Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were divided in their choice of candidates for the offices of the senate president and deputy senate president yesterday, an ill development that led to the abandonment of a two-day retreat organised for them by the national leadership of the party in Abuja.

Binis In Diaspora Organisation (BIDO) has kicked against the proposed demolition of Benin Moat and walls, describing it as an anti-Benin agenda to undermine their cultural values.

The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, sponsored by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Warri South West and Warri North Local Government Areas, Delta State, has awarded projects worth N85.4 million to contractors in the area, with a charge to the contractors to complete the projects in record time.

No fewer than 30 traders, including five pregnant women, sustained injuries following an attack by some miscreants who claimed to be road decongestion officials.

EX-MILITANT generals from the Niger-Delta region,have reassured the President-elect,General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) of relative peace in the region.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) disclosed, yesterday, that 20 women and children abducted by Boko Haram were rescued during troops offensive on the camps of the group inside Sambisa forest just as scores of the Islamist group’s fighters were killed in the assault.

The appropriate road sign referred to by the regulations includes the maximum speed limit of 100km/ph reserved only for private cars and 90km/ph for taxis and buses while the speed limit for built up areas could be anything between 30 and 50km/ph or less.

Mama Imaobong Titus refused to be consoled. She asked hysterically: Why did my son have to die?

THIS is not the best moment for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The party, which has been in power at the federal level since 1999, suffered a crushing defeat in the 2015 general elections.

If any of the Ministers in the outgoing government is now actively living in wonderland and releasing more fairy tales than facts about her accomplishments, that Minister must be Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She doubled as the Federal Minister for Finance and the Coordinating Minister on the Economy, CME. In that regard, she was the second most powerful person in the outgoing government. Her appointment for the second time as Finance Minister was received with a great deal of hope and enthusiasm given her exalted status as one of the Managing Directors of the World Bank.