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Rule of Law continues to triumph… PM News
Appeal Court Sacks Segun Oni, Orders Re-Run In 10 LGs, but a replacement for the governor will have to be determined in 90 days’ time, as the court also ordered fresh elections in 10 out of the 16 local councils, to know the actual winner of the 14 [...]

The National Automobile Technicians Association has asked the Federal Government to assist its members across the country with a N4bn trade developments and intervention fund as a result of the hardship they are facing.
The group said the fund would enable mechanics and other automobile technicians in the country get adequate training on automatic cars [...]

A new wave of bank fraud that has challenged recently upgraded internal risk control measures ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria has become a source of concern for the authorities.

Industry sources revealed on Sunday that the CBN was worried about the spate of fraud and attempted fraud by some bank workers in collusion with [...]

kidnappings and demand for ransom that had hitherto gained ground among the militants of the Niger Delta are gradually creeping into the South-West, particularly Lagos.
For instance, two men are currently in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command over their involvement in the recent kidnap of a young boy from a church in Isolo, [...]

ABUJA—Governors of the 36 states are today meeting with American billionaire businessman, Mr. Bill Gates, to seek his assistance in the effort to eradicate wild polio virus in Nigeria.
Gates, who through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is involved in several interventions in the health sector, is visiting Nigeria to specifically hold high level discussions [...]

The Nigerian Bar Assocition has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to appeal against the verdict of the Court of Appeal in Kaduna over the James Ibori’s case.
The appellate court had held that suspects were better tried in places where they committed the offence.
But the NBA said the development could have negative effect [...]

The National Assembly will spend N2.5bn on security at the National Assembly Complex as well as for lawmakers and its top officials.
Details of the sum are contained in the 2009 budget passed by both houses of the National Assembly awaiting harmonisation by the conference committee.
Of the sum, the Senate had about 90 per cent of [...]

The Action Congress, on Sunday, said the failure by President Umaru Yar‘Adua to adhere to the constitutional provision over his vacation had created a void that could threaten the country‘s democracy.
The AC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the unfortunate power game in the Presidency, resulting from the vacation [...]