ABA—Newly inaugurated Governing Council of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has vowed to recover all looted funds and redirect them to the development needs of the institution.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has urged the Federal Government to give legal backing for the establishment of Peace Corps of Nigeria, PCN, saying such would go a long way in tackling the problems of insurgency, kidnapping and other crimes confronting Nigeria.

LAGOS—Three traders at Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, have been arraigned by the police for allegedly breaking into a store in the market and stealing rolls of speaker wire valued at N16. 6 million, being the property of Ugo Ventures.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested suspected leader of a kidnap syndicate alleged to be responsible for series of abductions in Lagos State and Asaba in Delta State.

When General Ibrahim Babangida’s military regime flagged off a contract for the construction of a gigantic water scheme at Amuro Community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, at the cost of $36 million, under the control of Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority, Naze, Owerri, both indigenes and non-indigenes of the area shed tears of joy.

PORT HARCOURT – SECURITY guards and labourers in the Rivers State Modern Primary Schools, spread across the 23 local government areas of the state, have warned that they would put the schools under lock and key even after resumption tomorrow (Wednesday) until their backlog of salaries is paid.

AN exhibition and conference showcasing the state of the Nigerian health sector opens in Abuja Monday 19 September, 2016.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, slammed the Police High Command and the Department of State Security Services, DSS, for not consulting the Commission on the perceived security threats before going public with a call for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election last week.

ENUGU—The National Association of Resident Doctors,NARD,yesterday,took a swipe at the Federal Government for its ineptitude in the control of infectious diseases, causing the return of polio and lassa fever in the country.

A similar lawlessness was exhibited by the military government in another case involving a house in Ikoyi, Lagos, which it claimed as belonging to it by reason of the house having been “abandoned” during the Civil War by is owner (who happened to be the father of the secessionist leader, Chief Ojukwu). With some 150 armed men, the government moved into the house, ejected Chief Ojukwu who, in 1984 (i.e. 15 years after the war), had been let into lawful possession of the property as tenant by estate agents of the government after paying the agreed rent of N90,000 per annum and while his appeal was, to the knowledge of the government, pending in the Court of Appeal to determine the claim of the government to be the owner of the house and its right to eject him.

NIGERIA recorded a significant decline in the sale of air conditioners in 2015, according to a report by Research and Markets.

ABA—The Police Area Command, Aba, Abia State, has raided a motherless babies home and rescued 16 teenagers.

THE lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Oghene Egoh, has distributed empowerment items to his constituents in order to cushion the effect of the present economic hardship in the country.

Some members of the House of Representatives, yesterday, advised security agencies to conclude investigations before smearing the image of Nigerians in the media.

THE Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has debunked allegations that importers have formed the habit of not paying duties on their goods, saying such practice does not exist in the Command.