NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, yesterday, called on government to prosecute leaders of Joe Ajaero-led faction of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, describing them as illegal body and insisted that NECA only recognized Ayuba Wabba-led NLC.

A Niger Delta militant group, Iduwn Volunteers Force, IVF and some major shareholders in the banking sector have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from forcefully winding up some banks in the country, including Skye Bank Plc.

Former Aviation Minister and Senator representing, Anambra North, Senatorial District, Stella Oduah, yesterday, denied reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was on her trail for allegedly stashing nearly N2.5 billion in a bank account she set up using the identity of her domestic aide.

With the former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, in its custody, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, began considering whether the evidence at its disposal was strong enough to sustain prosecution of the former senator.

The Police Service Commission, PSC, last night, approved the appointment of seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIGs, who constitute a new management team for the Nigeria Police Force.

NIGER State House of Assembly yesterday rejected the decision by Governor Abubakar Bello to slash salaries of civil servants and legislators and directed the governor to refund the 50 percent balance of salaries of workers already deducted or face dire consequences.

The Brigade Commander of 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, Brigadier-General Kay Ishiaku, has dismissed the recent claim by Niger Delta Red Squad, NDRS, a new militant group that it bombed facilities of oil companies operating in Imo State.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till September 29 to hear an application to re-list a suit by a journalist, Otunba Olomofe, against the Nigerian Custom Service, NCS, over alleged rights infringement.

ABUJA—The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, has conferred the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 22 senior lawyers.

The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Owerri, Rev. Cyril Okorocha, has attributed the fall in standard of values in the society to the abandonment of family responsibilities by the men.

Lagos—In a move to address the issue of congestion of prisons in Lagos state, the Nigeria Prisons Service, NIS, Lagos State Command weekend, disclosed that it was liaising with the state’s Ministry of Justice to fine tune modalities whereby inmates who have stayed long in prison are freed.

Imo State Police Command has arrested 12 persons, including four Catholic priests, for their alleged involvement in the shooting of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ahiazu Mbaise Police Division, Mr. Danjuma Ragga.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Maikanti Baru as new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the management of Julius Berger over alleged eviction notice it served about 720 workers and their families from various residential camps across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

PORT HARCOURT— JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt yesterday upheld the dissolution of Senator Ali Modu Sherif led executive of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.