Amid fear of uncertainty and tight security, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital literally went asleep Thursday as the governorship election petition tribunal delivered judgment in a re-trial petition filed by All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate in the 2007 election, Senator Ibikunle Amosun against Governor Gbenga Daniel, whose election was upheld.

An Abuja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kado, Life Camp, will Friday decide on whether or not to grant a request by the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Osun State in the 2007 general election, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s lesser hajj.

THE debt recovery team put in place by the Wema Bank Plc to recover outstanding loans following the storm in the banking industry learnt Thursday in Akure that one of its debtors used non-existing shares as collateral to obtain a N600 million loan from the bank nine years ago.

Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited, concessionaire of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, yesterday launched its presence and commencement of work at the Lagos end of the 105 kilometre road following the expiration of eviction notices served on trespassers to vacate the right of way.

The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), to furnish it with details on the liabilities of 13 banks that were liquidated in 2006 in the wake of the recapitalisation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).