A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out an N80m land theft charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against business woman, Mrs Moji Yakubu and nine other persons.

OVER 6,000 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Idanre, Ondo State.

Former deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Austin Opara speaks on a wide range of issues. While condemning the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region, the former deputy speaker, however, blames the issue on the skewed appointments made by this government, which he says are “provocative

Determined to ensure an effective operation of street lights in Enugu metropolis, the Enugu State Government recently approved the sum of N122, 220,000.00 for the procurement of 10-unit of 200KVA generators to replace the existing ones that are over 7years.

THE Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has said that 16 herdsmen, who grazed their cattle in the nation’s capital city, have been prosecuted and convicted by the Sanitation Mobile Court, just as 32 cattle and 38 sheep have been impounded.

CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Francis Onyewuchi Ezenwa, has lamented that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has subjected the people of Owerri to torture and horror by refusing to evacuate the refuse dump at Douglas road Owerri, the state capital.

AHEAD of this year’s All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, the organizers in association with the Africa Union Commission,AUC, and the host city, Lagos State earlier in the week released an unprecedented line up of top African stars who will be performing at the awards night slated for Sunday, November 6, in Lagos.

Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has come under attack as a coalition of civil society organisations in the state, yesterday, condemned his alleged interference in the arrest of the undisclosed judge of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.

AS the House of Representatives continues to unravel the reason behind the diversion of $1.1 billion Malabu oil deal, son of the late head of state, Mohammed Abacha, a shareholder in the company, appeared yesterday to make his submissions.

Prince of Benin Kingdom and Edaiken N’ Uselu, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa last Sunday, commenced the performance of the 14-day Iyan-Ehien chieftaincy rites ahead of his coronation on Thursday, October 20.