Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and his Deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah (retd), were, yesterday, sworn in for a second term in office.

The music industry was set Monday to recognize its top artists at the Grammys, with socially conscious rapper Kendrick Lamar and pop superstar Taylor Swift leading nominations.

Members of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, AMEN, yesterday, accused the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Calistus Onaga, of bowing to the pressures from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, over the recent transfer of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.

Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Dr Austin Tam-George, has accused Professor Itse Sagay of being an enabler of the alleged corrupt regime of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

THE Senate has warned the Chairman, Northern State Governors’ Forum, NSGF, and Governor of Borno State, Kassim Shettima, against plan by governors of the region to obtain loan from Saudi Arabia.

The over $200 million fines paid by five multinational firms which were implicated in the Halliburton bribery scandal, were paid directly into the Central Bank of Nigeria and not into the accounts of the Nigerian lawyers, who prosecuted the case.

FOUR days to the February 19 date given by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to the nation’s security agencies to produce the former ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, there is no clue on his whereabouts.

STRONG indications emerged weekend that the new chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would spend six months in office, if the political intrigues going on at National Caucus, Board of Trustees, BoT, hold sway tomorrow.

Operatives of the anti-kidnap Unit,Enugu Police Command have arrested two University undergraduates who have been at large, having allegedly masterminded the gruesome killing of a United States of America,USA, returnee, Mrs. Stella Uhuo on November 14, 2015 along Enugu-Abakaliki expressway.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State has suffered a setback following the defection of over 300 of its members in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state to All Progressives Congress, APC.

ABUJA—SENATE Leader, Ali Ndume, yesterday, said the Senate would strive to pass the 2016 budget before the end of March.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has told the Federal Government not to shield Dr Tope Aluko from facing perjury trial.
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti had granted an experte order, compelling the State Commissioner of Police to bring Dr Tope Aluko to Court for the purpose of committing him to trial for the offence of perjury.

THE Presidency said, yesterday, that with the mandate of the Amnesty Programme to ensure peace in the Niger Delta region, it may have stepped on the toes of some very powerful persons in the country, but vowed never to be distracted.

Abuja—In continuation of investigations into the disbursement of the $2.1 billion arms fund, another serving officer and former Director of Military Intelligence, Major General Wiwa, has been arrested.

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected madman with 22 Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, cards, two mobile phones and power bank in Victoria Island.