The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, said it was not surprised by the display of shallow understanding of what referendum is and its processes, as displayed by the present administration of All Progressives Congress, APC in Nigeria.

Yola—Governor Bindo Jibrilla of Adamawa State has threatened to sign into law the white paper of the late Justice Umaru Boboi Judicial Panel of Inquiry that investigated and indicted the administration of former governor, Murtala Nyako, between 2007 and 2014.

ENUGU—Tempers were, yesterday, frayed in Enugu State following the collapse of a 16-feet tall perimeter fence bounding Spring of Life School, constructed right inside New Haven River, at Bisala Road, Independence Layout, Enugu.

Ministries, departments and agencies are not complying with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, a new report released yesterday by the Right to Know, a civil society organisation, has said.

WARRI—IJAW Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name the treasury looters he alleged were sponsoring militancy and also desist from criminalizing Niger De

THE first time I saw livestock in major roadways of a city was in December 1988 when, as a young reporter, I was in Sokoto city to cover the turbaning of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki as the new Sultan of Sokoto.

Ibadan—GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has stopped government subventions to all seven tertiary institutions in the state including the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso which is jointly owned by the state and Osun.

lagos—Despite the current economic recession, Nigeria’s future is bright, as the country diversifies its economy away from oil, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said, yesterday, in Lagos.

MTN Nigeria, yesterday, denied allegations that it had illegally repatriated $13.92 billion from Nigeria saying the claim was without merit.

lagos—CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has kicked against the proposal to sell some national assets in a bid to revive the economy saying such steps would be counter-product.