ABUJA — Owing to allegation that N2 billion bribe was traced to his bank account, Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, disqualified himself from a suit seeking to stop the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

The Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, held its second meeting of the year early this week, March 21 and 22, 2016, amidst some adverse developments since the meeting that preceded this week’s, which held in January, 2016.

THE leadership of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, led by Chief Joe Omene, has accused the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, of bias in the role it played in securing the N9 million bail granted Yanusa Dahiru in his trial over Ese Oruru’s abduction.

ABUJA— The Nigeria Customs Service has re-introduced the restriction order on importation of rice through land borders across the country.

ABUJA — To rebound the dwindling economy, the Federal Government, yesterday, announced its readiness to inject a total of N350 billion in the next few months.

Lagos State Police Command is investigating a teacher at Queens College, Yaba, Lagos, one Mr. Osifala Olaseni, over allegation of sexual assault of a Junior Secondary School 2 student.

Barely a year after they lost their lives in a boat mishap while on an assignment to monitor the last Presidential and National Assembly elections at one of the riverine areas in Epe Local Government, Lagos State, the six victims are to be immortalised, courtesy of a group, AMBSAM Foundation, which has concluded plans in that regard in collaboration with Epe community.

THE Nigerian Police force yesterday debunked insinuations in some quarters that it aided the violent attacks and disruption of the electoral process that took place during the last re-run election in Rivers State.

Soldiers of the 144 Battalion, Asa, Abia State have destroyed illegal crude oil reservoirs in a swamp located at Umuelechi community in Ukwa West council area of the state.

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has blamed what it described as incidences of overbilling of its customers on “energy theft” and appealed to electricity consumers in the South East to assist the company to arrest the perpetrators.

The Senate last week voted N10 billion for the care and resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Nigeria’s troubled North East and other parts of the country. This was sequel to a motion championed by Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District in the prestigious Red Chamber of the National Assembly.

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has announced the appointment of a career civil servant, Mr. George Eche, as the new Secretary to the State Government of Imo State, SGI.

A governorship aspirant in the December 8, 2014 PDP primaries in Abia State, Sir Friday Nwosu has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Ibrahim Auta, seeking to confirm whether he revoked the order he granted Justice M.S. Shuaibu to hear and conclude the tax forgery case against Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu in Suit No FHC/OW/CS/191/2015, at the Federal High Court, Owerri.

ABIA State University, ABSU, Uturu is located in serene hilly in Uturu community. The community hosts another private University, Greg University and a famous Catholic primary and secondary schools, Maris Schools. It therefore can rightly be described as an academic community.

NOT lesser than 50,000 hectares of land have been identified and set aside by the state government across the 13 local government areas of the State for rice farming and production.