ORGANISED Labour, yesterday, expressed shocked over Monday’s sudden decision by the Federal Government to abolish the tenure policy for Permanent Secretaries and Directors in the Public Service, saying the abolition was alien to the civil service and unacceptable.

THE draw for the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be staged Friday by 4pm Nigerian time at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Nigeria in May exported 1.89 million barrels per day, contrary to fears that crude export has dropped to as low as 1.3 million barrel per day. Data released by Windward, a maritime intelligence firm showed that Nigeria’s crude oil exports in May dropped by just 62,000 barrels per day (bpd) from April, with exports still reaching 1.89 million bpd.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State recently through the reconstitution of the State Board of Internal Revenue, took a bold step towards a systematic increase in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state for the delivery of more dividends of democracy to the people.

In line with its resolve to actualize sovereign state of Biafra, through nonviolent approach, the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, yesterday distanced itself from any alignment with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, saying that the youth wing of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, was equally not in support of the NDA activities.

The Presidency has said that Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State acted so infantile by linking President Buhari’s wife, Aisha, to U.S. Congressman, William Jefferson’s bribery scandal for which the American lawmaker was convicted in 2009.

THE three members of the House of Representatives accused of improper conduct, attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes in Ohio, the United States of America, yesterday told the leadership of the House to convoke a public investigative hearing on the allegations against them.

CALABAR—A member of a five-man robbery gang, identified as Chidozie, was yesterday lynched by a mob at Iyang Edem by Mount Zion in Calabar for stealing mobile phones. It was gathered that Chidozie and his gang members allegedly visited Atu Secondary School, where they attacked a teacher and dispossessed her of valuables, including her phones.

President Mohammadu Buhari has cried out, saying that leading the people of Nigeria was a huge task.

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, remanded a 24-year-old man, Seun Olamilekan, at Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, after pleading guilty to breaking police cell. Olamilekan, whose address is unknown, is arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, damage and escaping from lawful custody.