A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday granted temporary reprieve to a former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Hamman Ahmed and ex-Customs Area Comptroller of the Apapa Area, Mrs. Hannatu Sulaiman, as it admitted them to bail for N100 million each.

Former Information Minister, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, who was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS), has been released.

IN a swift move to comply with Presidential assurances that government would ensure that none of the five banks involved in sharp practices as published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are not allow to go under, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) not to engage in panic-withdrawal of funds from the bank.

Irked by the rising incidences of diabetes and hypertension, the Lagos State Government has reviewed its state-wide free diabetes and hypertension screening exercise to be held quarterly with a view to further aid the early detection of undiagnosed cases of the diseases.

NO fewer than 67 Nigerians were yesterday deported from Madrid, the Spanish capital for alleged sundry immigration offences.