An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, an unemployed man, Jubril Aja, who confessed to stealing water tap heads valued at N10,000.

They lied against me. See, I never had a gun, I only attacked him with my machete and collected the motorcycle when he proved stubborn but I did not use a gun, I am not an armed robber,

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, on Thursday challenged Gov. Nyesom Wike to reveal how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) planned to rig the legislative rerun election in the state.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state has described governor Adams Oshiomole as a drowning politician who is seriously worried that his All Progressive Congress, APC will lose the governorship elections in his Edo state.

Sen.Walid Jibrin, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), said on Thursday that postponement of governorship election in Edo would not affect the party’s victory.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has enjoined his Edo state counterpart, Governor Adams Oshiomole not to blame him for purportedly losing the support of Edo state people ahead of the governorship election in his state, adding that he (Oshiomhole) brought President Muhammadu Buhari and 10 APC Governors to Edo State and was not satisfied, but panicking because two PDP governors visited the state.

Kwara State government has released N1.7billion for the completion of on-going and new projects across the state.

The Kaduna Electric says it has commenced customer enumeration using Geographic Information System in four states under its franchise.

Bothered by the biting economic recession, opposition party youths under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier, PDPNYF, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency reshuffle his cabinet, thus, bringing in technocrats that will help take the nation out of its current economic woes.

The Osun Government on Thursday charged food vendors under the Osun School Feeding Programme (O’MEAL) to include orange-fleshed sweet potato in the meals being prepared for pupils for improved diet.