The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, has said it had uncovered a plot by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to disrupt the campaign rally for its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, slated for January 14, in Ado-Ekiti.

BENIN—LEADERS of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and those of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State shelved their differences, weekend, to attend the 60th birthday celebration of Mrs. Helen Owie, in Benin City, Edo State.

LAGOS — THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, alleged that the invasion of its Data Centre by the Department of State Services, DSS, was a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to postpone next month’s general elections.

Well, we do not have to wonder any longer, as reduced revenue from crude oil prices below $60/barrel has clearly constituted another major onslaught on the Naira exchange rate and economic progress.

“We are introducing agency banking, you don’t need to have bricks and mortar to run, you can get your agency which is your customer to have your PoS and business will be done.”—Valentine Whensu

WARRI—IN a fresh move to tackle perceived marginalisation by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, Itsekiri amnesty beneficiaries have petitioned the Senate President, David Mark, calling on the National Assembly to probe the alleged non-payment of their monthly stipends and “Kuku’s refusal to allow the Itsekiri to travel abroad for the necessary training when our Ijaw brothers have travelled out with no hindrance.”

ABUJA — The National Assembly, NASS, will from tomorrow consider the passage of the 2015 Appropriation Bill and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategic Paper, MTEF &FSP, which was presented to it before the Christmas and New Year break.

“We suspect that he was killed because the family could not raise that outrageous ransom. It is unfair, the man was a businessman who lived on loans and facilities from financial institutions to carry on with his business. It was not as if the man had money somewhere,” —the family source said.

LAGOS — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday lifted the ban on banks’ holding of dollar reserves for interbank trading, saying that banks can now keep dollar reserves for interbank trading.

Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, signed a budget estimate of N489.690 billion for 2015 into law, saying focus would be on completion of on-going projects before handing over in May.