THE crisis rocking Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, is getting messier by the day as Chairman of the party, Prophet Jones Erue, and the embattled state Secretary, Mr. Chidi Okonji, have been at daggers drawn with accusations and counter accusations over collection of a N600, 000.00 grant by the Delta State Government to all political parties in the state, among others.

The Council of Imams and Ulama, Kaduna State, has called for the arrest of Senator representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone, Senator Danjuma La’ah; President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, and the President of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, Dr. Musa Solomon, among others, for what it said were their inflammatory comments over Southern Kaduna killings.

Following the controversy that trailed the activation of some of the set-up boxes that were used after the hitch-free Digital Switch-Over (DSO) from analogue to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting in Abuja, Pinnacle Communications has said it is not responsible for hiccups of activation of Abuja set up boxes.

More condolence messages have continued to pour in over the death of the former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, who died in a German hospital on Sunday with President Muhammadu Buhari, the senate President, Bukola Saraki, Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and the former Senate President, David Mark, among others, commiserating with Niger State government and the family over their loss.

THE World Bank, yesterday, expressed its resolve to partner with states that have keyed into the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, to protect the lives of Nigerians in erosion prone areas.

THE Federal Government must not allow the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas, OKLNG, to waste, Ode-Omi, host community of the project, said.

Gabriel Jesus has stated his aims and ambitions following his £27million move from Palmeiras to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

EDO State yesterday took a giant step towards the implementation of its Child Rights Act as Governor Godwin Obaseki inaugurated the Family Court, to exclusively handle matters pertaining to children in both civil and criminal matters.

In a bid to substantially ensure a smooth transformation in the oil industry in 2017, Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said the oil and gas sector will be run with a rocket pace.

FOLLOWING recent rise in kerosene price from N320 to N500 per litre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, residents have resorted to charcoal as alternative fuel for cooking.

Following the liquidity challenge confronting the Generation Companies, GENCOs and Distribution Companies, DISCOs, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has demanded that they submit the audited reports of their accounts.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB yesterday stated that the only way the Nigerian or British government can stop the restoration of the nation of Biafra is to ”kill over 70 million Biafrans who have sworn to restore their God-given nation.”

DESPITE increased cover age and tariff, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recorded a drop in revenue in its 2016 operations. The revenue was N898.67 billion as against N903 billion in 2015.

DEPUTY Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, yesterday, traded words over recent dismissal of six police officers attached to Governor Nyesom Wike, by the Inspector General of Police, IGP.

POLICE have arrested and detained about seven leaders of Ogbe-Ijoh and Isaba communities in Warri South- West Local Government Area, Delta State, in connection with the bloodletting among the Ijaw communities and Aladja, an Urhobo community in Udu Local Government Area of the state.