LAGOS—Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has raised an alarm over the dwindling resources of the state, which he said would affect the implementation of its 2015 Appropriation Bill. He explained that, the global fall in the price of crude oil, effect of the postponement of the general elections in the country, increase in exchange rate and others are serious impediments to the targeted income of the state government.

LAGOS—One of the sureties who stood for the bail granted to former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in the money laundering case against him before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has applied to withdraw his suretyship. Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged money laundering offences.

WARRI — THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Committee in Warri South Local Government Area has inaugurated its canvassers drawn from the 12 wards that made up the local government, for the March 28 and April 11 elections. The coordinator of the committee, Ada Arenyeka, in his inaugural speech, urged the canvassers to see their nomination as a call to service and stressed the need for the assignment to be diligently carried out.

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has appealed to the state chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to call off its ongoing strike to ensure normalcy in the Judiciary in the state. Speaking during the swearing- in ceremony of Justice Nasiru Umar Sadiq as judge of the state High Court, Yero said the demands of JUSUN can not be resolved through the ongoing strike, hence the need for immediate suspension of the action.

Jos – About 500 youths in Plateau State under the aegis of United Nigerians Against Terrorism, UNAT, yesterday, staged a rally in support of both President Goodluck Jonathan and the military over the successes so far recorded in the war against insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. The youths, who gathered at the premises of the Plateau State House of Assembly at about 9a.m., called on other residents of the state to support Jonathan and the military to enable them do more by completely routing the terrorists.

I DECIDED to prolong last week’s discussion on ethnicity due to the number of responses I got from it. I was pleased (and reassured) to find that Nigeria is not as divided as some politicians would have us believe. We are still able, as a people, to listen to sound arguments and debate.

UMUAHIA — ABIA State government has warned the former governor of the state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, to stop making unguarded statements capable of setting the state ablaze. The former governor had in an interview with journalists alleged that Governor Theodore Orji used the military to intimidate him not to vote in 2011, and warned that if such was tried in the coming elections “our people will burn down the state” and that would be the end of Governor Orji’s administration.

Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, a former Minister of Information is the Chairman, Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship campaign organisation. In this interview, he explains why the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is getting robust support among the various ethnic groups in the state.

New West African Featherweight champion, Waidi “Skoro” Usman has promised Nigerian boxing fan a world title in the nearest future.

Ahead of the March 28 presidential election, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has called on the Blessing Oborevwori-led Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, to ensure that the group delivers majority votes in the state to President Goodluck Jonathan in the election.