Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Wednesday defended former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi’s swearing-in of his successor, Justice Alloysius Katsina-Alu, in the absence of President UmaruYar’Adua, saying his action saved the nation’s judiciary from collapse.

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday impounded a consignment of anti malarial tablets, LONART(R) worth over N10 million, even as it sealed two pharmaceutical shops in Idumota, area of Lagos for stocking fake drugs.

SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Okonta, has said Delta North senatorial district would support the plan by the three senatorial districts of the state to return Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for a second term in 2011.

THE Chairman of Warri South local government, Mr. Mofe Edema, has presented a budget estimate of N2,533, 745, 015.00 to the legislative arm of the council for ratification.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has declared that his administration would no longer partner and disburse its usual annual grants to political parties under the umbrella of the Forum of Registered Political Parties (FRPP) in the state.