“We normally provide protection for all foreigners working on farms and elsewhere in the state,” he told newsmen. “But he (Menendez) chose to travel alone on the bad road without police protection and they kidnapped him.”

Members of the House of Representatives have resumed sitting after sanity was restored following the rowdy session that greeted the selection of principal officers.

Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, North-East Caucus, have nominated Ali Ndume as the Majority Leader of the Senate, in defiance of the party’s anointed candidate, Ahmed Lawan.

Mr Ladi Lekuti, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Ijebu-Ode chapter, Ogun, has urged members of the National Assembly (NASS) to comport themselves and follow the rule of law in settling disputes. Lekuti made the call in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, while reacting to the ongoing leadership tussle in the National Assembly.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustee (BoT), says the party has the capacity to provide guidance to the party`s executives and it members in the National Assembly. Sen. Walid Jibrin, the Secretary of the PDP BoT, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, at the end of the BoT meeting.

“The truth is that most of us are in politics because of enlightened self-interest, others may have a different view. But one of the vital ingredients of politics is contest and so there are offices to be contested for in the National Assembly.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday, said that the National Judicial Council, NJC, had between 2009 and 2014, punished over 64 judges that were found to have compromised the standard of justice in the country.

The South South Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Hillard Ita has said that the crisis in the National Assembly which has affected the party is a passing phase and would crash the party.

The hallowed chamber of the House of Representatives is in commotion as pro-All Progressives Congress lawmakers have kicked against the election of principal officers by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara

Retired Inspector-General of Police Mr. Mike Okiro, hit the nail on the head over the hullabaloo regarding the N275.5 million election fund fraud. He asserted that the whole scheme was an attempt to blackmail him.

BOARD of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP disclosed yesterday that a new Chairman for the party would emerge in August, just as the Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus has three months to provide such leadership in acting capacity.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has blamed the precarious financial health on the alleged fraudulent activities of political appointees, senior staff of ministries and parastatals, as well as local government workers.

DELTA State Labour Party, LP governorship candidate in the 2015 general election, Chief Great Ogboru has said though he is still a member of the LP, he is having discussions on a likely defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said that importers of rice, cement and other products will no longer access Foreign Exchange from CBN, banks and bureaux de change for such importation.

The empty treasuries at the federal and in many states of the federation is no longer news. The challenge before President Muhammadu Buhari is how to deliver the promises made to the electorate. In this interview, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State explains how he has decided to tackle the challenge of providing infrastructure for the people of his state, as according to him, the people did not vote for him to be giving excuses. He also spoke on a wide range of issues including the rancour between his administration and the immediate past government of ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi and why he has decided to complete projects started by the last administration