LAGOS — A group, the Concerned Citizens of Ikeja, yesterday, advised the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Abiodun Faleke not to seek a third term in the lower chamber.

Actress Joke Silver, actor Segun Arinze and a female pilot, Mrs Enitan Dan-Faparusi, on Tuesday led other mentors to chart a path for students toward building careers and realising life ambitions.

LAGOS—Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till September 3, 2018,  or continuation of trial of Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and one Iwejuo Joseph Nna, who are standing trial before the court on alleged N1. 6 billion fraud.

Echoes of the recent Bauchi South Senatorial by-election have resounded with the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Isa Yuguda putting the loss of his former home base to what he described as election irregularities perpetrated by the authorities.

DELTA State House of Assembly, yesterday,  approved the extension of the current Board of the state Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, by six months, following a letter from the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa,  to that effect.

YENAGOA—A prominent indigene of Brass and former Chairman of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Mrs. Marie Ebikake, has accused a lawmaker from the area, Mr. Israel Sunny-Goli, an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain of being behind the violence that rocked Twon Brass penultimate week in which two lives were reportedly lost.

FOR almost one week now Americans have been mourning the passing as well as celebrating the life and legacy of one man they believe epitomises the idea that the goal of every citizen, much more a political leader, is to put service to the country first and above any other consideration. Senator John Mccain who died last weekend of brain cancer at the age of 81 is for many Americans that symbol of a leader as a servant of the people.

THE problem of remittanc-es of pension deductions from workers’ salaries and payment of pensions to retired civil servants by state governments across the country, has reached a boiling point.

Ordinarily there should be so much going for Nigeria’s economy. Production of crude oil at about 2 million barrels per day at a good price of about 70 dollars per barrel is yielding good foreign exchange for the Nation, helping to boost foreign reserves which today stand at about 47.25 Billion dollars. Inflation has continued to decline steadily over several months coming to the current level of 11.4% as the CBN and its MPC retain monetary policy index at a tight stance.

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has formally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

THE global community was jolted when former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, Kofi Annan, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2018. In recognition of the greatness of the Ghana-born diplomat, the world has befittingly lavished eulogies on him for his unquantifiable contributions to the pursuit of a better world.

Taraba State government has distributed over five million improved cassava stems to farmers across the 16 local government areas of the state.

ABUJA—Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday,  refuted insinuations of plans by the Federal Government to sell the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG.

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has welcomed as good riddance to bad rubbish, the exit of its former chairman, Mr. Moshood Salvador saying that his new friends in the All Progressives Congress, APC will soon discover him to be a merchant of falsehood.

Senator Osinachukwu Ideozu, Rivers West, has put political actors in Rivers State on suspense after failing to carry through his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC as had been widely reported across the state.