As the world marks the World Day Against the use of the Death Penalty with the theme Poverty and the death penalty, a rights group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has reaffirmed its position that the abolition of death penalty in law and practice should be the firm desire of the Nigerian government as death penalty was cruel and inhumane treatment, which has no place in modern society.

As the federal government gets set to commence trial of 1,600 Boko Haram suspects, about 1,200 family members of some of the suspects  yesterday launched a fund raising exercise to back their campaign for justice for the suspects.

A national  chairmanship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, said yesterday in Lagos that he had no plan of stepping down for any of the other contenders.

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC), Prof. Charles Inyangete, yesterday, advocated a more conducive policy and regulatory environment for a robust Debt Capital Market, in the country.

Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward Neymar was one of the first five names that award organisers France Football revealed from the shortlist, along with Real Madrid duo Luka Modric and Marcelo, Juventus forward Paulo Dybala and Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante.

Nigeria international Brown Ideye has been ordered by a Swiss court to pay $225,000 being child support for the son he allegedly fathered while he played for Neuchatel Xamax.

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has given a bonus of $US85,000 to each of the players who clinched a place at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

Secretary-General of Lagos Elders Council, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari  to, as a matter of urgency, cut down the cost of governance to boost capital projects and enable Nigerians enjoy dividends of democracy.  

Order-Paper Nigeria, has observed with bewilderment,  recent reports of alleged financial scandals and dire breaches of due process in the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations, NNPC.

DELTA Line workers, yesterday, protested the divestment of the state government owned transport company, urging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to rescind his decision on handing over the company to God is Good Motors.