Presidency said, yesterday, that there were strong indications that Nigeria was gradually exiting economic recession.

The Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, OGFZA, yesterday, signed an agreement with Oracle for the deployment of Cloud services to power its operations.

EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a swipe at the state government for admitting that it spent N70 million on the Okpekpe Road Race despite initially advertising that the event was fully funded by sponsors.

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State yesterday set up a five-man committee on the recovery of state government vehicles from unauthorized persons.

THE Gbaramatu Human Rights and Anti-corruption Crusaders, GHRAC, has accused the military Joint Task Force, JTF, of conspiring with thugs to arrest innocent persons over recent spate of kidnapping and sundry crimes around Ajapa, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo state.

The victory which Chief James Ibori, former governor of Delta State, secured on Monday against the British Home Secretary, must be not be understated, his Media Assistant, Tony Eluemunor, has said.

COLONEL Pam Ogar, Chairman of the 50th anniversary of the creation of Cross River State, said, yesterday, in Calabar that though the state lost Bakassi Peninsula and 76 oil wells, there was still reason to celebrate its creation.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged socio-cultural political pressure groups in the state to support his administration to deliver the dividends of democracy to all Deltans.

THE Abia State Government has said that it would give out N100, 000 to 170 youths selected from the 17 council areas of the state for them to start small scale businesses of their choice.

THE Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, has drawn the attention of the Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, to the predicament of students of the state origin on scholarship in Ghanaian universities, who have been barred from writing their semester examinations, following the failure of his administration to pay their school fees and other levies.

The Nigerian Academy of Engineering, NAE and Arco Group have expressed concern that engineering education and profession are not being given the pride of place they deserve in national planning and development and called on the Federal Government to give the profession the desired attention.

THE Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Bension-Oke has said the pensioners in the state core civil service stands at 8512 as at February, 2017.

A three months old baby identified as Testimony Ndukwu, allegedly stolen by suspected child traffickers has been rescued by the Police in Aba, Abia State.

WORRIED by the incessant crisis between the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC and residents of the state over power outage and over billing, the Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, organised a stakeholders meeting to find solutions to the problems.

—THE Senate has begun investigation into the recent tragedy that befell premier league football fans at a viewing centre in Atimbo area of Calabar, Cross River State, caused by a fallen high tension wire.