FORMER Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Mr. Francis Egele, SAN, has urged Governor Seriake Dickson to ensure that judges are appointed in the state before the end of his administration.

ABUJA—A civil society organization, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of withholding gas flare penalty amounting to over N1 trillion, meant for communities in the Niger Delta.

Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), and some other prominent lawyers have challenged ex-head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, to publish names of beneficiaries of looted pensions funds.

In the last twenty four months, more than fifteen incidents of collapsed buildings have been reported across the country with high human casualties.

Edo State Government has reached an agreement with unions in the transport sector on a harmonized levy and dues across the state to avoid double taxation.

THE Federal Government has promised to stop illegal trading on gemstones and precious metals in the nation.

Make safety part of your everyday life if you want to survive in the liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, transport business” Navgas, a foremost LPG company has told drivers. Giving the advice during the safety week of the company in Lagos, Titilola Hassan, Client Service Manager of the company said that company will reward drivers that clearly demonstrate their commitment to safe LPG loading practices by entering them into a draw for a variety of prizes.

THE paramount ruler of Ebira Land in Kogi State, Dr Ado Ibrahim, has urged the Federal Government to revive the nation’s Ajaokuta Steel Company.

This weekend, at  the Civic Center in Victoria Island, Lagos, Art X , the rapidly emerging annual  art fair  concentrating on the West African region  will be once again packed full with some of the best contemporary art in West Africa as : 14  selected galleries drawn from Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, and the United Kingdom  will be presenting at the second  edition of the Art X Lagos . The first edition of Art X Lagos took place in 2016, attracting 5,000 visitors and the work of 65 artists.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that it has successfully completed the re-construction of a new transmission tower in replacement of the damaged transmission tower No 145, destroyed last month by a trailer that rammed into it, in the Asokoro area of Abuja, FCT.