Lagos—A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ricky Tarfa, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the allegation of obstruction of justice and attempt to pervert the course of justice.

CRISIS rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Tuesday took a new twist as there was a sharp division among the organs of the party over the choice of former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the new national chairman of the Party.

FOLLOWING a petition by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, withdrew from a suit seeking to remove the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

Embattled ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tomopolo, has appealed to Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court, Lagos, to release to him, copy of the ruling of February 8, 2016 in the charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to enable him appeal against same.

ABUJA — The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the spate of suicide bombings and attacks on soft targets by Boko Haram, lately as actions of hungry and desperate terrorists.

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THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has explained that the exponential economic boost and new opportunities created by recent data explosion across the world were part of the reasons the commission made affordable broadband the focus of its 8-point agenda on ICT development.

AN indigenous construction firm, A & J Construction Company Limited, has denied an allegation by Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILOT, that it collected a huge sum of money from Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, for the sand-filling, drainage/landscaping within the hostel and dining hall section of Ogidigben Grammar School, Ogidigben, in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, without executing a commensurate work.

FOLLOWING the suspension of councillors of Ughelli South Local Government Area Legislative Arm, Delta State, due to alleged gross misconduct, 10 of the 20 Councillors have petitioned the state House of Assembly over the alleged illegal and malicious suspension of five of their members by the chairman of the council.

An inquisition in respect of the gas explosion and fire incident at Intercorp Gas Plant, Nnewi, Anambra State, was yesterday flagged off in Owerri, by the Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.

Poised to take Ebonyi youths who are into street hawking off the streets, veteran Nollywood actor cum producer, Andy Chukwu, has partnered with the Ebonyi State government on a skill acquisition programme tagged, Street to Skills, which ensures to train and empower all Ebonyi youths who are into street hawking.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for the Abia North senatorial zone of Abia State, Mrs Nnenna Okoro has debunked rumours making the rounds that she has withdrawn from the March 5, INEC rescheduled re-run election in the zone.

—Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has successfully brokered peace between the two factional leaders of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo, Chief Gray Enwo-Igariwey and Dr. Ralph Obioha with the latter dropping his claim to the Office of President-General of Ohanaeze.

The Federal Government and the government of Japan have completed arrangement to sign all relevant agreements towards securing $800million credit to add 578.4 megawatts(MW) of power generation capacity to Jebba Hydro Power Plant.

Plateau State government in partnership with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, is to resuscitate the Jos Inland Container Depot, Heipang, as part of efforts at creating jobs and empowering youths to curb restiveness in the state. Similarly, the Federal Ministry of Transport, FMT, through its Chief Executive Officer, Inland Container Depot, Mr. Ogunleye Ogunsola, who was in the state yesterday on a visit to the Depot, promised the Ministry’s support for the successful take off of businesses at the depot.