Ibadan—Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains gathered in the Oyo State capital, Ibadan, yesterday with a resolve to get to the root of what actually led to its defeat in the last elections.

FOllowing last Wednesday’s boat mishap which led to the death of six school children along the Irewe water-ways, in the Ojo area of Lagos State, investigation by the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA , revealed that all passengers onboard the canoe did not have life jackets on. The Managing Director, LASWA, Yinka Marinho, said incident report gotten at 8.30am on that fateful day stated that the accident involved a motorized boat (Fibre boat) which crashed into a non-motorized canoe heading towards Irewe locality along the Ojo axis of Lagos State.

Suspected cultists numbering over 50 in the early hours of yesterday, attacked Gaadi village on the outskirt of Makurdi town razing several houses.

Borno State police command said yesterday two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked the Sabon Gari village market in Damboa local government area, killing five persons, including the suspects, and injuring five others.

Aba— Tragedy struck in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, as kidnappers killed a woman a few days after she was abducted, and dumped her corpse in a bush.

Lagos—The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to discharge the ex-parte order restraining it from implementing the new electricity tariff scheduled to take effect from June 1.

ABEOKUTA—Ogun State Police command has warned its officers against bribery and any other corrupt practices, saying, that a website created by the Inspector General of Police was meant for complaints against any erring police officer.

We are pained that those our father employed to protect and take care of him…later ganged-up to kill him just because of his car which they could have taken and spared the old man…”. These were the words of Adeseni, the third child of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Prof. Albert Ilemobade, uttered in anguish while reacting to the gruesome murder of his 78-year-old father by his two domestic staff- the security guard, Daniel Ita, a security guard and Olayemi Bamitale, his former driver.

Cocoa farming presents one of the best investment opportunities in agribusiness. The cocoa plant is a small, evergreen tree that grows exclusively in the deep tropical regions of the world. A cocoa tree usually matures and begins to bear fruit (pods) when it is about four or five years old. On the average, a single cocoa tree produces between 20 and 30 pods at a time. Each pod contains about 20 to 50 seeds, known as cocoa beans. These beans are the goldmine of the cocoa plant because they are processed into cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and chocolate.

THE Warri Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group, WIPMG, yesterday, called on the Ugborodo Interface Committee on the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, to call Ugborodo people, led by Chief Ayirimi Emami, who went to court to stop the naming of the Deep Sea Port in Escravos, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, after Gbaramatu, to order.

FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South- South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, offered scholarships to no fewer than 100 qualifying students who gained admission into his newly established university.

INNOSON Nigeria Limited, has described as untrue, recent media report that it was indebted to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc to the tune of N2.4billion. Innoson is insisting that from the various cases in court, some which had been ruled upon by the Court of Appeal in Enugu and Ibadan, which have now shifted to the Supreme Court, along others suits, it was clear that it was not indebted to the bank.

The radio game show that has held the entire South-Eastern Nigeria spellbound since its debut in early 2015 is set to start airing in Lagos from Friday 10th July. Rated as one of the most exciting game shows on radio, the Ultimate Football Challenge is designed to provide football fans with a unique dimension to enjoy the sport and get rewarded for it.

When African leaders endorsed the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) as a New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) program in July 2003, the overall goal was to “Help African countries reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture- led development, which eliminates hunger, reduces poverty and food insecurity, and enables expansion of exports.”

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ordered that immediate attention be given the revival of ailing and moribund textiles, mining and agro-based industries.