THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communi-cations Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, marched to the rostrum at the commission’s conference room Abuja, Monday, like a special celebrity. While every other person was seated, including his directors and news men from all around the world, he emerged five minutes later looming large with a prepared speech in his hand.

ABAKALIKI—THERE was tension in Amorie village in Ozizza community of Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state, following the killing of a middle-aged man, Monday Ali Agha, by some angry youths in the community.

UMUAHIA—ABIA Police Command has arrested one Sunday Ebasabor of Uromi in Esan North Local Government Area of Edo State, and his girlfriend, one Miss Grace Igwe of Agwulu in Umuahia, Abia State, for faking her kidnap to extort money from her family.

YENAGOA—National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Bayelsa State, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of 59 illicit drug dealers in different par

THE crisis in the All Progressives Congress APC, in Ondo State, deepened yesterday, as the runner up in the governorship primaries, Dr Olusegun Abraham has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other security agencies to probe and prosecute those, who doctored the delegates’ list used for the primaries.

ABEOKUTA—FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind call for the sale of national assets to raise money by the Federal Government, but, cautioned the government against selling them to cabals.

MAKURDI—Following the cry for assistance by the survivors of the Agatu massacre after the invasion of the area by herdsmen, which left it in ruins with hundreds of lives lost, the lawmaker representing the constituency in the Benue State Assembly, Alhaji Sule Audu, has stated that over N100 billion is needed for rehabilitation.

Bauchi—The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi, Yakubu Jibrin, yesterday presented a cheque of N40 million to the families of 36 officers, who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, accused former governors of contributing to the economic woes afflicting the nation by opposing his government’s efforts to save for the rainy day when the price of oil was higher.

PORT HARCOURT— Members of Rivers State House of Assembly chapter of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, have given notice of strike from October 24, over unpaid allowances.

MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday, visited Gwoza Local Government Area and promised that the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation of destroyed residential houses and public structures by Boko Haram terrorists would be completed by December.

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi is the Chairperson, Transition Monitoring Group, TMG. She speaks in this interview on the role of the over 44 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs.

Ado-Ekiti—academic and administrative activities were paralysed yesterday, at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, following a protest by irate staff of the institution over what they alleged as fraudulent refusal of the management to implement the approved salary scale for their academic staff.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, said, yesterday, thatit would provide insight on manufacturers’ expectation for 2017 and suggest policy direction out of the current recession that the nation’s economy is experiencing.

ENUGU—Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has donated 12,480 writing desks and chairs for primary school pupils in the state and 868 tables and chairs to teachers to improve the standard of learning.