University lecturers in the South-South have received with mixed feelings, the recent lowering of cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Airforce, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has commended the Nigerian Airforce for the effective deployment of the Super Tucanos and the success recorded so far against the current security challenges of Nigeria.

Sports stakeholders in Ogun state have accused the permanent secretary of the state Ministry of Youth and Sports, Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun for absolutely responsible for the sorry state of sports in the state.

The Imo State Government has described as distasteful and cheap blackmail, the claim by Innoson Motors that the State is owing the company N2.5 billion being the cost of the vehicles it supplied some months ago.

The Katsina State Police Command says the ban on motorcycle movements from 10p.m to 6a.m within the city will be reinforced by its operatives.

Governor Hope Uzodimma on Friday recorded another feat in his administration as the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) returned to Imo State Government the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of Standard Shoe Company Limited, Owerri which it seized from past administrations as a result of N1.6 billion indebtedness.

An aviation expert, Mr. Bankole Bernard, seeks the Federal Government’s urgent assistance in the provision of foreign exchange to allow foreign airlines to repatriate their unremitted ticket revenue to their respective countries.

The President National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Dare Ishaya, has asked the Federal Government to implement the payment of the new Hazard Allowance and arrears stipulated as of Dec. 22, 2021.

A political group, the Coalition of the PDP National and Diaspora Certified Support Groups (COPAG), has urged the National Assembly to fast-track legislation that would allow Nigerians in Diaspora to vote in the 2023 general elections.

The Police Command in Lagos State on Saturday said no INEC official was arrested on Friday in connection with the ongoing Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise in the state.

The Nigeria Medical Association, FCT Chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to beef up security in the FCT following recent threats in the environs.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) has rescued no fewer than 615 victims of human trafficking in Katsina State from January 2022 to date.

President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, expressed reservations over the degenerated welfare and working conditions of the nation’s judiciary, saying it was serious and would be addressed.