Lagos—The Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, has granted N2 million bail to the embattled ex-President of Nigeria Guild of Actors, NGA, Ibinabo Fiberesima, yesterday, pending the determination of her appeal at the Supreme Court over five years imprisonment slammed on her for manslaughter.

I should call myself an accidental politician just to borrow from my brother and friend, His Excellency, Malam Nasir El-Rufai who creatively described himself as an accidental public servant in his insightful book.

SINCE 2011, when he first assumed office, Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has tried to reinvent his state, Gombe, in the north-eastern geo-political zone of the country so it can truly live up to its sobriquet — Jewel in the Savannah.

THE Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, explained why electricity tariff increased, citing shortage in gas supply and drop in power generation.

The Nigerian Navy has postponed its recruitment exercise initially slated for tomorrow, as the force plans to work out a new digital approach in handling the huge volume of applications received with over 300,000 candidates applied for limited slot of 3,000.

Nigerians have call for the release of the nephew of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Azibaola Robert, the Managing Director of Kakatar Engineering limited following his continuous detention by anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC.

OSOGBO—Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Alhaji Nasiru Ayilara has assured all the personnels of the commission expected to participate in the Saturday Ife-Central House of Assembly bye-election of adequate security.

WHEN he sits back in his Olusegun Obasanjo Hilltop GRA, Abeokuta home and recounts the many blessings that have accrued to the Crescent University, Abeokuta which he sold all his property to establish over ten years ago, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Abdul-Jabbar Bolasodun Ajibola, says, “alhamdulillahi (that is, I give praise to Allah).”

The Sunday, March 6, 2016 ghastly road accident that claimed the lives of the Minister of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son, was another instance of avoidable deaths on our highways. Taiwo James Elegbede, the driver of the ill-fated Lexus sports utility vehicle, died in a hospital the following day. The fatal car crash which occurred along Kaduna-Abuja road was attributed to over-speeding.

With the five year tenure of the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife, Professor Bamitale Omole gradually coming to an end, terminating precisely on June 23, 2016, the race to occupy the exalted seat is becoming keener by the day with interested parties scheming to have their candidates picked.