Erstwhile chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was once poisoned in the course of his duties as anti-corruption czar, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed.

Diamond Bank-sponsored Building Entrepreneurs Today, BET programme, has presented N15 million to five entrepreneurs who distinguished themselves in the entrepreneurial development programme of the bank.

The National Technical Committee on the European Union/ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiation on Thursday said Nigeria might lose its fiscal revenue by endorsing the agreement. Vice-Chairman of the committee, Prof. Ademola Oyejide, made this known at the opening of the committee’s meeting in Abuja.

The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it had killed three suspected robbers and arrested a herbalist and two others in two robbery operations in the state.

Borno is passing through very difficult moments. In our thousands of years of civilisation, our people have never witnessed this level of suffering. It is nothing but man’s inhumanity to man. Imagine the continued abduction of innocent people, particularly the school girls in Chibok and killing of innocent civilians.

The Ekiti State chapter of the Labour Party has restated its earlier stand that the party remains a peaceful party as far as the governorship election campaigns are concerned.

Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd) left the glitz and glamour of ministerial office in Abuja to seek the PDP gubernatorial ticket. However, he was shell shocked by Ayo Fayose who emerged as the party’s candidate in the gubernatorial primaries organized by the party last month.

The ranks of those who have pledged their support for their preferred candidates ahead of the June 21 governorship election, continues to swell with endorsements.

Senator Magnus Abe has described the orderly conduct of the Rivers State congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which was well attended, as monumental.

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