Akwa Ibom State Government said it was ready to raise over N200 billion from the Nigerian capital market to beef up its infrastructural facilities that would spur industrial revolution in the state.

ERSTWHILE Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Sunday, expressed optimism that despite the security challenges confronting the nation, she would soon experience a new dawn, just as Governor Babatude Fashola of Lagos State urged Christians to pray for peace in the nation.

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, declared Olororun Taleb Tebite of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, as winner of the May 6 House of Assembly rerun election in the council area.

Mummy, will daddy be home for Christmas? Asked one of Mrs Ose’s children. But in response, his mother who was lost in thought, looked up to heaven as if someone up there had the right answer and with a sigh she replied, “ God will bring him back home”.

Governorship candidate of Change Advocacy Party, CAP, in the February gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Dr. Imoro Kubor, has said that he and his running mate, Rev Obegha Oworibo, remained the candidates to beat in the forthcoming election because of their excellent civil service careers.