Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has written the Chinese government, seeking the stoppage of the $2 billion loan being sought by the Federal Government, saying that “the government of China should be mindful of the fact that Nigerians, irrespective of their political and religious affiliations are totally opposed to increment of the country’s debt burden, which is already being serviced with 25 per cent of the Federal Government annual budget.”

A former Minister of Education, Dr Igwe Aja-Nwachuku, who died on Nov. 25, 2015, would be buried on April 16, his first son, Nnamno said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

A leading Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aspirant in the September 10, 2016 Governorship election in the Edo State, and Director General of the PDP Governors Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, has commended the Chairman of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, over the groundbreaking ceremony of the $1 billion cement factory in the state.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday, assured that the State Government will formally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with investors for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge before the end of May 2016.

THE Senate on Thursday, unanimously endorsed the amendment of the Code of Conduct Act to remove the Code of Conduct Tribunal from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF and the Presidency.