The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday pooh-poohed the reports credited to the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, that Biafran agitators were killed in Aba, Abia State by armed soldiers over alleged provocation saying that the agitators were while praying for the repose of their colleagues earlier mowed down by security forces when the incident occured.

There are indications that there will be a structural political apathy in the today’s Federal and State Assembly rerun elections in Rivers State.

DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu gas blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for flouting the constitution and conducting rerun elections in the various State Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly, later than 30 days after elections had been nullified by the courts.

The embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, adduced reasons the 13-count criminal charge the Federal Government preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, should be quashed.

Nigerians hardly agree or indulge themselves in collective appreciation of the performance of any public officer. It is like a cherished culture of endless criticism, the people hate to relinquish.

Few hours to the commencement of the Rivers rerun elections, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Elyon Ntiro Elijah and the Rivers State Commissioner for Water Resources, Chief Ibibia Walter have been reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in Rivers State.

There is calm in Buguma, headquarters of Asari Toru local government area as at about 7: 50am.

As part of efforts to grow more indigenous entrepreneurs, encourage the culture of self-reliance and deepen the Nigeria economy, the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) in partnership with Heritage Bank and its development partners is set to launch a N500 million special seed fund (YESGrant) for young Nigerians on Tuesday.

If the Kaduna State House of Assembly eventually passes into law an Executive Bill currently before it, a resident risks spending two years in jail if he plays any cassettes containing religious recordings or music in his car.

Since the incident happened, I have learnt how not to trust anybody any more. I put my trust now in the Lord. And this is better explained in the new song I recorded. The music captures my story.