ABUJA—Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from conducting further investigations into the finances of Benue State.

MINNERS under the auspices of Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, have expressed optimism that the completion 154-kilometer Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge line billed for commercial operations by September 2018 will boost mining activities in the minerals and mining sector.

ABUJA—The Federal Government says it is proposing a new National Research and Innovation Fund Bill that would provide financial support for innovation and research.

IN attendance at the enthronement were the deputy governor of Ondo state, Chief Agboola Ajayi, Ondo state Commissioner for Information, Mr.Yemi Olowolabi  and those who made the enthronement possible, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, Mr. Wole Okunfulire, Mr. Gbola Akinola, Sir Olu Okeowo, Dayo Egbeyemi, Otunba Solomon Ayodele  Oladunni and others. Also present were Bishop Ephraim Adebola Ademowo and his wife, Mrs. Ranti Ademowo, the Bishop’s mother and his wife Professor Motunrayo F. Olumokaye, who is from Ondo city in Ondo state and the Bishop’s elder brother Henry Kole Olumokaye who is the Olu of Onisere in Idanra local government.

ABUJA—THE Federal Government, yesterday, raised the alarm that the security situation in the North-East geopolitical zone of the country was worrisome.