The residents of Lagos State yesterday crowded the centres where the state government’s “Lake Rice” is being sold for N12,000 for a 50kg bag and N6,000 for 25kg.

THE Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STAON) has blamed the huge volume of vehicles smuggled into the country on high import tariff on imported vehicles.

In a rare display of statesmanship and political sagacity, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the recently concluded Ondo State Governorship election, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, has opted not to challenge the outcome in court, as is usually the practice in Nigeria.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, disclosed plans by his government to strengthen its internal communication system for effective and unhindered transmission of government activities to the people of the state.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced the introduction of Intelligent Vehicle Towing (IVT), a fully automated vehicle towing system, at its Oppama Plant, in Japan.

AKWA Ibom State has in the last two weeks been in the news for incidents bordering on the tragic. Particularly still a talking point days after was the collapse of Reigners Bible Church International located at Uyo village Road, Uyo which led to loss of lives and several others injured.

MR. Kayode Oladele represents Egbado North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Oladele, who is a former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and is presently the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, in this chat speaks on the fight against corruption among other issues.

CROSS River State Police Command has drafted 8,000 policemen to provide security during the 2016 annual Calabar Carnival coming up on December 29.

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has expressed delight at the level of popularity, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State enjoys in the state, including among non-indigenes, saying it is commendable.

THE Abia State Electoral Commission (ABISIEC) has declared that the ruling PDP won the chairmanship seats in all the 17 councils in the election held Wednesday.

Mr. Tunji Adebayo has emerged the overall gross winner and national representative, at this year’s BMW Golf National championship hosted by Coscharis Motors at the Lakowe Lake Golf club in Lagos. Adebayo actually finished 3rd place in the men’s category 1 but achieved gross 79 to emerge the overall winner. He will be representing BMW Nigeria next year in Dubai at the Emirate Golf club from March 5 – 10, 2017.

Organised labour on the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to release its counterpart funds to the National Pension Commission, PenCom, so that thousands of retired public servants could be paid their entitlements.

PORT HARCOURT—POLICE, yesterday, engaged robbers operating at a new generation bank at Rumuolumeni area of Port Harcourt in a gun battle, leading to the arrest of three of them, with a policeman sustaining serious gunshot injuries.

With the Federal Government’s pledge of five per cent reward on recovered loot, Nigerians with information on corrupt practices have inundated the Federal Ministry of Finance with inquiries on how to submit such information.

Worried by the plight of workers whose salaries have not been paid in various states, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked state governments to offset the unpaid salaries from debt service refunds made to them.