Against the backdrop of mounting complaints by parents over alleged extortion by heads of public schools in Bayelsa State, the Ministry of Education yesterday cleared the air on the controversy, saying it only authorised the collection of N1,000 as fees for science practical examination.

Lagos State House of Assembly has set up an ad-hoc committee to probe the activities of the State Joint Account Committee which manages the state’s share from the Federation Account.

FORMER Head of the Interim Government, and Chairman, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, Chief Ernest Shonekan, has said that infrastructure services in both the economic and social sphere remain the bedrock of any socio-economic development as well as a key indicator of a nation’s developmental status.

A TOTAL of 18 suspected members of separate robbery gangs that have been terrorising Lagos metropolis have been arrested by the police and six locally made guns, house breaking implements and a vehicle that was earlier stolen were recovered.

Following the crisis on Monday between Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, officials and commercial bus operators, suspected to be members of unregistered Association of Danfo Drivers of Lagos State, the state government has confirmed the arrest of about 20 people involved in the showdown.