Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will contnue as Acting President In spite of the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country early Friday morning.

LAGOS—The two Chinese nationals, Taolung Shem, 36, and Xu Jing Yao, 22, and a Nigerian, Chinedu Madubuike, arrested last month by Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, monitoring and enforcement team for allegedly importing sub-standard tyres were, yesterday, arraigned before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Bauchi—An officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gombe State Command, and three others have been arrested by police in Bauchi State for attempting to kill a 29-year-old man.

Is it not absurd that INEC, the first respondent or rather, defendant, in the Edo State 2016 Governorship Election Petition trial would want to play judge before the Tribunal? What else can one infer from its counsel’s assertion that they are relying on the oral evidence of the petitioners’ witnesses as their defence, and for which reason they decided not to call any of their witnesses from the pool of over 500, as determined by the deposition of the petitioners’ witnesses?

A 53-year-old shoe merchant, Lekwauwa Mark Otaka, who was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, few hours to its closure, Wednesday, has disclosed that he inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into his anus over a promise of N1 million to traffic the drugs to Cambodia.

-President Muhammadu Buhari has landed at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja helipad after some 51 days vacation in London United Kingdom.

RESIDENTS of Abraka community, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, corroborated the claim that unknown persons in military camouflage were, indeed, making strange supplies with helicopters to herdsmen at a barren region of Ovre-Abraka village, saying they were scared at the development.

LAGOS—THERE was drama at the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday, when an attempt by some policemen to arrest an accused, Alhaji Mutairu Owoeye, alleged to have jumped bail over same case he was being tried for, was foiled by the magistrate.

Plans by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to start collecting duties from the owners of old vehicles on Nigerian roads have run into stiff opposition, as the Senate, reflecting the yearnings of the Nigerian public, last week called for its immediate suspension pending explanation of the policy by Customs authorities.

A university don, Dr. Kayode Oyende, has sent a strong warning to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and all political parties to learn from the past mistakes made out of previous electoral processes in the country with a view to avoiding same in future.