The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Thursday clarified the controversy surrounding the collection of all water abstraction related revenues, saying that at no time did it authorize any consultant to collect such revenues on its behalf.

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has advocated the practice a social market economy that encourages fair competition.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, Mr Sa’ad Bello, has confirmed a twin bomb blasts in Madagali Market in Adamawa.

The Civil Liberties Organisation, Friday, condemned the recent withdrawal of the Chief Security Officer, CSO of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, calling on the National Assembly to immediately wade in.

The trial of former governor of Plateau, Chief Joshua Dariye, was on Friday stalled in an FCT High Court Gudu, due to the absence of defence witness.

Eleven ships are presently discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Mr Victor Akande, on Friday appealed to politicians in Rivers to avoid violence in Saturday’s legislative rerun elections in the state.

Security arrangements have been beefed up at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu as many indigenes return home to celebrate Christmas and New Year.

An unemployed man, Chukwukere Akachukwu, who allegedly broke into an apartment and stole N108,000, was on Friday in Lagos granted N50,000 bail.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his administration’s desire is to make Edo the most prosperous economy in the South-South within three years.