Chairmen of the State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their weight behind President Mohammadu Buhari and the national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun for accepting the outcome of the national assembly leadership election.

WORRIED by the dwindling economic situation in the country where 18 out of the states of the federation cannot pay salaries of staff, thirty- six state governors Wednesday buried their differences, put behind them party affiliation, resolving to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to call for an urgent review of the revenue formula and address the problems precipitated by the economic problems.

The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Wednesday that the police in that country had pledged to protect Nigerians and other foreign nationals from xenophobic attacks.

Senator representing Bayelsa East and philanthropist Mr. Ben Murray Bruce of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pledged to donate his wardrobe allowance to the unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in his community at Akasa, Bayelsa state.

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