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(Nigeria) Lawyers to ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), Mr Tayo Otetibo, SAN and Ebun-Olu Adegborowa, have dismissed media report, casting aspersion on their persons, insisting that Tompolo has a right to appeal the verdict of the court, if he is dissatisfied with them.

(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom  Wike has recalled  the suspended Caretaker Committee   Chairmen of  Abua/Odual, Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Areas of the state.

(Nigeria) Magistrate W. B. Balogun sitting at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted a N5 million bail to 32- year-old Abeng Oji charged with defiling a six-year-old minor.

(Nigeria) A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Wednesday adjourned till February 29, the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, charged with stealing N754.7 million.

(Nigeria) Cross River Government has begun documentation and screening exercise for the engagement of 1, 500 youths in readiness for the take off of its Green Police.

(Nigeria) The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change, NDIMRC, has urged the Federal Government to ignore the call by some stakeholders in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry to cancel the $260million contracts for the ExxonMobil's Usan Field.

(Nigeria) Nigerian troops, in line with the Chief of Army Staff’s directive to maintain the momentum on insurgents, have carried out major operations against the Boko Haram terrorists locations in Talala and Kumshe axis.

(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the D-8 Organisation for Economic Development to liberalise the issuance of visas as a deliberate policy to boost tourism among member states.

(Nigeria) Concerned APC Members in Delta State, has described as false,  report of impending defection of the leaders of Labour Party in Delta, Chief Great Ogboru and the former speaker, Delta House of Assembly Mr. Victor Ochei of Accord Party Delta State to All Progressives Congress, APC.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Nyesom  Wike has commended the  Naval High Command  for taking concrete measures  to  stem the theft of crude oil  in the Niger Delta  by strengthening  the security  architecture  of the waterways.

(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has commended the media for its role in the ongoing national campaigns against terrorism and corruption, saying the media has availed itself creditably in keeping the people informed about the campaigns.

(Nigeria) Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested the Managing Director of an oil servicing company and some police officers, who allegedly assaulted staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on official duty in Warri, Delta State.

(Nigeria) An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State on Wednesday remanded a 27-year-old man, Dare Lateef, in prison for allegedly raping a minor.

(Nigeria) It was a day to remember in Ikare, Ondo State as Governor Olusegun Mimiko led other dignitaries in the state including about 50 Obas to the installation ceremony of former Director General of the National Sports Commission, Gbenga Elegbeleye as the Otunba of Ikareland by His Royal Highness Oba Akadiri Momoh, the Olukare of Ikareland and the Olukare in Council who found the sports administrator cum politician worthy of the title.

Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday received a phone call from Russian President, Vladimir Putin discussing prospects of the crisis in Syria in light of implementing the ceasefire agreement.

(Nigeria) The apex organisation of the Ogoni people, MOSOP,  has expressed outrage, just as it condemned in strong terms, the invasion of Ogoni communities in Rivers State by the Nigerian military and demand from government the immediate withdrawal of the invading soldiers.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Thursday,  presented its sixth witness in the ongoing trial of a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others for the alleged diversion of over N2billion.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council, has condemned the weekend brutal attack on some journalists in Owerri by officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, and NSCDC.

(Nigeria) The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen Paul Boroh (retd), has said that security was key in solving the challenges of the Niger Delta region.

(Nigeria) Lagos lawyer, Mr Rickey Tarfa, SAN, who initiated a N2.5 billion fundamental rights suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in which he is challenging his arrest and detention, as well the seizure of his phone and car, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that the N225,000 allegedly paid into Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, was a lie, as the said money was paid into the account of a former staff of the chambers, Mohammed Awwal Yunusa.

Two South Africans minor, Bulungu Malaika Wa Kalambaie (3years) and Nora Furah Wa Kalambaie (6 years) have approached a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere,  asking the court to order  Pastor Temitope Joshua to pay them the sum of R 8.772 million, as cost and damages for the death of their father.

(Nigeria) The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday in Abuja said, that the recent removal of 12 vice-chancellors of Federal universities by the Federal Government amounted to a violation of the law.

