MEMBERS of the Lagos State House of Assembly have appealed to the Senate to reconsider the bill for Special Status and Federal Grants to Lagos State in recognition of its socio-economic benefits to Nigerians in general.

LAGOS—family members of one of the ailing persons that was abducted by suspected militants last Thursday, at the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, in Eredo Local Council Development Area of Epe, have appealed to the abductors to release their relative for treatment, saying they were ready to swap another family member for the sick captive.

In a dramatic move, the Department of State Services, DSS, has admitted on bail, the judges it arrested and detained on Friday night, ending the sudden and inexplicable agony of the learned men.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has expressed concerns over the banks’ exposure to the oil and gas sector, stating that the huge exposure was capable of triggering systemic risks in the financial sector.

The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a factory inside the Police College in Ikeja, where police uniforms and other accessories, are illegally produced and sold.

OIL prices rose around one percent yesterday, approaching one-year high, as speculators raised bets that oil prices would gain on the back of a landmark agreement among OPEC producers to rein in record output levels.

KALAFIOGBENE- THE people of Kalafiogbene Federated Community, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, have dissociated the community from the secessionist plot of some charlatan and dishonorable persons who are seeking to carve a parallel kingdom from existing Akugbene Mein Kingdom, ruled by HRM Pere Stanley Luke Kalanama VIII.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of the robbery gang that shot Segun Abayomi, a presenter of an independent programme on the Lagos Television, LTV, three weeks ago at Acme Road, Ogba area of Lagos.

THE defection of Chief Olusola Oke from the APC to the Alliance for Democracy, AD, is stoking crisis in his new party.

CHEVRON Nigeria, Energia and Lekoil have expressed support for Nigerian Gas Association as it prepares to stage the largest gathering of gas players and stakeholders in West Africa later this month in Abuja. Addressing the executive council members of the association during a courtesy visit to their various offices, the companies expressed delight in identifying with NGA as the voice of industry in the country and the value propositions the association project.