Senator Magnus Abe’s campaign organisation in Rivers State has alleged the wanton destruction of Abe’s billboards and posters by those suspected to be agents and sympathizers of the state governor, ahead of the governor’s visit to Bori.

Cross River State Government has defended the foreign trip embarked upon by the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, saying he has not violated the constitution by travelling out of the country without writing to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly.

The Swiss government has confirmed that it had so far returned $723 million (about N142.43 billion) of stolen funds seized from the family of the late former head of state, Sani Abacha, to the Nigerian government over the last 10 years.

WORRIED by the increased level of touting in the State, Abia State Government weekend banned all forms of touting, saying the embarrassing activities of touts has been projecting the state in a very bad light and warned that it would do everything in its power to ensure that the ban stands.

The traditional ruler of Ebenasaa Autonomous Community, Orsu Local Government Area, Imo State, His Royal Highness, Eze Michael Okechukwu Abanigbo, has pleaded with the Imo State government to give special attention to their community, due to lack of social amenities in the area.

The Enugu State Government has alerted the general public to the antics of suspected fraudulent activities of unknown persons who hacked into the Airtel cell phone number two weeks ago belonging to Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Governor of Enugu State.

If the plan of the present administration for the Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEMs, in Nigeria and other ICT product manufacturers is anything to go by, then the future appears to belong to them, as the administration is poised at giving them a competitive edge over their foreign competitors.

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has charged the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to critically look into what he called “the gross marginalization of the state by the Commission and take steps to ensure that the anomaly is corrected in the new dispensation.”

FACTIONAL members of the crisis ridden Kogi State House of Assembly, known as “G15 members” yesterday accused Governor Yahaya Bello of fuelling the crisis rocking the Assembly.

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will tomorrow lead three state governors, including Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to the 11th Quadrennial National Delegates’ Conference, NDC, of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, taking place in Kano State.

A 69 year old herbalist, Chief Simon Odo, who married an 18 year old girl, Chidinma, as his 57th wife last November has said that he would not marry again, having had a fair of women in his life. Chidinma was married from Okutu, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Industrial Training Fund ( ITF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have began a sensitisation meeting for the establishment of Sector Skills Council in the country.

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would be encouraged to explore the possibility of Nigerians resident abroad voting in the 2019 general elections.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, upheld the argument of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that the facts in the N2.5billion fundamental human rights enforcement suit file by Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, were the same in the charge of obstruction of justice bribing a judge filed against before a Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, were the same.

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered occupants in all houses built by Lekki Gardens to vacate their apartments in order for integrity test to be carried out on all the buildings to ascertain their safe