Enugu State Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) staff attached to Nsukka metropolis of the company was yesterday electrocuted in the University town of Nsukka while trying to relocate high tension live wire to pave way for the on- going road construction in the area.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has dedicated an award she received at the Belgian capital, Brussels, to the Nigerian military men and women.

Twenty-nine senior officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been dismissed for various acts of gross misconduct.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd), have stressed the need for synergy among security agencies, local government chairmen and other stakeholders in the country to sustain the current successes achieved in the fight against terrorism.

ASABA—Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected child traffickers for alleged theft of a five-year-old female pupil of Skyset Academy, Asaba, to be sold for N12 million at Onitsha, Anambra State.

The J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Tech Experience Index StudySM, named the Tucson and Genesis highest in overall customer experience with vehicle technology in the SUV and midsize premium segments.

THE AD, yesterday, accused the PDP of using thugs to disrupt the campaign of its candidate, Chief Olusola Oke.

THE House of Representatives, yesterday, moved to probe the status and sale of non-core assets of Power Holdings Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

THE world is at war. In most parts, this year that marks the Centenary of the First World War, is witnessing horrendous conflicts. In that war, the main actors proclaimed, ‘no more wars!’ Twenty three years later, they were back in a ‘war to end all wars’.

THE Senate, yesterday, finally passed the North-East Development Commission Bill which empowers the Federal Government to set up a commission to rebuild the region, following its devastation by Boko Haram insurgents.

THE professor was urged to drop the electronic device so that the process would be manipulated without success. Our vaults were emptied to buy votes but those sent kept the money in their underground wells. Nigerians were used as collateral for more loans that were shared amongst them. A blue-blooded retired army officer was given our national ATM card. It has no withdrawal limit.

WARRI—THE Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday shut down two oil servicing firms in Warri, Delta State, over alleged tax default running into hundreds of millions of Naira.

PORT HARCOURT— TRADERS at Oyigbo Timber Market, Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, have decried the alleged delay by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate allegations of embezzlement of N100 million against the immediate past executive of the market.

Policemen attached to Lion Building Division, Lagos, have smashed a syndicate that specialised in threatening members of the public to pay certain amounts or be kidnapped, with the arrest of Abiodun Joshua, a member of the syndicate.

PORT HARCOURT—MANAGEMENT of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, has raised an alarm over mosquitoes’ invasion of the hospital, saying it is a scourge that needs urgent attention.