Former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka were among prominent personalities that witnessed yesterday in Ile-Ife the first year coronation anniversary of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

The Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Tim Diche, has resigned his appointment.

Organised Private Sector Operators, OPS, in Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as a source, have thrown their weight behind former CBN governor, now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, over his claim that the federal government over-borrowed from the apex bank.

Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted leave to wife of Nigeria Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to amend her civil suit.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday passed through second reading a bill seeking to grant special economic status to Lagos State and some other deserving states in the federation.