SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, said the Senate within the last three months, passed a total of 14 bills, besides bringing 18 others to second and third reading stages, respectively.

ABEOKUTA—Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Segun Ogunlusi, for allegedly stabbing his mother to death and burying her in a septic tank.

ENUGU—Pastor Mike Agbahime, husband to Bridget, the Igbo woman killed, June, in Kano State by suspected Muslim youths, has cried out, saying his life is now in danger, following an allegation that his wife’s killers are after him.

A two-storey building under construction at 21, Makinde Street, Alausa, Ikeja, collapsed yesterday.

THE insight into the emergence of the 20th Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, came to the fore yesterday during a public presentation of a book, The Emergence of His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli As 20th Olu of Warri, authored by Toritseju Emiko, a prince of Warri Kingdom.

Focused and large-hearted, Engineer Phillip Tabansi was the young man everybody approached for help in the 80s and early 90s when Tabansi Records which was one of the leading indigenous record companies in the country held sway.

Ibadan – Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State must be feeling the weight of leadership on his shoulders after holding the reins of power for the past six years as he publicly declared that he would retire from politics after his second term as governor. The governor took all his admirers by surprise as he said emphatically that he would no longer contest any elective office again either in the state or at federal level.

Akure – A father of two in Ondo state has allegedly inflicted injuries on his children by hitting up a knife until red-hot and then placing it on the stomachs of his children for an alleged theft of fish meant for his dinner. Many questions but few answers on the why of the act.

Ibadan – Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, students, National Association of Academic Technologists, Non-Academic Staff Union and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University on Tuesday refused to leave the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during the interrogation of the Acting Vice- Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Anthony Elujoba and the Bursar of the institution, Mrs. Aderonke Akeredolu for allegedly diverting N1. 4 billion to pay outstanding allowances of workers and the lecturers.

LAGOS—Some commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called Okadamen, and miscreants, yesterday, killed Mr. S. Bakare, the Zonal Head of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, at Point Road in Apapa Local Government.

The Lagos headquarters of United State oil major, ExxonMobil has been shut, following a stand-off with blue-collar oil unions over the sacking of 150 ExxonMobil workers.

A total of N386.879 billion has been disbursed as federal allocation, for November 2016 for the Federal, state and local governments.

IT was a gathering of some of the country’s most illustrious political personalities last Saturday.

Remarkably, the object of their gathering was not a political rally, but a call from one of the country’s most enchanting poltiical personalities – Senator Joy Emodi. It was the one year anniversary of The Brickhall School, an institution making its presence known in the federal capital.

US-based talented singer, Perfecta Ekpo is set to storm Nigeria for a series of tours and a performance at the Akwa Ibom Carol Festival .The festival is scheduled to hold at the Uyo Township Stadium on the 17th of December, 2016.

Premium beer brand, Heineken, will on Saturday, December 17, 2016, host celebrities, media personalities and industry leaders to an exclusive party at the Heineken House, Ikoyi, Lagos, to mark the end of an era.