ENUGU—A middle-aged man, identified as Tochukwu, alias Schwarzenegger, was in the early hours of yesterday shot dead by suspected rival cult members in Enugu State.

Two women advocacy groups yesterday urged the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, to pay N50 million compensation to the family of a deceased patient, Mrs Folake Oduyoye.

Kalaba community, one of the six communities of Okordia clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has again been hit by oil spill from a Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, facility.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has approved a change in the Rights Issue terms of Oando Plc.

There were indications, yesterday, that three officials of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were still missing, four days after the attack by pipeline vandals which left two policemen and a motorcyclist dead in Ikorodu area of Lagos.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has demanded an apology from the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, over his allegation that the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Nyesom Wike, cloned his programme for the state.

ENUGU—A middle-aged man, identified as Tochukwu, alias Schwarzenegger, was in the early hours of yesterday shot dead by suspected rival cult members in Enugu State.

ABEOKUTA—Electioneering campaign of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, yesterday, ended on a tragic note as a Police escort attached to a member of the House of Representatives (names withheld) allegedly shot dead a mother of two.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, raised alarm yesterday, that the Professor Attahiru Jega led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was working with the opposition the All Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure that members and supporters of PDP in Lagos State were denied their Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose has made a U-turn by ordering immediate payment of outstanding August salaries of teachers said to have been owed by the immediate past administration i in the state. He had vowed not to settle the month’s pay.

The Emir of Kano, His royal Highness, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged Muslims to preach Islam in the correct manners and reflect its true teachings in their lives.

‘I FEEL very bad whenever I see my people suffering. So, I am ready to stake all that I can boast of to enable the people of Anambra Central Senatorial District feel the impact of good governance in the state. Legislature remains the most critical branch of government by virtue of its relationship and close affinity with the people because they are elected directly by the people. So, it remains the soul of our democracy and because of its central importance, representative democracy or participatory representation cannot be separated from the core of our political processes.’’

Without prejudice, the battle for the most coveted Oke-Mosan governorship seat in Ogun State is among five political parties out of which three are most prominent for next month’s election.

BARELY two weeks to the 2015 general elections and as campaigns rage on, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have developed the habit of conducting secret budget defence away from the prying eyes of journalists.

A South West newspaper, Western Post, has promised to give its readers value for their money in Sunday’s edition.