Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has assured indigenes of the state of top level security of their lives and property during the 2016 Yuletide celebrations.

Benue State government will, this month, outlaw open grazing in any part of the state to stem unending herdsmen/farmers crisis.

PORT HARCOURT—THE Federal Government, through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has commended efforts by Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, towards the successful implementation of the Employee Compensation Act, ECA.

Lagos- The Court of Appeal Lagos state, yesterday, set aside the ruling of a Federal High Court that discharged the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his Personal Assistant (PA), Oyebode Atoyebi of allegations of money laundering.

Lagos- An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Orji Chukwuma, yesterday informed a Federal High Court in Lagos that he made conflicting statements in the ongoing trial of embattled former Director-General, of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Akopobolokemi, alongside five others.

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, yesterday disclosed that no fewer than 72,000 adolescents are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in the state just as the wife of the governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode stressed that prevention efforts must be doubled, if the world is to fast-track an end to the pandemic.

AGAIN, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Professor Akintunde Akinwande, yesterday failed to present himself for Senate screening.

Medical personnel have raised concern over the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV, malaria, hepatitis B and C in rural communities in southern zone of Plateau State.

FOLLOWING the lull in cargo traffic and the downturn in the nation’s economy, the National Joint Industrial Council, NJIC, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, have agreed to discontinue further negotiations for the increment of wages of dock workers.

Respite appears to be on the way for Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, members as oil price yesterday rose by more than 8 percent to a five-week high following the decision to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day. Crude prices, however, are unlikely to skyrocket in reaction to the deal, but will instead take measured steps higher, traders and analysts said.