ABIA State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu said he is not bothered over the plan by the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to appeal the judgment of the tribunal which upheld his election.

The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has commended the three senators from the state for “the patriotic role they played in seeing that the ministerial nominee from the state, Prof. Anthony Gozie Anwuka, went through the screening and confirmation of the Senate without any hitch”.

The Director General Audu/Faleke Campaign Organization, Comrade Daniel Isah, has advised the electorate not to sell their voter cards to anybody especially government agents.

A middle-aged woman escaped death by the whiskers yesterday, after she was attacked by a mob who accused her of kidnapping six children, at Iyana-Iba area of Lagos.

The trial of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false declaration of assets turned dramatic, yesterday, as Saraki’s lawyers, comprising three Senior Advocates of Nigeria and 24 other lawyers walked out of the court abandoning the Senate president in the dock. The defence lawyers staged a walk-out following the refusal of the tribunal chairman, Justice Danladi Umar to suspend the trial until Saraki’s appeal before the Supreme Court is determined.

Coordinator of the Chevron Tennis Clinic, Chris Enahoro has urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Fatai Owoseni to call his men to order over their provocative and unguarded comments on the circumstances that led to the killing of the mother of Angel Macleod, Beauty Nwankwo by a policeman on October 26 in Victoria Island.

Vice-Chancellor of Plateau State University, PLASU, Bokkos, Prof. Doknan Sheni, has said the institution needed about N4.5 billion to develop its much needed infrastructure which will assist students and lecturers get the best of treatment..

IN continuation of its support for the entertainment industry, the Bank of Industry, BoI, is partnering Daily Times of Nigeria in the forthcoming Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant, taking place on November 7, at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. Already, Managing Director of BoI, Mr. Rasheed Olaoluwa has inaugurated a three-man panel for the 39th edition of the show.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria has extolled the visionary and proactive leadership of the His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto and Head Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. In the same vein, the leadership of Nasru-LAHI-L-FATIH Society has also praised the Sultan for his outstanding leadership which according to it has engendered harmony and peaceful co-existence among all faiths in the country.

Mali has qualified for the final of the U-17 Championship courtesy of 3-1 win over Belgium.