The decision of the Bayelsa State Police Command to arraign fifty-eight suspected cultists at the State High Court on two count charges of conspiracy and membership of a cult group in the state yesterday almost sparked off protest.

As the days keep ticking away before the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier between Chipolopolo and Eagles in Ndola on October 9, acting Zambian coach has admitted that the the opening match with the 2013 champions will be a daunting one.

FORMER Minister of Health and Social Services, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi yesterday recalled how the wife of the founder of Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Florence Jadesola Aboderin facilitated the success of the housing scheme of the first civilian governor in Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande in the 80’s.

A former governor of Abia, Chief Orji Kalu, has advised President Muhammdu Buhari to initiate policies and legislations that will bail Nigeria out of the current economic recession. Orji told newsmen in Umuahia on Friday on the sideline of a reconciliatory meeting organised in his honour by an Umuahia sociocultural organisation, called Igurube-Egwuasa.

Kogi State Police Command has banned public jubilation and/or demonstration after the Supreme Court delivers its judgment on the state governorship election petition appeals. The Commissioner of Police, Malam Abdullahi Chafe, announced the ban at a news conference in Lokoja on Friday.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said yesterday that the state government has continued to take care of the families of Boko Haram insurgents in order to break the Boko Haram cycle of violence and secure the future of Borno State.

The management of the Federal Road safety Corps, FRSC, has approved a major redeployment of its personnel, which affected 32 senior officers comprising two Deputy Corps Marshals, seven Assistant Corps Marshals, 13 Corps Commanders and 10 Deputy Corps Commanders.

The Nigerian Army has handed over 566 underaged persons, including breastfeeding children and mothers to the Borno Government after clearing them of being Boko Haram terrorists.

The Federal Government has released concrete proof of its efforts to secure the release of the Chibok girls, who were abducted from their school in April 2014 by Boko Haram, confirming President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the safe return of the girls.

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money in West Africa (GIABA) on Friday announced plans for Nigeria to be evaluated for money laundering and terrorism financing in 2017. GIABA is a specialised institution of ECOWAS that is responsible for strengthening the capacity of member states toward prevention and control of money laundering and terrorism financing in the region.