Lagos—A police prosecutor, Corporal Chinedu Njoku, disagreed, yesterday, with the police report over the alleged theft of N800,000 from Ecobank preferred against one Edadu Collins, insisting that the amount involved was N5.5 million, after proper investigation was carried out.

Chief Joe Adolo Okotie-Eboh, was the chairman of Delta State chapter of defunct Action Congress of Nigeria. In this interview, he spoke on topical issues in the state and Nigeria as well.

THE concept of social mobility is one I have fervently discussed and advocated for in this column: place matters, the neighbourhood where one is born, where one lives, matters disproportionately. As a social sciences and humanities student, this makes my blood boil: that a person is not judged based on their individual talent but rather, sees said talent killed or remaining dormant due to factors beyond his or her control, is the primary injustice done to Nigerians which ensures that neither the brightest nor the best make it into office or positions of authority in Nigeria.

Lagos—A defendant, Avekpon Bernard, 18, who is standing trial for conduct likely to cause breach of the peace, alongside 22 others, before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday, excreted in the dock, while the Court Registrar was reading the charge to the defendants.

The leadership of Coalition of Civil Society Groups, CCSG, has called on relevant bodies that make up the country’s economic team to direct efforts to creative, innovative, unconventional and non-textbook solutions to the country’s problems.