Enugu State Executive Council has approved the domestication of the administration of Criminal Justice Act earlier passed by the national assembly.

AS the 14-day ultimatum given to the Imo State Government to recall 3000 sacked workers and clear months of salary arrears among others, expires, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the residents of the state to stock-pile food stuff and prepare for a long battle to force the government to yield to labour demands.

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has called on the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to accelerate plans to stop gas flaring for it to be conserved for domestic use.

BUILDING Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has expressed worry over the stability of the price of concrete reinforcement steel bars known as iron rods despite the persistent depreciation of the naira, hinting that the development arouses safety concern.

Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has said that he will work closely with other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, towards ensuring victory in the re-scheduled State and National Assembly elections in their states.

THE Federal Government has pledged not to revoke any inherited contracts “ in the interest of Nigerians”.

The Delta Ijaw Youth Assembly, DIYA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to keep mum but say something over the pronouncement of the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, that the Federal Government has scrapped the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State.

REAL estate tycoon and Managing Director UPDC, Hakeem Oguniran, has highlighted segmentation , research, credibility, among others, as essential requisites for driving sales in the real estate sector in this difficult economy.

ABIA State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has urged PDP members and his supporters not to victimize members of the opposition who did not support him, saying that they should be magnanimous in victory.

National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, yesterday in Kaduna, called on the Federal Government to urgently review the privatisation contracts with Generation Companies, GENCOs and Distribution Companies, DISCOs, making it compulsory for them to ensure steady power supply before contemplating any tariff increase.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has commissioned, Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, mandating it to generate not less than N5 billion monthly as against the paltry N100 million being generated.

The Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu yesterday said that government’s position on the out of court settlement sought by MTN on the N1.04 trillion fine over non-disconnection of improperly registered subscribers, is that the operators should pay the fine first.

Lagos—Worried by the recent boat mishaps in the state, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, summoned the State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Dayo Mobereola, Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Prince Anofi Elogushi and the Managing Director, Lagos State Waterways Agency. LASWA, Mrs. Abisola Kamson to appear before the house next week Tuesday to give clarifications on the persistent incidence of boat mishaps across the state.

Special Assistant to Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Political Affairs, Mr. Matthew Opuoru, has described the recent Supreme Court victory of the governor as vital to Deltans in the administration’s quest to divest the economy of the state through its SMART agenda.

ABA—Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the country home of a chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Mr. Chigozie Ubani, at Obete Umuoha Village, Obingwa council area.