(Nigeria) Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has blamed the continued incarceration of its leader and Director of Radio Biafra Mr. Nnamdi Kanu to the inexperience the crop of advisers that the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government of President Muhamadu Buhari surrounded himself with.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Bar Association at its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Jos, Plateau State, considered several issues of urgent national importance including, but not limited to: the anti-corruption policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria; the delay in the payment of salaries and allowances of judicial officers and staff; misguided remarks and disparaging utterances by politicians and certain personalities against the Judiciary in order to intimidate or infuse fear; the appointment of Justices of the Supreme Court; the worsening state of the Nigerian economy; the ongoing electricity pricing controversy; the urgent need to set up the NBA Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing guidelines for all lawyers in Nigeria.

(Nigeria) Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to finance climate change projects.

(Nigeria) The Borno State Government has confirmed that 450 people died from ailments and malnutrition across the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, Camps in the state.

(Nigeria) Edo State has been described as a prime destination for foreign investors due to the business-friendly environment and basic infrastructure needed by investors.

(Nigeria) Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has appointed Mrs Folashade Ayoade as the new Secretary to the State Government, SSG.

(Nigeria) The Kano State Hisbah Board said it has arrested a Village Head in Danbatta Local Government Area of the state (names withheld) for allegedly defiling a 13-year- old girl.

(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described China as one of the most important partners in Nigeria's quest to develop its infrastructure.

An official source at the Syrian Expatriates and Foreign Ministry, has said that the country accepts the cessation of fighting actions on the basis of continuing the military efforts for combating terrorism against “The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other al-Qaeda-linked terrorist organisations according to the Russian-United States agreement.

(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that government-owned media organisations will be restructured and reinvented in order to position them to compete favourably with other broadcasters.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday suspended the trial of alleged mastermind of Abuja 2010 Independent Day bombing, Charles Okah, pending his recovery from surgery in the National Hospital.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed an application for a ``no-case-submission’’ filed by a former President, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Sani Lulu, in a corruption charge against him.

(Nigeria) International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has said that only credible investigation missions were acceptable to the people of the region and pro-Biafran protesters, who have been victims of persistent killings by Nigeria’s security operatives.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed the application for a stay of further proceedings filed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, over the hike in electricity tariff.

(Nigeria) The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has reserved judgment in the appeal by Honeywell Flour Mills’ appeal against the ex-parte orders granted by Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the High Court, Lagos in favour of Ecobank Nigeria Limited.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Francis Igo before Justice S. Idrisu of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Valentine Orji, the Managing Director of Naxpro Energy & Shipping Company Limited before Justice A.  Onojovwo of a Delta State High Court sitting in Warri, on a six-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N60million.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in Katsina State, has rescued 11 girls suspected to be victims of human trafficking.

(Nigeria) Senator Magnus Abe, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Rivers South East senatorial ddistrict re-run election has faulted Governor Nyesome Wike for allegedly not being sincere to Ogoni people.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the compulsory retirement of Mr. Augustine  Akhuamhekhun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities from Edo State Civil Service.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and the Eze-Oba of Ogbaland, Sir Chukwumela Nnam Obi during a Special Security  Town Hall Meeting on Monday at Omoku.  (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has directed  security  agencies  to clampdown on cult activities  and violent  crimes in four local government areas  of the state.

(Nigeria) Justice Abdulazeez Anka of Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday fixed March 17, 2016 for hearing proper to commence in the N500 million suit filed by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Lagos State Council, on behalf of one of its members, Otunba Yomi Olomofe, against the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service and eight others over alleged assault on Olomofe at Seme border on June 25, 2015.

(Nigeria) (Nigeria) The congratulation and expression of support for the new national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Alli Modu Sheriff by the Ekiti State governor, Bashorun Ayose Fayose, last week, was simply an act of loyalty to the party and its decision, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly,  Pastor Kola Oluwawole, has said.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Police Force said it had redeployed all Divisional Police Officers, DPOs in Delta State Command over professional misconduct.

(Nigeria) Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has approved the immediate disbursement of N236, 860,000 as motor vehicle loan to 773 workers in the State public service.

(Nigeria) The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ali Modu-Sheriff, has congratulated the Senate President, David Mark, on his victory in Saturday’s Benue South Senatorial re-run election.

(Nigeria) Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria,  Mr. Rickey Tarfa, has instituted  a fresh N5billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, for the alleged violation of his right to privacy.

As the conflict in Syria continues to take its toll on the people and infrastructure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and United States Secretary of State John Kerry have agreed additional parameters of ceasefire in that country, the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday after a telephone conversation between the two top diplomats.