The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered banks to unfreeze the 24 accounts of the Peace Corps of Nigeria. Justice John Tsoho in a ruling vacated the order upholding the motion filed by the group. The accounts were frozen at the instance of the Police though an ex-parte order it secured on June 23. John Ojogu, on behalf of Peace Corps, filed a motion on notice, dated July 5, praying the court to vacate its post-no-debit order freezing its accounts.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has announced the appointment of Abdul-Akaba Sumaila, as the Acting Sole Administrator of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex. Mr. Sumaila replaces Joseph Isah, who retired from the civil service in September, having attained the mandatory 35 years in service. Mr. Sumaila is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

The Federal Government will soon centralise the payroll for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) just as it is capturing data for personnel of paramilitary outfits on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

Satellite TV service provider, TSTV says its TSTV Africa, will begin commercial operation on Nov. 1. Tstv Managing Director, Mr Bright Echefu, announced this on Saturday while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He added that TSTV would launch its services with about one million decoders nationwide. He said that at least 5,000 decoders TSTV would be released to the public next week for free, adding that it would use the first set of decoders with one-month free subscription to test run its services.

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday warned Nigerians to desist from using substandard tyres, which it described as a death trap.

A Nigerian lawyer, Mr Zannah Mustapha, has won the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) 2017 Nansen Refugees Award.