Federation accounts consolidated revenue fund is set to rise by over N1.0 trillion, following the successful take-off of the flexible exchange rate this week.

THE organised Labour has described Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State as a pacesetter, who should be emulated by other governors in the country on the welfare of workers.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, adjourned till July 4, to hear the bail application by the former Chairman , Asaritoru Local Government Area, Rivers State, Mr Ojukaye Amachree under the tenure of ex governor Chibuike Amaechi.

Experts in the country’s oil and gas sector, have accused the Federal Government and the oil communities of ignorance to contractual agreement signed before exploration and production in the region.

Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, yesterday in Lagos condemned the debasing and barbaric culture where widows are deprived of their rights, saying that governments at all level should provide mechanisms to protect them and enforce their rights.

Voting has ended in Thursday’s historic British referendum on EU membership, with the final opinion poll pointing to a slender victory for the “Remain” campaign.

EDO State Director of Poverty Alleviation Agency, Mrs. Evelyn Igbafe, yesterday blamed her political differences with the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for the attack on her in her Benin residence yesterday. Mrs. Igbafe, a leading chieftain of the APC remained undaunted, yesterday, insisting that Obaseki would not fly as the party’s candidate in the election.

FOLLOWING increased surveillance at the Seme border post, the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service yesterday handed over to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency 106 parcels of illicit substances suspected to be cannabis (Indian hemp) and a suspected drug dealer.

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, has called on the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to institute investigations into the circumstances surrounding the non-issuance of visas to the national U-17 female basketball team to the FIBA U-17 Championships in Spain and the disqualification of the national female boxing team to the Rio 2016 World Qualification Competition held in Kazakhstan.

Day two of the African Athletics Champio-nships in Durban, South Africa had little prospect for Nigerian athletes, even as Cote d’Ivoire’s Ben Youssef Meite and Murielle Ahoure clinched the gold in the men’s and women’s 100m event decided yesterday.