IN 1991, the administration of Major General Ibrahim .B. Babangida created additional states including Abia State, God’s Own State. Administrators were appointed to run the state’s affairs until 1993 when Dr. Ogbonnaya Onuh became the first democratically elected Governor of the state. He couldn’t complete his term because of ministry intervention.

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State has urged judges in the state to devote four of five sitting days in a week to cases involving suspected kidnappers as a way of reducing the number of such pending cases.

THE Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has said that lack of funding, infrastructure, transitioning of legacy agreements and commercial framework are major obstacles to the implementation of the Nigeria Gas Transportation Network Code, NGTNC.

PORT HARCOURT— Campaign organisation of the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has raised alarm over alleged plot by the opposition political party in the state to kill the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Etche Local Government Area, Mr Charles Anyanwu.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on the state Commissioner of Police to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the death of Mr. Chibuike Edeh, staff of a 5-star hotel in the state, who was accused of theft and kept in their custody. Meanwhile, the Police in Benin have absolved themselves of blame in the death of the deceased, as the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Edoigiawerie, described the allegation as false and a calculated attempt to cast aspersion on the image and the professional manner the Police handled the issue.