AHEAD of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Mr. Anslem Ojezua, has warned party members against misconstruing Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s seeming preference for Mr Godwin Obaseki as candidate of the party as an imposition.

THE Federal Government has said it will pay all ex-militants their monthly stipends directly, thus bypassing leaders who hitherto paid their boys after collecting bulk money from the Amnesty Office.

MOVEMENT for Abia Reunion, a strong political structure of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, stormed Government House, Umuahia, in solidarity rally to support Governor Okezie Ikpeazu over his sack by the Court of Appeal, Owerri.

Hon Nnenna Elendu Ukeje, PDP, Bende Federal Constituency, Abia State is chairperson Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives. In this interview she speaks on national issues ranging from Nigeria’s foreign policy, anti-graft war, immigration crisis in the United Kingdom and the 2016 Appropriation Bill.

IT was a time for thanksgiving and sober reflection at the First Consultant Medical Centre, FMC, Obalende, Lagos, when survivors of the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic, EVD, gathered along with their relatives and staff of the health institution for a special reception.

THE Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Demcoratic Party, PDP, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC of instigating the persecution of the PDP publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh.

Following an ongoing court proceeding against Prophet T.B Joshua over the collapsed six-story building which led to the death of over 100 persons, a union known as the Pan African Congress has called on the Lagos State Government to drop charges against the leader of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B Joshua.

ALL eyes are on Bayelsa State as a section of the state returns to polling stations to cast their ballots in tomorrow’s run-off governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had rescheduled the inconclusive December 5, 2015 governorship poll between incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and his predecessor, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The election is taking place in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and some pockets of polling units.

ANAMBRA State government and the state branch of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have started trading words over the status of local government officials whose tenure would expire on Thursday next week. The state chairman of PDP, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi had on Monday warned of what he described as a looming anarchy and bloodshed in the state government if the state government fails to conduct the council polls before January 14, 2016 when the tenure of the incumbent officials in the third- tier of government would end.

Lagos—A faction of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led by George Kaiserye and Tubotamuno Alalibo in the ongoing crisis in the union, has told the National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos, that effort to settle out of court in the suit challenging Wabba Ayuba’s eligibility to contest election as President of NLC, has proved abortive.