, but goes to bank to steal after studying the environment.

Federal Government has inaugurated the newly-reconstituted committee on National Honours Award.

The 2016 budget has recorded a number of firsts in the history of Nigeria. It is the most controversial, the first in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Change Agenda, th first to be declared missing and the first to be highly padded. It is also the nation’s highest in norminal terms since independence and longest in the passage process.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has cleared the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Dandali Umar, of any culpability in the N10 million bribery allegation leveled against him.

ABUJA — The zoning of the chairmanship position in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sharply divided members of the party, with some leading stakeholders vowing to hold a parallel convention should the chairmanship position be zoned to the North-East.

INDICATION emerged yesterday that the erratic electricity supply in Lagos might worsen following alarm by both Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Eko DISCO and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja DISCO, over continuous drop in megawatts allotted them by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.

ABUJA — Cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Azibola Robert, has initiated contempt proceedings against chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, before an Abuja High Court, over alleged refusal to release him, having been in the custody of the commission since March 23, 2016, despite the order of court for his release.

SENATOR Isa Misau, yesterday, denied reports that he was stoned, weekend, by his constituents for purportedly working against President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it was not in a hurry to conclude the legislative re-run elections in Rivers State.
The commission said the conditions it set out for the conclusion of the exercise had not been met, hence its resolve to steer clear of Rivers State.

A man, who reportedly raped three of his children aged five, seven and nine, has been arrested by the police in Enugu.

Twenty-five former West African Examinations Council (WAEC) candidates who had returned the certificates got through examination malpractice to WAEC, may also forfeit the degree certificates acquired through the WASCE results, said WAEC.

THe unending feud in the Nigeria football family, orchestrated by Jos-based owner of Giwa FC, Chris Giwa, has been described as unfortunate and a distraction from serious football matters facing the nation.

About 100 traders were, yesterday, displaced after fire razed a section of the popular Ladipo market in Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos State, with goods worth several millions destroyed in the over 50 shops involved.

MRS. Adetola Adedayo of a Lagos magistrate’s court sitting at Isolo, yesterday, remanded two suspected fraudsters, who were arrested recently by Department of State Service, DSS, for allegedly cloning the phone number of Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Abode.