A palpable trepidation is rife within the political firmament of Enugu State over who will occupy the state’s ministerial slot.

The selection process of the Giesi Ruling House of Ile-Ife for the candidate(s) to the vacant stool of Ooni may be heading for the rocks as six out of the seven royal houses of Giesi ruling house faulted the screening process headed by the Prince Yinka Aderibigbe committee.

AN atmosphere of anxiety and tension pervades the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ondo State over the non inclusion of a ministerial nominee from the state in the list forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari and unveiled by the Senate President Olusola Saraki on Tuesday.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State, has said the party would not lose sleep over the recent defection of former Chief of Staff, COS, to the State Government, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, and two former Commissioners, Misan Ukubeyinje and Mr. Ebifa Ijomah, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Lagos—A Federal High Court in Lagos, sitting at Ikoyi, yesterday granted a N1 million bail each to four Ghanians, one Beninoise and two Nigerians, for allegedly dealing in petroleum products without appropriate licence.

SENSATIONAL crooner, Sir Boj is billed to storm Apapa, Lagos, tomorrow in a show that promises to leave the fun loving residents of the area with lingering memories of the event.

MULTIPLE award-winning singer, Yemi Alade is leaving no stone unturned in her quest for brand extension as she recently partnered an online jewellery retailer,Bland2Glam, to unveil her first ever jewellery collection tagged, “YemiAlade Collection.” The collection will be unveiled to the public next month.

Although the number of smartphones in Africa currently stands at 160 million, according to the latest report by the GSMA, to achieve more mobile connectivity in the sub-Saharan Africa, two giant service providers, MTN and Etisalat have said that cost of 3G-enabled smart phones was still a key barrier to connectivity.

AHEAD of Tuesday’s commencement of screening, Senate, yesterday, raised hurdles that ministerial nominees must scale to be cleared for appointment.

The Senate, which said that the screening will be guided by the 1999 Constitution and the Senate Standing Orders 2015, as Amended, directed all nominees to submit 115 copies of their resume each to the Senate, on or before Monday.

DELTA Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta State, has commissioned a multi-million naira rice mill owned by Raymond Guanah Farms Limited, threatening to revoke all undeveloped plots of land at the Asaba industrial estate.