Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave reasons why he would not hands-off the trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh.

‎The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned further hearing on‎ the 10-count criminal charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred ‎against the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh‎, till April 12 and 19.

The Women wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has vowed to slug it out with the men folk in the forthcoming governorship primaries of the party as the first female aspirant of the party, Mrs Tina Agbarha joins the guber race.

Despite assurances by the Federal Government to end the lingering fuel crisis yesterday, the scarcity of the commodity persisted across the country, as petrol continues to sell at N150 and above per litre depending on the part of the country.

YENAGOA the Bayelsa State capital yesterday stood still as former President Goodluck Jonathan led prominent Nigerians to pay their respects to the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State and governor general of Ijaw Nation, late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha at a special executive valedictory session held at the Government House Banquet Hall.

The Federal Government has set up a team of experts to study the design of section five of the East West road dualisation project from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar, the capital of Cross Rivers State.

It is not very often you have such a galaxy of eminent Nigerians under one roof.

Awardees at Vanguard Personality of the Year, 2015 Awards, which held on Friday, at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, had these to say:

RADIATING influence, affluence and royalty they commenced arriving the Eko Hotel and Suites venue of the Vanguard Personality Award at 5pm.

A former governorship candidate in Kogi State and a front line Afenifere member, Prince Rotimi Obadofin is dead.