The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday, disassociated himself from reported restiveness over his recent re-deployment by Police authorities and stated that he had no reason to complain because transfer is part of police duty.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, instructed the Senate Committee on Petroleum, Upstream, led by Senator Tayo Alaosoadura, to prepare and submit the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which deals solely on the issues of host communities and fiscal considerations.

THE Federal Government yesterday gave its nod to the take-off of eight new private universities in Nigeria.

For me and for labour movement, it is one opportunity that we must continue to celebrate how FES has supported the working class and also provided funds to educate our rank and file.

The Senate arm of the National Assembly took an important step towards checking the long-standing menace of sexual harassment, especially in higher institutions recently, when it passed the Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institutions Bill into law.

THE Lagos State Government has been urged to refrain from granting consent to prospective applicants who wish to trade on Oyetubo Joko-Tade Estate Resources Ltd without their authorization.

One day after the meeting between leaders of the Niger Delta region and President Muhammadu Buhari, oil-producing communities, under the aegis of Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, yesterday, reeled out an additional and separate five-point demand for the Federal Government, which it said would guarantee the success of the on-going dialogue and ensure a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Niger Delta.

FEELERS from the Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday indicated that the lawmakers were perfecting plans to impeach the Speaker, Mrs. Rita Maduagwu.

NO fewer than four persons were feared killed after a clash between rival cult members in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The federal government has appointed a transaction adviser for the new national carrier billed to take off in the next 12 months.

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday reserved judgment on an appeal filed by the ex-Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Agege Police Station, Segun Fabunmi, praying the court to nullify a 10-year jail term passed on him by a Lagos High Court for manslaughter.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State are at daggers-drawn over the inclusion of former Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Mustafa jaji, on the ambassadorial list sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speakers and participants at an International Seminar on Human Rights, Environmental Law andChildren’s Rights have agreed on the need for the protection of the rights of Nigerian child.

POLICEMEN attached to Ughelli Area Command have arrested two persons for allegedly selling adulterated drinks to the public.

From a global perspective, the girl child is generally considered highly vulnerable to several societal ills, especially in developing countries where it is believed that effective policies and calculated efforts are needed to safeguard the girl child from the detrimental effect of violence, limited access to education, neglect, abuse, gender disparities, among other challenges.