CHAIRMAN of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, said the party has not managed properly, its victory as there were hunger and serious hardship in the country.

ABUJA—MEMBERS of the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee, PAC, yesterday, grilled the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for 30 minutes over alleged missing rifles and N1.9 million cash exhibit.

Worried by the increasing incidences of heart diseases among Nigerians, the Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, has launched a National Heart Awareness Campaign, tagged, “Spread the Heart Message” aimed at reducing incidences of cardiovascular diseases in the country. The campaign is targeted at high risk population in work places including artisans in all area of business endeavour. Available statistics show that cardiovascular diseases are the world’s largest killers, claiming 17.3 million lives annually.

WHEN former President Goodluck Jonathan “prophesied” that Nigerians would miss him when he left office, he was laughed to scorn in many quarters. Just seventeen months after he peacefully handed over to a new President, General Muhammadu Buhari, and his new ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, you can decide for yourself if our democracy (particularly the elections that have been conducted under the new regime) has improved or backslidden.

A renowned expert in civil-military relations, Prof Emeritus, Bayo Adekanye, National Democratic Coalition, NADECO chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday urged Nigerians to take their destiny into their hands by chasing out military from Nigeria politics.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 elections in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has alleged that bad governance by the Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration is moving back the progress of the state.

DAYS after, the controversy surrounding No. 17, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, a commercial property that houses a number of businesses, is yet to abate. The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, had filed a debt recovery action against the property owner for failing to pay back a loan obtained from a bank.

OUTSTANDING banking industry loans to the economy as at end of third quarter 2016 (Q3’16) escalated by N2.1 trillion to N13.8 trillion, about 17.9 per cent rise against N11.7 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015.

THE Senate, yesterday, threatened to suspend plenary sessions if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, fails to conduct all pending re-run elections into legislative positions in Rivers State.

Christine Ohuruogu is one of several leading British athletes to have had their National Lottery funding cut for the 2017 season.