Petrol now sells for N400 a litre in Owerri, Imo State, where as most filling stations in the state, were closed down, yesterday, forcing motorists and other vehicle owners to patronize black marketers, who cashed in on the scarcity of the product to hike prices.

The Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Kogi State chapter, Hon. Simeon Ojonuba, has disclosed the reasons the party approached the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for the cancellation of the November 21 and December 5, 2015 governorship election in the state.

Having built the first renewable energy power plant in Nigeria that combines more than one technology and operates both off-grid and on-grid, the German Agency for International Corporation, Abuja (GIZ), said it is implementing the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) on behalf of the European Union and the German Government with an overall budget of 24.5 million Euro.

The Deputy Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Leo Irabor, has said that all the support needed to win the ongoing war against the Boko Haram terrorist insurgency in the North-East has been provided.

Jos— A 25-year-old man, Sohnan Sunday, of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, has confessed to killing his wife’s lover, one Garba Vondung, who he said impregnated his wife twice and aborted both pregnancies.

IMMEDIATE past governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji has expressed hope that the Supreme Court would restore Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of the state.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that ninety percent of monthly allocation is expended on payment of workers’ salaries in the state.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said that Governor Ayodele Fayose lacked the democratic credentials and integrity to accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of being tyrannical and constituting a threat to the survival of democracy in the Country.

Nigeria’s queen of track and Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare has been named First Bank of Nigeria’s Brand Ambassador.

All Progressives Congress, APC, Warri Chapter, Warri, Delta State, yesterday, admonished all members of the party on the need to put to rest any doubt about the support enjoyed by the State Executive Council, led by Prophet Jones Erue, adding, that the “support, especially from Warri South Local Government Area, is huge, unflinching and enduring.”

FORMER member of the House of Representatives, Mr Rasaq Bello-Osagie, has said that Mr Godwin Obaseki’s credentials as a management expert was what Edo State people need as the next governor of the state after Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

Thirty-three years after Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Lateef Jakande were ousted from office in a military coup led by incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government may have decided to take a fresh look at the housing models adopted by the duo while they were in office.

Lagos—As public schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2015/2016 academic session yesterday, the Deputy Governor, Dr, Idiat Adebule has urged school administrators across the state to redouble their efforts in the New Year and ensure improvement in pupils’ academic performance to justify government’s huge investment in education.

WHILE PDP is lamenting and condemning the Court of Appeal judgment which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as the Governor of Abia State, APGA partisans are rejoicing. For them, it was justice restored at last.

AS Nigerian fiscal and monetary policy authorities and political leaders receive the team of economists from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, who are expected to scrutinise the 2016 budget and possibly the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, 2016 – 2018, we expect utmost care on the part of the public policy executives to delineate Nigeria’s national interest from classical economics.