Traditional rulers from Esan land have lambasted their colleague, the Onojie of Opoji, HRH Ehidiamen Aidenojie over his denial of their endorsement of Pastor Ize-Iyamu, saying his action and the attack on Chief Tony Anenih were not befitting of a traditional ruler.

Lagos—Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge-of zone 2, Onikan, Mr Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday, clarified that the recent arrest of Joe Chinakwe, the man who named his dog Buhari, by the Ogun state Police command, had nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Average supply volume hovered around USD50 million without CBN intervention, but yesterday, independent supply was in excess of USD300 million with minimal CBN inflow to moderate a relative higher rate on the independent funds.

GOD bless the soul of Senator Abraham Adesanya on the other side of eternity.There was no one who stayed around the late good old man for long that would not remember his depth of Yoruba philosophy with his wisecracks and anecdotes.

ASABA—NATIONAL Chairman of Urhobo Solidarity Forum, USF, Chief Smith Asohro, has said that Delta State has every reason to celebrate in its 25th anniversary, insisting that despite the initial challenges, the state has done well both in human and infrastructural development.

MAIDUGURI—Less than 24 hours after Alhaji Aliko Dangote and a popular world musician, Mr. Paul David Hewson, popularly known as Bono, visited IDP camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, hundreds of aggrieved Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, from Bakassi camp, yesterday, stormed the streets in protest, barricading Maiduguri-Biu road in the metropolis.

Doing Democracy Movement Nigeria, DDM, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, led by Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, to ensure that the new Bar, as an integral part of civil society organisation, should insist that the rule of law predominates in the activities of government.

Assistant coach of the U-23 national team, Fatai Amoo is back to the labour market. The coach who returned from the just-concluded Rio Olympic Games with the bronze-winning national U-23 team has confirmed that his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation expired after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

LAGOS— Indications emerged, yesterday, that embattled National Hospital Abuja, NHA, may face imminent exodus of doctors, following management’s decision to disengage some of its resident doctors.

THE Guild of Nigerian Sports Editors has described as unfortunate the country’s poor performance at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympic Games, saying it showed that the country learnt nothing from the woeful outing at the London 2012 edition of the Games.

ONITSHA—An Nnewi-based businessman, Mr. Bertrand Onwunzo has appealed against the judgement of an Nnewi Magistrate’s court presided over by magistrate Erinne O.N for setting free a security staff of the court.

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has nominated Mr. Ayodele Hamzat Subair for confirmation by the State House of Assembly as the Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).

Ado-Ekiti—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday, signed the anti-grazing bill into law warning that any herdsman caught with arms or dangerous weapons in the state would be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law.

ABUJA—Galaxy Backbone, the Information and Communications Technology shared services provider of the Federal Government, has reached a deal with Ericsson Nigeria to design and deploy ICT-based solutions and services to fight terrorism and other security threats in the country.

In its bid to constructively engage children and young adults during the holiday, the Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative, YEDI, has sensitized over 4,000 students about prevention of endemic diseases such as malaria and HIV.