Several years after the clean up of the toxic waste dumped on the riverine town of Agbere, in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company NAOC, indigenes of the community are yet to overcome the negative effect on their environment.

Ebonyi State government yesterday said it was targeting a total of 557,000 children, 139,000 pregnant women and 613, 000 women of child bearing age for the state’s immunization exercise.

The Anambra State House of Assembly committee on transport has summoned the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Internally Generated Revenue, Mr Melie Onyejepu over discrepancies in the revenue generation in the state.

THE Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) is a N25 billion Fund established by the state government to power SME and improve the skills of entrepreneurs, with a view to helping Lagos residents create a thriving SME economy.

There is growing tension in Amankanu community, Nkanu East local government, following the conduct of election for the traditional stool of the community.

A former Minister of State for Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment for breast cancer.

THE Senate, yesterday, reiterated its concern over the N500 billion spent on medical treatment abroad annually and promised to allocate at least 15 percent of 2017 budget, which comes to N1.1 trillion, to the health sector in line with African Union Abuja Declaration of 2001.

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and Delta State PDP governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has supported former lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed’s recent call on the Presidency to open up on the true position of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status.

Brent futures yesterday went down 0.8 percent at $54.6 barrel per day (bbl) as West Texas Intermediate, WTI crude was down 1.2 percent at $51.57/bbl.

A faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, led by the late Ozor Nwabueze Okafor, has warned the Victor Oye-led faction of the party to be careful not to commit subjudice in a matter before an FCT High Court Abuja, which both factions are applicants and respondents, respectively.