Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, yesterday, concurred with his Niger State counterpart, Muazu Aliyu Babangida, that President Goodluck Jonathan actually signed an agreement with them to serve for a single term of four years.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has urged the people of the state to expect brighter days in 2014.
In a New Year message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the governor, said that the out gone year was one of peace, stability and tremendous progress in the socio-economic life of the state.

TWO prominent Deltans, a former Head of Service in the defunct Bendel State, Chief Patrick Onyeobi and former Presidential aide and Commissioner for Economic Planning in the state, Chief Clement Ofuani, have called on the political class, especially the opposition, to stop overheating the polity, which they said was not in the interest of the country.

National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, yesterday, shelved its planned nationwide strike, scheduled to begin today.
The decision to suspend the strike, according to Mr Babatunde Ogun, President, PENGASSAN, is to allow for talks with officials of the ministries of Petroleum and Labourover the issue, scheduled to hold January 7, 2013.

EBONYI State police Command yesterday confirmed the alleged killing of a driver attached to the office of wife of the governor of Ebonyi State, Mr. Chika Umaha, 28, at Mkpuma Akpoka village in Izzi Local Government Area of the state..
The incident, which was reported by the accountant to the wife of the governor, Enwenyi Fidelis, of Edebigwe village, occurred at about 7:30 pm on December 28, 2013.