Chad’s President Idriss Deby is set to be sworn in Monday for a fifth term in power, facing persistent resistance from an opposition that alleges his re-election was a “political hold-up”.

The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu, yesterday frowned at what he described as the campaign of calumny against him over the next governorship election in Ogun State.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will deliver the 2016 edition of the United States of America,USA Constitution Day Lecture, entitled :”Influence of the U.S Constitution on African Democracies”.

Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha has directed that no force should be used on public servants to comply with the government’s new policy on agriculture which allows the public servants to work from Mondays to Wednesdays and use Thursdays and Fridays to farm.

AS tension dies down in the state pending the resolution of the political logjam by the courts, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has banned solidarity visits to him by his supporters.

OWERRI—Three Catholic priests cheated death when daredevil robbers stormed the parish house of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Umualumaku, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 17 Southern States have faulted a northern-based cleric over his claims that the election of the new CAN President, Rev. Sampson Supo Ayokunle was flawed.

The lingering crisis between rival cult groups in Ajegunle and Ikorodu areas of Lagos state assumed violent dimension, weekend, with one person killed.

The legendary performance of Segun Toriola at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games came to a glorious end yesterday, after the record making African was edged out by Japan’s Niwa Koki in the men’s singles event of table tennis.

lagos—The Federal Government, yesterday, announced plans to shut indefinitely the collapsing Ijora-Apapa Bridge to traffic for palliative work to be carried out from today, saying the measure became necessary in order to save lives and property.

Ado-Ekiti—The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State yesterday said the trip by the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari to the United States of America, US, has exposed Governor Ayodele Fayose as a “man lacking in integrity to hold the responsible position of the governor of Ekiti State”, over his insistence that she could not travel to the US for fear of arrest over alleged involvement in the Halliburton scandal.

The death of respected elder statesman, political leader and notable administrator, Olorogun Felix Ovudoroye Ibru, not surprisingly, elicited reactions from several quarters. Many Nigerians have been mourning his passage, describing it as a big loss to Delta State and the nation.

When acquiring a property, you have to take necessary steps to ensure that what you are buying is genuine. Then you have to obtain the proper title if none existed before or perfect the title as the case may be. Obtaining the Governor’s consent to all land transactions is a means of perfecting land titles.

Dangote Cement Plc, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has disclosed plan to commence mining its own coal at Ankpa, Kogi State by fourth quarter of the year. The company also said that due to acute gas shortages in the country following disruptions occasioned by militancy in the Niger Delta region, it has switched its plant lines to coal to minimize cost and increase margin.

Nigeria progressed to the quarter-finals at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B thanks to a Sadiq Umar header at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus.