ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has sent 19 nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and approval as commissioners, with six members of the immediate past cabinet and three women making the list.

Palpable anxiety has continued to reign at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church, Mgbidi, Oru West local council area of Imo State, as the safety of little Miss Miracle Ohanyere, who was abducted nearly three weeks ago from the church premises, remained uncertain.

Justice A. Onojovwo of a Delta State High Court sitting in Ozoro, has held that HRM R. L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro, Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom, is not the prescribed authority to confer chieftaincy titles on deserving persons but cannot be dethroned.

The Ekpan Development Committee of Delta State has denied a report attributed to it, accusing Julius Berger Nigeria, JBN, of racial discrimination.

SOME women groups in Anambra State have called on the state governor, Mr. Peter Obi, to sign into law the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill that would guarantee 35% affirmative action for women in the state.