ABUJA—The House of Representatives yesterday moved to probe alleged $17billion stolen crude oil and liquified natural gas between 2011 and 2014.

Lagos—Eight sales representatives at Alaba International Market, Lagos, who allegedly stole goods worth N19.5 million, were arraigned before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, yesterday.

Mr Ben Onyechere, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Special Assistant to Dr. Alex Ekwueme has said that Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu is committed to conducting local government elections in the state.

It was a tale of woes for Imo pensioners that thronged their various pay points yesterday, to pick their cheques, as promised by Governor Rochas Okorocha.
Vanguard, who closely monitored the exercise in parts of the state, noticed that despite the media hype that trailed the payment, only the pension of August was paid, while government totally left the previous months.

As schools resume for academic session in Nasarawa State, more than 700 private schools are to be shut in Karu Local Government Area for operating without government approval.

Senators yesterday opposed their President, Bukola Saraki, and kickedagainst the call for the sale of some national assets.

OPERATORS in the maritime industry are divided over the comment of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, that the economic recession in the country would be over before the end of the year.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has condemned the “Illegal” invasion of the Abuja office of the League Management company, LMC by men believed to be detectives from the FCT Police Command on Wednesday.

IN order to allay the fears that inadequate manpower in the aviation sector may begin to take its toll on safety and security, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has intensified efforts to enhance the training of personnel in its agency. This was demonstrated recently when the Managing Director took steps to address personnel shortage in the Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS).

Kaduna State’s protracted N69 billion Zaria water project will finally be commissioned next year, 18 years after it was flagged off, Kaduna State Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Lere, announced yesterday during an inspection tour of the project in Zaria.

No fewer than 138 victims of the recent flood disaster in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State benefited from the N6 million cash donation by the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA.

Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced N101.9 billion as revenue for its financial year ended June 30, 2016.

AT the basic level of Smartphone technology is the Second Generation (2G) network which handled phone calls, basic text messaging, and small amounts of data over a protocol called MMS.

Ambode assured residents that any mistake committed by the indigenous contractors in the course of the project would be addressed, adding that the construction of the inner roads was in response to the yearning of the people.

THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday, hosted Octogenarians in Lagos, and called on the Yoruba Traditional Institution to celebrate the elderly.