The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South East has joined the presidency in advising all the principal officers of the National Assembly, NASS, facing trial for alleged forgery to resign their positions in the Assembly to concentrate on their defence.

MIXED reactions, among legal minds, yesterday trailed INEC’s issuance of certificate of returns to Uche Ogah, following Monday’s judgement by a Federal High Court, Abuja, which ruled against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. While some of the lawyers argued that INEC merely obeyed a court order, others contended that the action of the electoral commission was illegal.

Lagos State Government, in its bid to ensure justice for all yesterday inaugurated a nine-member Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy at the Conference Room of Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Ikeja.

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State protested in Ido Ekiti yesterday, accusing the Federal Government of planning to silence Governor Ayodele Fayose as the lone opposition voice in the country.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has commenced its Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme, YEDP, funding through which part of its N220 billion Small and Medium Enterproses loan scheme would be disbursed .Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed yesterday that the YEDP would assist Nigerian youths to massively produce food and other goods, the importation of which had put the nation’s foreign exchange reserve under pressure.