The presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled to hold in Damaturu, Yobe State has been cancelled.

TRAGEDY hit the ongoing presidential debate as the vice presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, Akuchie Clinton Cliff was said to have been involved in an auto crash on his way to the airport to attend the vice presidential debate in Abuja, yesterday.

As the Justice Elizabeth Ikpejieme governorship tribunal hearing complaints against the results of Osun August 9 polls prepares to give its judgment, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of allegedly funding its supporters for violence.

Insurance operators and traders are split over the lack of insurance cover to mitigate losses suffered by traders during fire incidents.

ABUJA — Following the promise by the Police High Command to ensure a hitch-free elections and checkmate all manner of violence, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, commissioned 263 patrol vehicles for the Nigerian police even as he appealed to supporters of political parties to eschew violence at the polls.

Last week Tuesday, the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele met with the organised private sector to discuss developments in the foreign exchange market. He gave insights into the continued pressure on the Naira, blaming it on speculative activities of operators. He urged the Nigerian business community to focus on local production, promising that the CBN will assist local manufacturers of products that are now being imported into the country.

LAGOS — THE Federal Government has said that it will not hesitate to detain any vessel entering the country territorial and coastal waters with security escorts on board, whether armed or unarmed.

— FRONTLINE contestant for Abia South senatorial seat of Abia State in this month’s general elections on the platform of All progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Chris Nkwonta, has called on the electorate to ensure their votes counted.

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has liquidated 21 Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs), following the revocation of their operating licences by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The value of electronic payment rose by 150 percent in two years to N35 trillion in 2014, reflecting the impact of the cashless policy.

The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has carpeted the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Major-General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) as an advocate of Hausa /Fulani irredentist who does not believe in the corporate entity and oneness of Nigeria.

The Acting Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos, Professor Chris Bode, said that only the enactment of a policy that will outlaw strikes by unions or groups of workers in public health sectors can put a stop to incessant strike in the country.

We need to begin to look at the structure of our economy and tell ourselves that as we stopped importation of cement and today we are exporting cement, we can do the same and encourage those who are ready to produce to support the economy and help conserve our reserves and ultimately keep our exchange rate strong.

LAGOS — TWO weeks before the general election which has generated tremendous interest by Nigerians and the world, retired Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has called on Nigerians to pray much more than ever before for the success of the exercise and the emergence of upright leaders who will take the nation to a new dimension.

Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that nobody will be allowed to ridicule the office of the President in the name of playing opposition politics.