The Federal Government has released N30 billion for the development of the solid minerals sector, a top official of the Solid Minerals Development Fund has announced.

A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday reiterated the need to secure payment systems in the country stem fraudulent activities in the financial sector.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in a closed door meeting with former Vice President Nnamadi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the People with Disabilities Bill.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the Department of State Services (DSS) arrest and detention of the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, lamenting that “the DSS is becoming law unto itself and dragging Nigeria back to 1984 when Decree 2 was used by the National Security Organisation (NSO) to dump Nigerians in detention without trial under flimsy excuses.”

Justice A. M. Talba of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to remand into prison custody pending the determination of a bail application by the Ex- FCT minister Bala Mohammed who has been arraigned over a 6-count charge bordering on abuse of office, false declaration of assets and fraud to the tune of N864million.

Contrary to popular opinion, the state of Osun owns 14% equity in Omoluabi Garment Factory, located along Gbongan Osogbo road, Ede.

Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested eight suspects following a street fight at Iyana-Ipaja which claimed one life.

Music’s biggest night is heading to New York in 2018 after more than a decade in Los Angeles, the organisers of the annual Grammy Awards has said.