THE umbrella body of Christians in the 19 northern states of Nigeria, yesterday, dissociated itself from reports that it had pulled out of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over the outcome of CAN’s elections that produced Rev. Samson Ayokunle.

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, stirred controversy when he told Nigerians that the Federal Government would import grass from Brazil for ranches and grazing reserves in Nigeria.

LAGOS—A 54-year-old commercial bus driver, last week, displayed rare bravery: he overpowered two robbery suspects, who had attacked him, killing one and inflicting injury on the other, in Ejigbo area of Lagos.

LAGOS—Emotion ran high yesterday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the account by a 16-year-old house help, Kemi Leole, of how she was beaten and burnt with pressing iron by her madam and her relative in Ikeja area of Lagos, leading her to attempt suicide.

IN the wake of the current shortage of foreign exchange in the country, experts have observed that most important drugs in the country are gradually going into extinction while prices of available ones have sky-rocketed out of the reach of Nigerians.

As Nigerian troops intensifies fighting to rid the north east of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, three members of the group were on Monday killed by soldiers in separate operations while a total of 88 captives held hostage by the group were discovered and rescued in the operations.

In 2011, the CBN wrote to Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) that the TSA project was not feasible for at least another two years. Remita got it working by deploying it services and by 2015, SystemSpecs successfully integrated 900 MDAs who now use Remita to pay and receive payment from all over the country.

Yenagoa—Ogbia Brotherhood, the apex umbrella body of the kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, dismissed as “unfounded” and “mischievous,” the allegation levelled against him by some militant groups in the Niger Delta region over purported sponsorship of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA.

A 41-year-old man, James Omale, yesterday, told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that his wife must go to his village and swear an oath to proof her fidelity.

FORMER deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has faulted Abdulmumin Jibrin for describing him as godfather to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, saying Jibrin’s attempt to implicate him in the budget padding scandal is unfortunate.