PORT HARCOURT— Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has lambasted the acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, over alleged disparaging comment on former governor of the state, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi.

West Ham United forward Victor Moses has pulled out of Nigeria’s friendlies against the DR Congo and Cameroon, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have announced.

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called for a stakeholders’ summit made up of ship owners, military, police, Department of State Services, DSS and labour, among others, to fashion out a new strategy to end oil theft and pipeline vandalism.

ASABA—THREE former commissioners who served with the erstwhile governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, weekend, led their supporters out of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to All Progressives Congress, APC. They are former Commissioner for Housing, Chief Paulinus Akpeki; former Commissioner for Lands, Surveys and Urban Development, Mr Missan Ukubeyinje and former Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Ebifa Ijeoma.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has slammed the operators of the two grounded foreign registered aircraft with N7 million fine. The foreign registered planes were grounded by the authority last Sunday for operating the aircraft from Farnborough, London and landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on the 10th of September, 2015 without any flight clearance from NCAA.

One of my favourite wise cracks is the Law of the Hammer which says, “Give a young boy a hammer and he suddenly decides that everything he sees needs to be hammered immediately. Nigerians voted for change, without obtaining a clear idea of what we wanted changed and when. Commonsense, which incidentally is not common, would suggest that not everything needs to be changed. And surely not all existing systems and structures can be altered at the same time.

A survey carried out by Nigeria’s online classified site, OLX has revealed that status of engine remains the most imprtant factor considerd by Nigerians who want to buy used cars. OLX Country Manager, Lola Masha, said the research was carried out to identify what is most important to their users when buying used cars. According to her,“This information will enable us educate them on what to really look out for when in the market to buy a used vehicle”.

LAGOS—The crisis at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, deepened, weekend, as its doctors called for forensic financial audit of the hospital and other Federal Government-owned hospitals, alleging over-bloated workforce.

Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCS0) has accused the Lagos State Government of trying to subvert justice in the the ongoing trial involving Synagogue Church of All Nations and the state

President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has condemned in strong terms the recent bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).