Edo State Police Command Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit, weekend, condoned-off Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s premises following alleged presence of a black polythene bag suspected to contain a bomb. The action caused panic at the busy Akpakpava Road as people ran for their lives.

AHEAD of Bayelsa State November 19, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries, leadership of the party, yesterday, summoned Governor Timipre Sylva and former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Chief Timi Alaibe in Abuja.

THE Federal Government is considering sanctions for government agencies and parastatals that buy imported vehicles rather than the ones assembled in the country.

Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mr. Parry Osayande, has said Nigeria is not yet politically developed to allow the decentralization of the Nigeria Police.

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Senator Jibril Aminu, weekend, threw his weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s move to remove the contentious fuel subsidy.

FOLLOWING what it described as the satisfactory performance of the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, World Bank says it would invest $60 million in projects in the state.

Federal Government has inaugurated National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, in Edo State with a view to curbing the rising cases of maternal mortality in the country.

Nigerian Navy has arrested two persons suspected to be involved in illegal bunkering in Calabar creeks.

A chieftain of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Jibril Aminu, weekend, stated that Nigeria’s current socio-political and economic challenges are traceable to the absence of discipline and internal democratic culture within the ranks and files of the party.