GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has appealed to the Head of Service of the Federation to prevail on some federal parastatals and agencies in the state to defray the outstanding N2 billion tax liabilities to the state government.

FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to have a rethink over the protracted strike, pleading that the action has been carried too far.

Mama Obi, as she is fondly called, recounted how she was forced to relocate to Lagos in July this year, in search of medical assistance and succour. Unfortunately, she became stranded, and has since pitched tent under the bridge at Ojuelegba.

Kebbi Government, yesterday, issued an indefinite restriction order on the movement of private and commercial motorcycles between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, in Asaba, passed the state’s 2013 Appropriation Amendment Bill authorizing the spending of re-ordered N58.2 billion.