MTN Nigeria has said it did not expect any service disruption on its network as deadline for payment of N1.04 trillion fine, later reduced to N780 billion by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, expired yesterday.

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday passed into law the N662.588 billion Year 2016 Appropriation Bill presented by the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on December 17, 2015.

Unless there is a direct intervention by the government and concerned individuals, Nigerian athletics will come to a standstill in the new season.

IF the policy of one couple, four children that General Ibrahim Babangida lamely tried to introduce (and became the first to violate) in the late 1980’s to tackle population explosion were operational in Nigeria back in 1942, Muhammadu Buhari, son of Zulaihat and Adamu, would not have been born.

Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, yesterday, said that ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, did not flout any law by not honouring the recent invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Bayelsa State and former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, has told Bayelsa people and Nigerians generally, to see the New Year as an opportunity to make a new start in their individual and collective quests for development.

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has presented a budget proposal of N74.7 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration for the 2016 fiscal year.

2015 Doomsday scenario: The Niger Bridge at Onitsha has been bombed. Igbo are being slaughtered in some states of the North. The militants have taken over 10 oil platforms at the last count and Nigeria is now only able to produce about 250,000 barrels of crude per day.

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FEDSARS, Adeniji Adele annex, have arrested a notorious gangster allegedly responsible for killing of several innocent people in Lagos.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called on the people of the state to remain united to the cause of developing the state irrespective of ethnic or party differences.