BENIN—General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, weekend, urged Nigerians to look up to the future positively, just as he urged the Federal Government to diversify the economy from oil to other sectors so as to help accelerate the growth of the economy.

CALABAR—Ahead of December 9, 2015 Supreme Court ruling on the perjury suit against Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, by a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in the 2015 governorship election in the state, Mr. Joe Agi, youths of the state have vowed to resist any attempt to remove the governor through the court.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, has passed a vote of confidence on the state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and the state Chairman of the party, Mr Kingsley Esiso.

PORT HARCOURT— THE Nigerian Army destroyed 143 illegal refineries during its Operation Crocodile Smile in the Niger Delta region, Brigadier-General Hassan Hamisu has said.

ABUJA—THE Senate has summoned the acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, to appear before it tomorrow, to give a detailed report on the abandoned construction of Shore Protection Project at Koko, Warri North Local Government Area in Delta State.

By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA Bayelsa State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Global Education Counseling Limited, Cyprus, for the commencement of academic activities at the University of Africa, Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state in January 2017. The institution’s Director, Theo Theodorou, at a ceremony, weekend in Yenagoa lauded […]

THE National Conscience Party, NCP, has faulted the planned sale of public assets by the Federal Government, describing it as a corrupt attempt to hand over the common wealth to few super rich individuals and foreigners.

HASAL Microfinance Bank has paid out over N200 million in the last three years to its shareholders.

lagos—No fewer than one million bags of rice will be produced by the Lagos State Government in the next three months, the Special Adviser to Governor on Food Security, Mr. Sanni Okanlawon has said.

Pro- Chancellors of private universities in Nigeria weekend, urged the Federal Government to extend its funding programmes to the private universities to enable them contribute significantly to the growth of education.