Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, yesterday, performed her first assignment amidst tight security and lifted the three months suspension placed on the ex-Speaker, Victor Edoror.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday, described as worrisome, mounting allegations that judicial workers often leak “confidential information” to lawyers and court users.

Rampaging militant group, Niger-Delta Avengers,NDA, said, yesterday, it had concluded plans to attack installations in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Calabar.

Seven persons, who have been on the awaiting trial list at the Federal Prisons, Aba, have been granted bail by the Abia State Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Uzokwe

Eight suspected Fulani herdsmen, alleged to have taken part in the recent massacre in Agatu area of Benue State, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT.

An acclaimed prophet, Akomolafe Ayinde, said to be the founder of Kingdom of Peace Church, Abeokuta, was yesterday, arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for alleged abduction, forced labour and sex slavery.

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THE traditional ruler of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, HRH Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to expedite work on the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, projects in the state, comprising the Gas city, Ogidigben and Deep Sea Port, Gbaramatu.

The nonchalant attitude of the Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung to sports development in the country has been noticed by Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who did not spare the Plateau-born administrator in his verbal venom.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate how billions of Naira in grants donated by Global Fund to Nigeria disappeared and bring the culprits to book with immediate effect.

Last Tuesday’s removal of Mr. Victor Edoror as Speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly is brewing a fresh crisis in the APC with the potential of damaging the party’s focus in the Edo Central Senatorial district ahead of the election.

BOMADI- IJAW community in the United States of America, USA, under the umbrella of Ijaw Brothers in USA has finally fulfilled its pledge to shoulder the tuition fees of 60-year- old Junior Secondary School, JSS II student of Izon College, Bomadi-Overside, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr Adelabu Seribo.

he Metropolitan Police Service, London, UK, yesterday, told an Abuja High Court sitting at Gudu that the former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is now a serving senator, was still wanted in the United Kingdom over his alleged involvement in money laundering.

ABUJA — The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to urgently put in place laws and policies mandating the public disclosure of real owners of companies in the country, especially in the extractive industry. The agency said this was necessary because of the threat these anonymous companies posed to the country’s economy and security.

Governor Sireke Dickson of Bayelsa State has stated that the country cannot tolerate vandalisation of its critical assets especially in the oil sector at the time, saying that there was urgent need to ensure maximum protection of all major oil companies operating in the Niger Delta.