AHEAD of the January 28, 2016 date announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conduct of the by-election for Etsako federal constituency of Edo State, eldest son of the immediate past governor of Edo State, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, yesterday suspended his ambition for the vacant seat and backed the aspiration of Mr Johnson Oghuma as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Justice Amina Augie of the Supreme Court, yesterday, disqualified herself from a five-man panel the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, constituted to hear appeals seeking to sack Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

AHEAD of the planned six-week closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for maintenance, the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, yesterday, kicked against the move, saying that the measure would negatively impact the nation’s economy and endanger the lives of air travellers.

EVEN at close range, not many people in Edo State may be able to know or can easily recognise Betsy Obaseki, wife of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.

Ekiti state government on Wednesday evicted the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Ekiti State command and other Federal ministries and agencies from their various offices.