ABIA State Government said it has discovered a total of 3,495 illegal workers in its Local Government system that have been drawing salaries from the government.

Executive Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has promised to ensure that the commission uplifts the well-being of the people of Niger Delta, saying the NDDC would engage militants in the area with a view to bringing sustainable peace to the oil-rich region.

The management of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, has expressed worry that “the activities of land speculators is distorting the masterplan of the institution.”

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has described the recent launch of Operation Python Dance in the South-East and the threat to deal with them as “an attempt to divert attention and a diversionary measure to free itself from the indictment, condemnation and criticisms it has roundly received over the Amnesty International report that criticized their barbaric activities in South-East states. It is also a plot to kill more IPOB members.”

Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor, in this interview dissected the intrigues that brought about the present crisis in the party, the future of the party and how he will take APGA to the grassroots as former chairman of ALGON. He also gave reasons why APGA will contest the 2019 presidential poll after missing out in 2011 and 2015.