Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Johannesburg, South Africa, Ekos Akpobabayen, has called on the Federal Government to be quick in restoring hope to Nigerians, saying that time was running out for the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government.

As part of efforts to rescue the country from recession, the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, has held a think-tank conference for participants to brainstorm on ways of repositioning the economy and making it viable.

A THREE-man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, withdrew from all cases relating to the Ondo governorship election, following allegation that they have been compromised.

A COALITION of 28 civil society groups in Cross River State has called on Governor Ben Ayade to involve non-state actors especially, members of civil society groups, in the budget and contract procurement processes in the state, for positive impact on citizens.

AN indigenous oil company, Conodit Refinery Limited, has petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, urging them to intervene in an impending crisis in Umukwata community, Ukwani Local Government Area, over alleged moves by some individuals to frustrate its efforts to establish an oil refinery in the community.