SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, said the presiding officers of the National Assembly were entitled to be provided accommodation like the President, the Vice President and the Chief Justice of Nigeria. CJN.

A meeting convened by the Abia State Government with the executive committee of the striking members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Monday, ended in a deadlock, dashing hope of early resumption of public primary and secondary schools in the state.

AN Abia State magistrate’s court sitting in Umuahia, yesterday, granted bail to five detained members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. They were each granted bail for N200,000 with a guarantor in the same amount.

Nigeria’s crude oil exports are on track for a month-on-month rise in March after a string of loading delays pushed back some cargoes.

THE Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, has urged the Federal Government to give accelerated attention to the demands raised by the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and reiterated the peaceful disposition of his kingdom to peace.

IT was a mild drama yesterday at the Senate when leaders of Gbaramatu community, an Ijaw speaking area, and Omadino community, an Itsekiri speaking area, in Delta South senatorial district of Delta State, vehemently disagreed with each other over the location of Nigeria Maritime University, NMU.

THE 28th edition of the Enugu International Trade Fair will kick off from March 31, 2017 and culminate in April 10, 2017.

EBONYI State government, yesterday, said a total of 543 leprosy cases had so far been registered in the state between 2015 and 2016 for treatment.

A source close to the negotiations told Vanguard, yesterday, that the chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern states and Abuja, Rev. Yakubu Pam, was the Christian leader who brokered peace between the Department of State Service, DSS, and embattled Apostle Johnson Suleiman, who was a quest of the DSS on Monday.

IN describing the Muhammadu Buhari administration as dumb I do not wish now to be understood as referring to what many commentators increasingly call the administration’s or, in fact, the president’s cluelessness (Is it not amazing that this administration has so quickly frittered away its goodwill in less than two years, to the extent that it’s now being described in the same unflattering register as the Goodluck Jonathan administration?)

The resurgence of armed robbery and kidnapping on some major roads across the country has raised fresh concerns over the safety of lives and property for travellers. The Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Kabba, Kabba-Lokoja and Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba roads in Kogi State rank among the most dangerous havens for criminals in the country.

THE International Telecommunications Union, ITU has released a new standard that will influence end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) for voice communications over 4G mobile networks. The ITU said the standard is expected to form the basis of future ITU standards on specific aspects of QoS for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Video-telephony over LTE (ViLTE).

The Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, has been ranked among the 100 best universities in Africa.

The National Emergency Management Agency has said that about 85 Nigerians are to be deported by the United Kingdom today.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday visited the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to explore the alternative dispute resolution mechanism in settling the dispute arising from the creation of 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state.