Ruling on an application filed by Aregbesola yesterday, trial magistrate Kabir Lamido said he is convinced on the basis of a passenger receipt dated June 6 2009, that the accused person had already concluded plans to go for the lesser hajj before his arrest and subsequent arraignment on August 10, adding that it would amount to an infringement if the embattled politicians is barred from going to fulfil his religious obligations.

Twenty-seven persons posing as members of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Related Offences, have been arrested for extorting money from motorists and other members of the public across the State.

The advice was given by Bishop Vitolis Akuchina, General Overseer of Fire of Glory, Liberation Ministries, at a press briefing, saying failure to do so, might result in total chaos for the country.

Former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Mbama Okiro yesterday decried a situation where police officers who after service to their father land gets derided and dehumanized by the same society that saddled them with the responsibility.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday recovered N19 billion from bank debtors, while Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji Azeez Arisekola, Chairman of Zenon Oil and Chief Executive of African Petroleum Plc (AP Plc), Mr Femi Otedola and first civilian Governor of Delta State, Chief Alex Ibru, all visited the commission’s office in Lagos.