LAGOS—SPECIAL Adviser to Imo State governor and Liaison Officer in Lagos State, Mr. Alex Ononugbo, has dismissed fears that the defection of the state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha to the All Progressives Congress, APC, would affect chances of his re-election, noting that the people would never regret the decision.

ABEOKUTA — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ogun State, yesterday, said it had arrested five suspects in connection with illegal dealing in petroleum products at Kara area, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

ABUJA: The Federal Government has explained that a chunk of N3.4 billion grant by the European Union, EU, will be used to boost renewable energy specifically solar and wind farms in the northern part of the country.

Apparently influenced by the diminishing global rig count and the cash crunch being experienced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in the execution of its joint venture projects, Nigeria’s rig count reduced by seven in June 2014, the International Association of Drilling Contractors, IADC said.

LAGOS—INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that Mr. Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Alliance, DPA, in the 2007 general elections might soon declare his ambition to run for the 2015 governorship election in Lagos State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, as he paid a formal visit to the party’s secretariat, where he was received amid fanfare by the chairman, Chief Tunji Shelle.

THE Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, has advised the General Theophilus Danjuma Committee to work expeditiously to achieve result.

NATIONAL Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), yesterday, told hotel operators that the Federal Government was taking security matters to all levels to combat terrorism in Nigeria.

Ahead of 2015 elections, the United States government, yesterday, said it would only support an election process that guaranteed the citizens’ rights to elect candidates of their choice, irrespective of party’s affiliation

LAGOS — Tragedy struck in Idimu slaughter slab in Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos State yesterday, after a truck owned by a sachet water factory lost control, killing two people and injuring many others.

Worried by the spate of defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, the Bakura Local Government Council, yesterday, set up a committee to get the root of the matter and recommend ways of moving the APC forward.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State for attracting investments to the state, describing the governor as an investor’s delight.

A group, the Northern Alternative Forum, NAF, has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election.

Former Head of State and chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, x-rayed current political developments in the country and concluded that Nigeria was headed for the brink.

A group, known as Isoko South Women Group, ISWG, in collaboration with youths in Isoko South Local Government of Delta State, has said that the culture of god-fatherism and imposition of candidates is unacceptable, and must end immediately