ABUJA—The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday, said he had received a compiled list of 1,124 high-profile cases that would be monitored by the Corruption and other Financial Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO), recently constituted by the National Judicial Council, NJC.

TO imbue future leaders with necessary legislature experience and exposure, which in turn will enhance their contributions to the development of the state, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has started an internship programme for graduates.

Lagos—A 32-year-old man, Benjamin Agbogu, who allegedly stole N10 million from a businessman, was, yesterday, arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

A GROUP, under the aegies of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard, OSPIVV, has dragged Royal-Dutch Shell Plc, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, to court in the United Kingdom over its failure to pay N3,600,191,206.00 compensation to affected victims and communities of the Bonga Oil Field.

FAST rising On Air Personality, OAP, Olayemi Akande, a former financial and investment expert, has at last revealed why and how she ventured into the broadcasting profession where she is presently holding sway through her programme, Opinions with Olayemi which has featured regularly in three radio stations in Lagos.

THE weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting which started after the swearing-in of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and the launch of the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem witnessed a mild drama as Head of Service, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari,  were involved in a shouting match.

ABUJA— Barely four days after being sacked from his exalted post, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has summoned former Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Amb. Ayodele Oke, for further interrogation in relation to the $43.5 million locked in a private apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos.

UMBRELLA body of Christians in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to a statement credited to Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, urging him to stop discrediting the Christian body in his quest to douse religious tension in Nigeria and win the heart of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Lagos—Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye of a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, granted Aminu Abubakar, the son of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, interim custody of his two children, to allow them complete the third term in their present school in Lagos.

ENUGU—The family of  former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme, yesterday allayed fears over his health condition even as the Federal Government sent a delegation to visit him in hospital.

THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the Nigerian Army will soon deploy some gallant soldiers to Lake Chad region in order to flush out remnants of Boko Haram insurgents.

THE Federal Government has concluded plans to make importers take delivery of their cargoes cleared from Lagos ports at Papalanto in Ogun State via rail lines.

NORTHERN Governors have earmarked $88 million as cost for the revival of the first textile mill in Nigeria, the Kaduna Textile Mill, KTL, National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has revealed.

GLOBAL Education Monitoring (GEM) Report which has just been released, has indicated that it is the responsibility of governments to provide universal quality education and stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving the goal. The Report warns that disproportionate blame on any one actor for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, widening inequality and damaging learning.

A warehouse and shops, stocked with pasta, flour and sugar products not fortified with Vitamin A, were sealed up by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, in different parts of Lagos, yesterday, as part of ongoing efforts to stem the tide of substandard products in the country.