The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has written the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking it not to tamper with its nomination of Mr. Tony Nwoye as its candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN said at end of June 2013 , the total amount released under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) to the 19 participating banks for disbursement to agriculture sector stood at N217.4 billion (for 288 projects).

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has stated that it is awaiting the approval of the Federal Government to enable it deliver a portion of its 50 mega watts of electricity to businesses around Apapa and also to the national grid.

MAKURDI—Benue State Government has  said it will require N3 billion to combat the devastation and rehabilitate victims of last year’s flood in parts of the state.

Four relatives have been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, over alleged theft of goods worth N3.5 million, belonging to one Ifeanyi Ude.

The feud between Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade over the celebration of Oranyan festival was re-ignited, weekend, as Alaafin said Oranyan was never in any of the four royal lineages of Ile-Ife.

The three tiers of government are to share the sum of N524.113 billion as statutory revenue which accrued to the Federal Account in the month of August anytime this week.

Rights activist, Mr Festus Keyamo, has emerged the consensus candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the Delta Central senatorial bye-election.

President Goddluck Jonathan, weekend, in Lagos, warned security agents against use of force to extract information and confessional statements from suspects, lamenting that some Nigerians had lost their lives in the process.

The National Treasurer of the ‘New’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, has resigned from the faction’s National Working Committee.