Alhaji Abdulrahman Abba-Jimeta, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa, says he was not arrested or being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He stated this in a press statement issued in Yola on Wednesday. “I am not under any investigation by the EFCC, and indeed any law enforcement agency in the country to warrant my being arrested and whisked away as reported by media.’’

A Niger-Delta activist, Mr Azibaola Robert, on Wednesday urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from issuing a remand warrant against him.

Claudio Ranieri’s triumph with Leicester City in England has more than made amends for his unsuccessful time at Roma, according to the Italian’s 96-year-old mother.

A Lagos based private consultant dermatologist on Wednesday in Lagos said lemon juice, tomato juice and potatoes can help remove and rejuvenate dark blemishes on skin.

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced plans to commence the construction of world class Medical Park under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, just as it restated its commitment to improve healthcare experience and promote medical tourism and excellent healthcare services of international standard in the State.

On that fateful Tuesday, March 31, when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s hero of democracy and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, placed a phone call to General Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the then main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, congratulating him on his victory in Nigeria’s presidential elections, I felt an aura that True Change, has been birthed in the PDP.

Afeni Shakur Davis, the activist mother of slain rap legend Tupac Shakur, has died at the age of 69. She was the subject of his iconic “Dear Mama” song and controlled his estate. Marin County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters responded to Shakur’s home in Sausalito, California Monday night after she suffered a possible heart attack, the sheriff said. She was taken to a local hospital and died just before 10:30 p.m on Tuesday.

In Photos: Bode George, Mimiko, Fayose, others at PDP South-West leaders meeting

Fists flew in the South African parliament on Wednesday as security guards physically ejected leftist opposition lawmakers in the latest outbreak of political drama over the troubled presidency of Jacob Zuma. About 10 lawmakers from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party shouted down the Speaker and refused to let Zuma deliver his budget speech, saying they did not recognise him as president.

A 56-year-old, Abiodun Akande, who allegedly defrauded a businessman, Felix Obichukwu, of N8 million, was on Wednesday docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.