The Naira yesterday depreciated to N364.65 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window even as the volume of dollars traded rose by 97 percent.

ABUJA—Acting Chairman ofEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, vowed to comply with a Federal Territory High Court order to produce former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in court within 72 hours to stand trial for alleged graft while in office.

Sometime in July last year, the Department of State Services hosted a national seminar on unity in diversity, security and development in Abuja. In his address to the participants, the vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, raised an issue that was not then playing in the public space, namely, hate speech. He warned that “hate speech precedes genocide, the greatest tragedy in human history.”

The Federal  Government has begun moves to dialogue with oil marketers over debts owed them, to avert a fuel crisis in the forthcoming festive season.

RECENTLY, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola became the former Governor of Osun State; he completed his eventful and impactful two terms in office. He left office before November 27 in a blaze of glory and glowing legacies that would be hard to match though we pray that his successor in office would be able to perform as much as he did. 

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has said the fight against corruption in Nigeria was yet to attain the desired level being sought by government.

Stakeholders in the justice sector including the Attorney-General of the Federal, Abubakar Malami, SAN, Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu and Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN have decried the worsening impact of cross-border corruption on the country.

ABUJA—House of Representatives, yesterday, requested President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit the tripartite agreement on new National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly for legislation.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has vowed that the state government will spare no effort in ensuring that those who want to cause violence in the state are dealt with according to law.

We have graduated to a point where fake legislation is being relied upon in court

THE recently concluded primary elections have once more brought forth the acute dilemma of those in the civil service to come out as candidates for political positions or not. Ideally civil servants should resign from their offices before putting themselves up for elective posts. But what we have now is clearly getting out of hand.

Nigerian musician Iyanda Oluwafemi, popularly known by his stage name, Frosh, returns with a massive nationwide anthem titled ‘Pali.’ The America based singer goes really hard on this new track, laced it with heavy percussion and highly infectious up-tempo beat.

UYO— PAN-NIGER Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of traditional rulers, elders, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has warned that the people of the region will “vehemently resist” any attempt  to make use of “federal might” to subvert the will of Niger Delta people in the 2019 general election.

WOMEN under the auspices of Virtuous Women and Youth Empowerment Initiative, VWYEI, are mourning fallen soldiers and sympathises with their families.

Rights activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has said despite two court orders freezing seven accounts being operated by Itsekiri Regional Development Council, IRDC, members of the council have opened new accounts in two different banks, saying those behind the act have no regard for the law.