The senate on Thursday called on the federal government to urgently treat all cases of Lead poisoning, remediate the environment and promote safer mining programmes for artisanal miners.

A four hour meeting between the Ondo state governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko and labour leaders in the state to end the ongoing workers strike action was deadlock yesterday.

The House of Representatives committee on Privatisation yesterday gave the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a weeks ultimatum to appear before it or get arrested.

ITSEKIRI Leaders, under the auspices of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thoughts, ILoT, yesterday, showered encomium on Nana Olomu, the last Governor of the Benin River (Itsekiri Country), describing him as a true symbol of African resistance against domination.

MINISTER of Agriculture and Rural Development,,Audu Ogbeh,yesterday,described food eaten by most Nigerians as poison.

A fake herbalist, yesterday, made a startling revelation of how a staff of one of the new generation banks approached him for money ritual.

Adefarasin asks court to hands off N800m trespass suit

THE House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety and Education yesterday alleged that the budget proposal for this year submitted by the management of the Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa Ibom State, for considerations contained fictitious items in both its recurrent and capital expenditure in the 2016 budget.

AHEAD the June 18 governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, delegates of the party from Owan East, West and Ovia Local Government Areas of the state, have pledged their support for Mr Godwin Obaseki.

THE Ekiti State House of Assembly, has condemned the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to place two governors, of which Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, was alleged to be victim, under security watch and travel ban.

THE Senate has summoned Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Waziri Adio, to appear before it to explain the alleged missing N1 trillion

FORMER Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, yesterday, opened his defence to the allegation that he falsely declared his assets in 2007.

The Federal Government has scrapped post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, as a pre-condition to gaining admission into universities in the country.

THE Senate yesterday mandated its Committee on Solid Minerals to begin the process of reviewing the 2007 Mining Act to reflect present realities in the sector as it affects local communities and artisanal miners.

Three-time African champions Nigeria could still face a very difficult 2018 World Cup qualifying group even after the latest FIFA rankings saw them move up by six spots.