Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, forms its Governors Forum with the sole aim of whittling down the influence of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF with Governor Godswill Akpabio emerging as chairman.

Mr. Israel Akpodoro has described the appointment and subsequent confirmation of Mr. Solomon Arase as substantive Inspector General of Police as the best appointment by the outgoing administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Mr Raymond Omatseye, a former Director-General, DG, of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, charged with N1.5billion contract scam, has alleged that he was being “persecuted.”

“Na waoh. Only in Nigeria will one see such a thing! This is very embarrassing now! Haba!” exclaimed Nina, a commuter in the Apapa/Wharf-bound commuter vehicle as a van apparently conveying prisoners to court, was being pushed by some Prison officials with two of them wielding guns. “This is ridiculous. Is it that they have no money to maintain their vehicles? What if these prisoners decide to escape, what can one prison warder with a gun do to all these prisoners?” asked Ken.

SAND excavation has become a huge economic enterprise in parts of Imo State. People who engage in it smile to their respective banks on a daily basis, while lovers of clean and habitable environment grieve on account of the environmental degradation caused by the excavators. Sand excavators in Owerri started their illegal and harmful operation in Otamiri and Nworie, the two rivers that run through Owerri municipality. This was decades ago! Their target at the time was the white sand in the rivers which is in high demand by builders.

Embattled speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odo, was, yesterday, barred from entering the Assembly complex by the police.

The Association of Assets Custodians of Nigeria (AACN) has successfully concluded its fourth annual investor conference held on the 7th of May, 2015, in London, with the theme – Nigeria: Navigating changes, Extracting opportunities. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, represented by the Director of Reserve Management, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, opened the event with the keynote address.

I was the first Nigerian to win Miss ECOWAS. Beauty Pageants were just stepping stones for me. I contested beauty pageants because I needed money to complete my education. It got to the point that I think God wanted me to as I got the money and went back to school.

The newly-inaugurated leaders of Students Union Executive of Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, have been advised to be servant-leaders in their comportment and service delivery

A group of Niger Delta women, under the aegis of All Progressives Congress Women, APCW, has commended an ex-militant in the region, Mr Bini Oduku, on his peace and security initiatives in the South-South region.

ABUJA — Oil companies in Nigeria are to undergo a new licensing round, as the Federal Government, yesterday, stated that it plans to separate gas leases from oil leases. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg in Abuja, Mr. David Ige, Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, disclosed that the move was aimed at attracting investors and international gas firms such as OAO Gazprom and Centrica to the Nigerian gas sector.

The lingering dispute between the Executive and members of the Niger State House of Assembly may have been settled as each of the legislator was alleged to have been paid his outstanding entitlements of about N17 million.

No fewer than eight suspected members of the Vikings Confraternity have been arrested by the operatives of Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Enugu Police command on May 17, after a raid at their hide-out over cult related killings and other heinous crimes.

Borno State government has said that over $20 million was needed to re-build about 22 local government areas destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the last one year.

Former Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu has called for the immediate integration of members of the current Flying Eagles team to the Super Eagles.