Traders at the New Auto Spare Parts Dealers Market Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday took to the streets of Idemili North Local Government Area in protest against an Idemili High Court order restraining the newly elected leadership of the market from piloting the affairs of the market pending the determination of the substantive suit.

Bayelsa State Government has sealed off the premises of Gbaran Ubie Integrated Oil and Gas facility, owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC.

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, compensated the injured paramilitary officer attached to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) with the sum of N500, 000.

The absence of the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, yesterday, stalled the trial of the embattled National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, over his alleged destruction of incriminating evidence against him.

THE CAF Champions League (CCL) will be narrowed down to the final eight clubs this midweek when the return leg matches of the second round are staged over Tuesday and Wednesday.

AFTER Chief C.O Adebayo and Senator Femi Okurorounmu had presented Afenifere’s position , Obasanjo cleared his throat and got up to speak. Chief Olusegun Osoba asked him to sit and address the meeting as one of his legs was hurting him but he responded: “How can I sit to address my leaders?

DESPITE the dwindling prices of oil and gas in the international market, Nigeria earned about $3.21 billion or N632.37 billion in 2015, through the liquefied natural gas, LNG, project, going by the exchange rate of N197 to a dollar.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has said that the controversies trailing the 2016 budget was affecting investment decision in the Nigerian market.

IN a strange mid week return fixtures of the CAF Champions League, Nigerian Champion Enyimba is set for what may turn out to be a do or die confrontation tomorrow in Sousse, about 150 kilometres from the Tunisian Capital! despite a convincing 3-0 victory back home in Nigeria.

The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Allied Offences Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has revealed that the commission was investigating a state governor for alleged diversion of bailout funds meant for the payment of workers’ salaries.

Former staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, yesterday, vowed to oppose liquidation of assets of the company until the ex-workers were fully paid their severance packages and other benefits.

LAWYERS in Anambra State were excited yesterday following the commencement of the sitting of the Court of Appeal in Awka.

A GOVERN-ORSHIP aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Osaro Onaiwu, yesterday called on the leadership of the party to call one of the aspirants of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to order, saying that his alleged denigrating comments against other aspirants of the party were unacceptable.

AS part of efforts to create jobs for the unemployed, Delta State Government, yesterday, empowered 540 youths with starter packs worth millions of naira under its Skill Training Entrepreneurship Programme, STEP.

The spate of drug abuse, poor diagnosis and lack of access to quality healthcare among Nigerians leave much to be desired. Today, it is no longer news that most Nigerian youths have taken to drug addiction while self medications have become the order of the day in almost every home. Experts say these have resulted to untimely deaths of individuals and severe medical complications in many. Worse still, the non availability of health information has almost made it impossible to prevent even the commonest disease.