CALABAR—THERE is a new twist in the case of the four-year-old girl at Ikot Effang Mkpa, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, Cross-River State, whose mother alleged her 65-year-old lover raped in her residence while she was busy cooking, with the police stating the little girl was “indecently assaulted” and not raped.

OKPUJE- RESIDENTS of Okpuje, a sub-clan in Ilueha, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State, who are predominantly farmers, say they would not cast their votes for any political party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, as long as the five-kilometer road linking the communities in the sub-clan to Uzebba was not constructed.

ABUJA—CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reiterated that its current economic policies were in the right direction to rescue the dwindling economic situation in the country. Governor of CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who faulted critics of the apex bank’s policies, said the bank was operating the best policies needed to address the present economic crisis in Nigeria.

ABUJA—FORMER spokesperson to immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said yesterday, that the embattled former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff was a curse on the party and must be kicked out, if the PDP must be returned to its past glory.

Former Nigeria skipper Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has warned the country’s Olympic team in Rio they cannot become rich simply by playing for Nigeria.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors were, yesterday, grappling with the most challenging threat to their control of the national executive of the party as the contest to emerge national chairman in tomorrow’s national convention is being projected to go down to the wire.

Abuja—Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a fake lawyer, Thankgod Okachi Echem, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for defrauding his “client” of N7 million.

ABUJA-THE Federal Government has reduced the timeframe for the award of mining licenses in Nigeria, stating that henceforth, miners would get their licences within 40 days.

As Team Nigeria continue their search for the first medal in the Rio Olympics, coach Anthony Konyegwachie has promised that his ward, Efe Ajagba would deliver the first medal to Nigeria.

Abuja— Failure to link policies, plans, Medium Term Sector Strategy, MTSS, and budgets has been identified as a major factor that leads to deficient planning and poor budgeting outcomes in many developing countries.

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has sentenced the tank farm Manager of Dozzy Oil and Gas limited, Christopher Otu, and two others to two years imprisonments for stealing oil worth N210.8 million from the company.

Indigenous software giant SystemSpecs has urged the Federal Government to refocus its attention on Information Communication Technology (ICT) for speedy economic growth in light of dwindling oil prices on the international market.

On April 14th 2014, the entire globe was greeted with the news of the abduction of over 200 girls who were preparing for an examination, from their school in Chibok, Borno- State. As expected, the barbaric act was greeted with widespread condemnation especially when the abductors were confirmed to be the deadly terrorist sect: Boko Haram.

The Nigerian Social Media and even the traditional media have played significant roles in shaping Nigerians’ views and opinions about critical State matters, in recent times. Chief among these critical State matters, in my view is the issue of Boko Haram.

Lagos—A 48-year-old estate agent, Olalekan Biodun, who allegedly stole N2.7 million from EcoBank Plc, was yesterday charged before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting at Igbosere.