The Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, on Monday, revealed that over 1,000 buildings within Enugu metropolis built on waterways, drainage channels and on top of public utilities will be demolished to avert the impending flood doom plaguing the state.

KALABA-RESIDENTS of oil-bearing communities, among them Otuabagi, Kalaba and Peremabiri in Bayelsa State, have complained of high mortality rate, loss of means of livelihood and bizarre earth tremors allegedly caused by despoliation of their environment by oil companies.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, blamed past leaders for the country’s woes saying, they lacked ‘foresight, uprightness and managerial skills.”
Buhari, who was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, at the 20th memorial service of the first female industrialist in Nigeria and third Iyalode of Egbaland, late (Mrs) Esther Bisoye Tejuoso.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, under the aegis of Transparency Group, yesterday insisted that the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun, Minority Whip, Ado Doguwa and Minority Leader, Leo Ogor must step down to face an investigative panel.

72hours after some Benin palace chiefs, business men and professionals under the aegis of Nedoghama Nedo, endorsed the PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, chiefs belonging to the Egha Evbo’ Nore in the palace have also adopted the PDP candidate.

ABUJA—AS the economic recession bites hard on Nigerians, the leadership of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has said that if nothing was done to arrest the free fall of the naira against international currencies, it will demand that the salaries of workers be paid in dollars.

The chairman of the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has stated that despite the problem being faced by the party, it will come out stronger.

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former governorship aspirant in the state, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has berated Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State for kicking against the call for the restructuring of Nigeria, insisting that restructuring would guarantee true federalism in the country.

Against clamour from both major marketers and independent marketers for full deregulation of the petroleum industry, expert in the industry have called on the Federal Government to disregard plans, saying such actions could trigger more hardship for the citizens as well as the economy.

OUSTED Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmunin Jibrin, has denied owning a United Kingdom account as widely reported in the media on Monday.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole has said that the prospects of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion to take the position of reckoning in the state will ever remain a daydream.

Mary Ogu was 20 weeks pregnant when she developed malaria. A resident in one of the slums in Lagos where mosquitoes breed freely, Mary does not sleep under Insecticide Treatment Nets, ITNs, and takes no precautions such as the recommended treatment for malaria for pregnant women.

THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli , has commended the immediate past Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for making the difference in the development of Itsekiriland, especially for linking remote Abigborodo, his home community by road.

Honeywell Oil and Gas Limited, one of the leading indigenous oil and gas marketing companies, said it has officially changed its business name to HOGL Energy Limited.

On September 20, 2016, the Supreme Court will determine one of the most brazen attempts to violate the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when it gives its judgment in the matter of Idris Wada & Others v Yahaya Bello & Others.