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  Some group of journalists at an event recently debated the growing trend of weight loss. Their focus revolved round a popular lady whose rapid weight loss is of concern not only to the journalists but also her family. The lady in question is said to have been very fit when she was on the big side.

The Supreme Court has fixed January 29, 2016 for judgment in the dispute between Chevron and Brittania-U, which arose following the failure of the former to transfer ownership of some oil blocks to the latter having successfully out-bidded other oil firms during the bidding exercise. Brittania-U Nigeria Limited is challenging the award of OML 52, 53 and 55 by Chevron Nigeria Limited to Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited.

It was further gathered that Onwunbiko informed the court that he was prepared to return Ali’s N10,000 and settle the caseamicably.

  The Ikeja Local Government at the weekend said the pending lawsuit before a Lagos High Court would not stop the redevelopment of Alade Market into a mega shopping mall valued at a minimum of N6.9 billion.

Despite the prevailing economic crunch in the country occasioned by the decline in the prices of crude oil at the international market, the present administration in Enugu State appears determined to leave lasting footprints on the sands of time with the array of on-going projects by the government. Christopher Isiguzo and Linus Okechukwu, in Enugu, report The euphoria that greeted the victories and ascendency of President Muhammadu Buhari and a crop of governors across the country after the general elections in March and April did not last very long. On assumption of duty, most leaders figured out that falling oil prices had not just adversely affected revenue but had also left them with little room to manoeuvre or indulge in political brinkmanship or grandstanding.

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, November 12, for hearing of the appeal of the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, challenging the legality of his trial by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration.

President Muhammadu Buhari will  inaugurate the  new Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Virgin Atlantic Airways has explained why it laid off all its Nigerian crew.  The British carrier has shut its call centre in Lagos and subsequently disengaged all its Nigerian crew.

Hundreds of Pro-Biafra activists stormed the streets of Enugu  and Abia  State Sunday morning, protesting the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The protesters, who were marching through major streets in Enugu metropolis, as at the time of filling this report, were also demanding urgent recognition of the Sovereign State of Biafra. Chanting anti-Federal government slogans, they declared their opposition to the incarceration of the IPOB leader.

The Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has predicted that many Senators elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will soon be cross-carpeting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.