More facts have emerged why Enugu State stakeholders opted for the setting up of caretaker committees to run the affairs of the 17 local government councils in the state from January 4, 2016 when the tenure of the current council chairmen will expire.

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, yesterday, alleged that some of its members were attacked in Asari Toru and Akuku Toru Local Government Areas of the state and the Isaac Boro Park area of Port Harcourt, as they embarked on a memorial protest, tagged Rivers Black Day, in memory of about 100 persons allegedly killed during the last general election in the state.

TRANSPORT Minister, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has ordered a probe of the N13billion allocation paid to the coffers of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, MAN, in the last five years.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, chapter have said that its decision to honour a former Pro-Chancellor and Governing Council Chairman of the institution, Dr. Emeka Enejere, was informed by his valuable contributions to the survival of UNN during its turbulent years.

ABUJA—THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, recovered the sum of N721 billion unremitted funds from various agencies of government in the last five years.

Lagos—Two French Nationals, Gnahouse Sonrou Nazaire and Senoue Modeste, were yesterday, remanded in prison custody over alleged forgery and uttering, pending the perfection of their bail conditions by a Lagos State High Court sitting at Igbosere.

FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Ike Nwachukwu has tasked the Federal Government to implement the report of the 2014 National Conference, saying that it would help to solve the socio-political problems facing the country.

LAGOS—Residents of Amukoko area of Abule-kere community, Ajegunle, Lagos, have called on the Lagos State Government and security agencies to intervene in the reign of terror by hoodlums in the area.

The contention to replace the late Abubakar Audu as the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Kogi State turned violent, yesterday, after supporters of the two major contenders clashed at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

The contention for the Bayelsan governorship became more tricky yesterday after a group believed to be sympathetic to the Sylva Campaign demanded the immediate interrogation of Governor Dickson’s mother allegedly for falsifying her age to get employment in the state civil service.