PORT HARCOURT—Following different media reports on the killings that occurred in Ohali-Elu town recently, the Rivers State Police Command has come out to confirm that the community was invaded by suspected herdsmen.

Lagos—Describing himself as the most senior governor in Nigeria, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday said his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari flowed from his sense of responsibility and not related to any 2019 presidential aspiration as alleged by critics.

Osogbo—Osun State government yesterday announced immediate reopening of four secondary schools in Ile Ife metropolis namely; Oduduwa High School, St. Davids High School, St Johns High School and Seven Day Adventist High School.

President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors have agreed that ranches should be established to address incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes instead of grazing reserves, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, has disclosed.

Shelter Afrique has received $8.2 million injection of equity from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Shelter Afrique is a pan-African finance institution which exclusively supports the development of housing and real estate sector in the continent.

PORT HARCOURT—NIGERIAN Navy has impounded two boats carrying about 100, 000 litres of illegal diesel worth N20.4 million on the waterways in Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers state.

Organisers of the maiden edition of the fire safety conference by the National Fire Protection Association West Africa, NFPAWA, scheduled for April 18 to 21, 2016 in Lagos, have reiterated its importance in view of fire disasters and building collapses currently being experienced across the country.

ABUJA— Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has identified interference by political leaders in states in court cases being prosecuted by the commission as one of the challenges facing anti-graft agency.

WE join other concerned Nigerians to register our disappointment over the spate of inconclusive elections which have taken place under the watch of the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which some now cynically refer to as the “inconclusive” National Electoral Commission.

THERE was tension, weekend, at Ubete community in Ahoada West Local Government Area, Rivers State, as suspected cultists engaged security men in fierce gun battle.