BENIN—Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was afraid of the use of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in the forthcoming election because the PVC would expose their alleged rigging methods and stop electoral fraud.

Voters who do not possess PVC will not be accredited and, consequently, will not be able to vote.

One mid-morning early in December last year, I stood in the balcony of my house and watched as aircraft, as usual, lazily came in to land. I live along the very busy international plane route leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. But this morning, there was something unusual about the incoming flights. Within the space of 45 minutes, I was able to count thirteen Nigerian Air Force Hercules transporters. I immediately knew Nigeria’s war against Boko Haram was going to take a turn for the better.

The Provost of the Federal College of Education, Yola, Professor Abdul-Mumin Sa’ad has commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, over its intervention in the upliftment of the nation’s education sector, even as he stated that the institution is embarking on massive upgrading of its facilities to get approval to run more degree programmes.

Tajudeen Shoneye, 58, has been charged before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl on June 15, 2013.

Human rights activist, Mr. Martin Obinani Eloka, has accused the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of a Police Division in Delta State (names withheld) of threatening his life for exposing alleged corrupt practices in his earlier petition to the Inspector-General of Police, IG, and President Goodluck Jonathan.

FCMB Capital Markets Limited, the investment banking arm of FCMB Group Plc, has been adjudged the “Best Local Investment Bank in Nigeria” at the 2014 African Banking Awards, organised by EMEA Finance magazine.

Contrary to speculations, federal allocations that accrued to the 27 local government areas of Imo State from May 2011 to December 2014 stood at N175.034 billion.

The sitting of the House of Representatives was, yesterday, disrupted after members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, rejected moves by the presiding officer of the House to stall a motion seeking to bar the military from playing a role in the conduct of the forthcoming elections.

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