WORRIED by the appointment of politicians by the Federal Government to head agencies and parastatals, ahead of career civil servants, the Senate is currently working on a bill to halt the practice.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday it has so far conducted no fewer than 167 elections in the aftermath of the 2015 general elections.

THE Africa DevelopmentBank, AfDB, has stated that it is set to invest about $12 billion under its new deal with ‘Energy for Africa’, in the next five years.

Members of the Nigeria Dental Association, NDA, employees of Unilever Nigeria Plc, dental practitioners, and other stakeholders, weekend took to the street of Lagos to sensitise Nigerians on oral hygiene practices as part of activities to this year’s Oral Health Day.

The President of Ngadiuba Grassroot soccer project has joined in congratulating Amaju Pinnick on his election into the exalted CAF Executive Committee.

THE Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, market is expected to hit an additional storage capacity of about 12,000 metric tonnes, says the president, Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA), Dayo Adeshina

The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF,has urged media practitioners to protect the rights of children through ethical based reportage and in accordance with best global practices.

It was all grimaces as Pillar of Sports, Orji Uzor Kalu, got the news of Enugu Rangers ouster from the elite CAF Champions League last Sunday. The Flying Antelopes crashed out 5-3 aggregate despite beating Zamalek of Egypt 2-1 in Enugu at the Weekend.

Downgraded from the elite CAF Champions League, the Nigerian duo of Enugu Rangers and Rivers United will today know the teams they will be facing in the playoff for the second tier CAF Confederation Cup.

OIL fell around 1 percent yesterday as investors continued to unwind bets on higher prices after record cuts last week because of concerns that growing United States oil output could hamper an Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC-led production cut deal.

Chippa United goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi left the British High Commission in South Africa empty-handed yesterday morning, without picking up a visa that will enable him join the Super Eagles in London.

Senator Shehu Sani, APC Kaduna Central is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign and Local Debts; Vice Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Chairman, Senate adhoc Committee on Humanitarian Crisis in the North East as well as member, Senate Committees on INEC, Media and Public Affairs.

ANAMBRA State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi yesterday stormed the state headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command and the Directorate of State Services, DSS, to inquire what had happened to the petitions he wrote to the two security agencies over alleged threat to kill him by Governor Willie Obiano.

ALL new projects must comply with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010, the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote, has advised companies operating in the oil and gas industry.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed April 25 to decide whether or not the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, should be released on bail pending his trial. This came as a member of House of Representatives representing Orumba North/Orumba South Federal Constituency of Anambra state, Hon. Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka stated that there is no moral justification to continue to detain the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.