The Military High Command has accused Amnesty International, AI, of a grand plot to truncate democracy in Nigeria, describing the human rights body as an agent of destabilization.

As part of measures to cushion the effect of recession on residents, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, empowered 3, 000 widows, including aged women.

THE Electricity Meter Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, EMMAN, has warned that it would no longer condone acts capable of undermining its position in the industry. Muhideen Ibrahim, its secretary, said the allegation levelled against the company by some distribution companies, DISCOs, that it produces inferior meters compared to the ones imported from China and other countries, was not true.

Until the Niger Delta people see practical developmental efforts, any promises by the Federal Government will be taken with a pinch of salt, says National Coordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group, Mr Joseph Evah.

National Publicity Secretary of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Chief Duncan Eghwere, has said that UPU and Urhobo indigenes will resist being short- changed at federal and state levels.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Chief Solomon Edojah, has denounced members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who defected to the APC last week in Kokori, Delta State, describing them as surrogates of the PDP.

THE House of Representatives is looking at the fundamentals in the pricing of petrol with a view to ensuring that stakeholders get appropriate value for their money, even as it lauded NIPCO for making products available at regulated rates across the country.

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, has said that there will be no hiding place for illegal bunkerers in the Niger Delta region.

SENATE President Bukola Saraki has been hailed for opening up the activities of the 8th Nigerian National Assembly through various channels, especially the daily Facebook Live Video streaming from Senate Plenary.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Monday, published its first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”, a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that posed threat to human health.

THE Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, Chiedu Ugbo has said more homes especially in the Northern part of the country are being targeted to benefit from the Federal Government’s Solar-Home-System programme.

Nigerian singer Simi, paid a visit to the #BBNaija housemates on Monday, after her sterling performance at the eviction show on Sunday.

SOCIETY of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), has called for more incentives ranging from security for return of investment and policy consistency, as the catalyst for realizing the fortune in Nigeria’s gas industry.

THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has warned against a further decline in global crude oil and gas spend in 2017, stating that the industry cannot afford to see investment levels fall for a third year in a row.