The House of Representatives on Thursday,called on the National Health Insurance (NHIS) to put on hold further quarterly release of funds to the Health Maintenance organizations (HMOs) pending the outcome of investigation.

*Clement Udegbe, a lawyer wrote from [email protected], Lagos.

Some men in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday said the use of body enhancers such as padded braziers, hips and bum boosters by women was deceptive and that nemesis will soon catch up with them.

Palpable fear has gripped the family of 45-year-old, Odusola Onayemi Odukoya, an indigene of Odo-Nopa, Ijebu-Imusin area of Ogun State over her mysterious disappearance last month.

THE court has always been the last hope of the common man and in any democratic society the judiciary is the arbiter and adjudicates on any dispute between parties.

The Air Force Council has approved the promotion of 78 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The promotions comprise 14 Air Vice Marshals, 19 Air Commodores and 45 Group Captains.

The Bayelsa Government has restricted the activities of herdsmen in the state to the Bayelsa Palm area.

Nigerian and other ECOWAS member states have said that a deadline for an adoption of a single currency for the region is fast approaching. This decision is to strengthen the sub-regional economic integration and development and could also be implemented through the economic policies of member states.

Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, on Thursday urged APC supporters in Rivers not to allow members of the opposition parties to intimidate them during the rerun election.

A bill for an Act to Provide for the Inauguration of the President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, passed second reading in the Senate on Thursday.

Chief Ambrose Owuru, the presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, has called for peace and order during Saturday’s legislative rerun elections in Rivers.

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday varied the bail conditions granted the embattled Federal High Court Judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and a lawyer, Godwin Obla, SAN, as they claimed that earlier conditions were difficult for them to fulfill.

AHEAD of tomorrow’s parliamentary seats rerun elections in Rivers State, Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, yesterday pleaded with the military and other security agencies to collaborate with the Police to ensure a violence-free polls

WHILE the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, the construction giant, Julius Berger and other stakeholders in the transportation sector assured commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway of free flow of traffic, motorists on that axis yesterday expressed concern over what would happen today when an unprecedented crowd of worshippers are expected to converge on the Redemption Camp for the Holy Ghost service of the Holy Ghost Congress.

THE Senate did not confirm the appointment of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, yesterday as expected but differed it to next Thursday.