“There is a subsisting court judgment which has sacked them from office and indeed ordered a fresh congress to elect new and substantive executives for APC in Delta State. Until that is done, anybody that parades himself as Chairman, Secretary or any other position in a non- existing APC Delta State executive body is doing so in gross violation and disobedience to a subsisting court judgment.

Sokoto said the list of the new excos of the party was accepted by INEC. “This followed a convention report we (the party) submitted to INEC for consideration,” Sokoto said. Other National Executive Committee members elected at the convention according to him, were Dr Manzo Abubakar as Deputy National Chairman; Mr Bari Salau, National Publicity Secretary; and Dr Ola Olateju, National Organising Secretary.

Speaking at the third anniversary celebration of the Oracle of God Ministries International, OGM, yesterday, Okowa said that Nigerians must put their trust in God for Him to guide them in the path of salvation and development as “God only is the builder of the society and the church.”

BENIN—STAKEHOLDERS in the South-South have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint the out-going Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Mr Mike Igini, as replacement to the out-going Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

Yenagoa—Bayalsa youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the aegis of Bayelsa Youth Network for APC, have expressed dismay over what they called the “intimidation and unwarranted arrest” of APC supporters in the state during the just concluded general and re-scheduled elections in Bayelsa.

Irked by the less than impressive state of healthcare in the country, Methodist Old Girls Association and the Arise Women Medical Outreach have called on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that all Nigerians have access to quality healthcare.

If indeed money is the root of all evil; then the devil would have been an idiot, not the crafty fellow he is reputed to be, if he did not set up shop in every bank on earth. Where else is so much money on display every day?…

As the world yesterday marked World Blood Donor Day, World Health organisation, WHO, has called for increased regular blood donations from voluntary, unpaid donors with a view to saving millions of lives annually.

As part of its commitment to identify and groom football youngsters at the grassroots in Nigeria and make them world stars, Pepsi Football Academy at the weekend selected two outstanding players of the Academy, Nneku Joseph and Ekeh Divine for a two-year full scholarship at Brooke House College in United Kingdom.

THREE construction staff of Okmas Nigeria Limited, abducted by a seven-man kidnap gang along Patani-Oduophori Road in Delta State, have regained their freedom after spending 25 days in captivity.