NOW EFCC’s Ibrahim Magu and Customs and Excise’s Hameed Ali are added to the list of Executive matters going through unnecessary rough times at the legislature. I have written several times reprimanding the National Assembly for always making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Piqued by what he described as the mismanagement of some schools handed over to churches and individuals identified as original owners by the Abia State government, the traditional ruler of Ehere autonomous community in Obingwa council area, Eze Young Nwangwa, has called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to take over the schools.

5.8 Employment in Criminal Casesto us as lawyers where we have the misfortune of handling corruption cases. I recommend Rule 37 as a guide. It says: (1) Where a lawyer undertakes the defence of a person accused of a crime, he shall exert himself, by all fair and honourable means, to put before the Court […]

HE Vice Chancellor of Renaissance university, Ugbawka, Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, Prof. Charles Onochie has advocated the inclusion of private universities in the country in the disbursement of fund from platforms as tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

East African rivals Kenya and Uganda will meet for an international friendly at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos today.

HE House of Representatives, apparently disturbed by the widely reported harmful effects of carbonated drinks, yesterday, moved that soft drinks produced by Nigeria Bottling Company, NBC, and others should be investigated.

The war of words between Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took a personal dimension, yesterday, Sheriff, pointedly warned Makarfi to “behave himself”.

UYO—The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, smashed a five-man syndicate which specializes in producing and marketing unwholesome bread in Akwa Ibom State.

BENIN—SOME senior citizens, including first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai and Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, will on March 25, 2017 converge in Benin City, Edo State, to honour one of the nation’s nationalists, late Chief Anthony Enahoro.

Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, and the Community Liaison Officer of Delta State secretariat building project of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Warri, Prime Mike Okumagba, has assured the commission of the community’s cooperation in ensuring the completion of the project.

THE lingering leadership tussle in Emu-Ebendo community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, has deepened, as five persons have reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries and scores of others fled the area, following a clash between members of rival parties.

IN 2009, the United Nations Industrial Development organisation (UNIDO) announced plans to conduct investor surveys In 22 African countries. A key goal of the survey in the case of Nigeria is to facilitate the creation of a Nigerian Industrial master plan. The programme will also evaluate the impact of policy on government efforts to promote rapid SME development. UNIDO officials in Nigeria claimed the survey would be of significant assistance to the private sector as well, helping expand operations and set performance benchmarks.

THE people of Ogbinbiri and Ogbudugbudu community of Dibi field, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have appealed to the state government to prevail on the leadership of the Ijaw Regional Development Council, IRDC to allow equity in the chairmanship position of the body.

Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) has granted a passionate concession to the players of disbanded COD United Ladies to play for any team of their choice in the upcoming season.

FIDELITY Bank Plc has disclosed plans to engage entrepreneurs in export business with educative sessions that would help them to grow their export businesses by way of diversifying and solving their foreign exchange challenges. The bank also pledged its commitment to help Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, in Nigeria particularly, the South East, to grow the zone’s economy.