Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State set politics aside, on Monday, to host his Ebonyi State counterpart and Chairman of the electoral committee for the governorship primaries of the PDP in Edo State, Governor David Umahi, saying “what is at stake is not war, it is contestation, it is democracy.”

The Bank of Industry (BoI), on Monday said that investigation over alleged N9 billion misapplied cement fund by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been resolved.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will conduct an investigation into the alleged case of forgery against some principal officers of the Senate.

Constitutional Lawyer and former Narional Secretary of Labour Party, Mr. Kayode Ajulo, on Tuesday, described as “illegal” the freezing of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended the outgoing Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase for a job well done.

Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi, on Tuesday, deferred the arraignment of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and forgery, till June 27.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Nigerian media as one of the most vibrant in Africa and indeed across the world, while assuring that the government will not do anything to stifle press freedom.

CHIEF of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen Yusuf Buratai, yesterday explained that the army decided to stop the supply of fertilisers in three troubled States of North East in order to stop the production of Improvised Explosive Device, IED, by the Islamist militants, Boko Haram.

As the controversy surrounding the demarcation of grazing ground for Fulani Cattle rearers in the states by the Federal Government ranges on, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh Monday threw more Lights into the controversy.

The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Anambra state chapter, has condemned the alleged continued detention and incarceration of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and non members alike in various detention camps created by the military, police and other law enforcement agents since their arrests on May 30 in connection with the Biafra remembrance day celebration.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita yesterday told civil servants that there was no plan by the federal government to streamline its workforce any time soon.

THERE are many ways in which government can make progress without necessarily spending humongous sums on consultants or other categories of contractors. Let us start with hospitals. In the typical Nigerian hospital, you can get to the Accident and Emergency,

Chairman Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt, Senator Shehu Sani has warned all tiers of government to be weary and thread slowly in rushing to obtain loans from foreign and local Agencies in order to be free from economic strangulation.

ALUU- PARAMOUNT ruler of Omuda, in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, Chief Harry Okparaibea, said the butcher of 23 persons, last week, by invading cultists in Omuda, Umuechi, Umuike, Umuahunwo and other Aluu communities was a taboo. Okpraibea, who spoke to Niger Delta Voice, said the community forbids shedding of blood, especially that of the innocent, and as tradition demands, the people would have to appease the gods of the land.

Authorities of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has said it would soon commence the distribution of about 200,000 pre-paid meters to electricity consumers in the South East zone.