ABUJA — THE outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, yesterday, failed again to appear before the House of Representatives investigative hearing committee on the alleged sex misconduct involving three members of the House.

WARRI—SOLDIERS have arrested suspected associates of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in Warri, Delta State.

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The most significant risk factor for liver cancer is chronic infection with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. These are viruses that can spread from person to person through the sharing of contaminated needles (such as in drug use) and through unprotected sex. Hence some liver cancer may be prevented by not sharing needles and by engaging in safer sex practices (such as consistent use of condoms).

AS part of efforts to find permanent solution to the recalcitrant traffic along Mile 2 – Apapa expressway, a temporary truck park to hold about 3,000 trucks and tankers is to be completed in the next two months.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, heard how three prominent members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State managed the N500 million booty dispatched to the state from the N23 billion allegedly released by the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to influence the outcome of last year’s presidential election in favour of the PDP.

NIGER Delta Avengers, NDA, has denied claims by the Nigerian Navy that it arrested the group’s logistics supplier, saying its operatives were intact adding that the militants were winning the war.

GUSAU — The Department of State Service, DSS, has detained, in Abuja, Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji, his deputy, Muhammad Gumi and other principal officers of the Assembly allegedly on the order of Governor Abdulaziz Yari over impeachment move against him.

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that reconciliation was under way between the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central) and her colleague, Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) following the intervention of Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

Rattled by the rejection of an offer for the Super Eagles technical adviser job by Frenchman Paul Le Guen, the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday gave the technical and Development Committee a 7-day ultimatum to recommend a new name for the vacant position of a technical adviser for the senior national team.

THE naira yesterday suffered heavily at the parallel market depreciating by N7 against the dollar. Vanguard investigation reveals that the parallel market exchange rate rose from N268 per dollar on Tuesday to N375 per dollar at the close of business yesterday.

UYO—A 38-year-old man, Joseph Ibanga James, arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly strangulating his four years old daughter, Glory, said he was pushed by mysterious forces to commit the act.

EBONYI State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service yesterday intercepted a vehicle conveying 18 persons including underage children suspected to be victims of human trafficking.

ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday decried the current cash call indebtedness of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Joint Venture, which has risen to well over $6 billion.

Penultimate week’s violent attack on a border community between Lagos and Ogun States by petroleum pipeline vandals in which 14 people were killed again spawned the nagging issue of insecurity across the country.