THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi yesterday commissioned seven coastal buses worth N56m to ease inter-state transportation for the people of Ile-Ife and its environs. This came as the traditional ruler also announced free medical treatment for the people of the ancient town. Oba Ogunwusi, while commissioning the made-in-Nigeria buses at his palace at Enuwa Square in Ile-Ife, urged Nigerians to patronise locally made products.

ABIA State chapter of Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, has warned members of both the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, over reckless comments on the Appeal Court judgment that sacked Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and declared Dr. Alex Otti winner of the April 2015 governorship election.

lagos—THE West African Examination Council, WAEC, has sanctioned 30 secondary schools in Lagos State over alleged involvement in examination malpractices at the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE. Meantime, the Lagos State Government has concluded plans to shut any private school operating illegally in the state, saying “of the 11, 000 private schools in Lagos, only 4, 000 are registered.”

The Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, yesterday, said it had perfected arrangement to entrench secession clause in the constitution of Biafra as was obtained in SWISS working document.

The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed a motion appealing to the Federal Government to refund the N25.9 billion, the state government spent for the rehabilitation of federal roads in the state.