Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has accused Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, of plotting to destroy her family.
She has, therefore, petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to call the EFCC boss to order, stressing that Magu’s disposition towards her former First Family, was portraying the organization as an agency for revenge.

APC candidate in the forthcoming election, Dr. Nwoye, has tasked his rivals to face the the reality that he and all other contestants are Anambrarians saying that the demarketing campaign directed to brand his party as a Hausa party would not work. Nwoye who spoke at the inauguration of his campaign committee, also said that the alleged plans by APGA to rig the elections would not work.

DUTSE—Jigawa State government has reiterated its commitment to support women entrepreneurship, especially in hard-to-access areas of the state.

Maiduguri—Borno State government, yesterday, flagged of a campaign on counter-narrative against insurgents’ ideologies and charged religious leaders, traditional rulers and stakeholders to key into the programme by enlightening the people to desist from extremism and other forms of violence.

FOLLOWING controversy over control of solid minerals in some states, the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on state governors to respect and abide by the provisions of the constitution.

CHAIRMAN, Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Works, Chief Evans Iwhurie, has said that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has invested huge amounts of money to provide Deltans with basic infrastructure.

MR Mike Afenfia, the Speech Writer to Bayelsa State Governor, Mr  Seriake Dickson, met with physically challenged athletes in the state to mark the 21st anniversary of the state creation.

THE Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, CVFF, currently stands at over N100billion just as the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration has lamented the non-disbursement of the fund.

MANAGING Director of a recently-launched EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) firm in Port Harcourt, Engineer Godwin Izomor, has declared that his company is in business to halt capital flight in the oil and gas sector by developing capacity to undertake EPC jobs in the sector.

A new village Head has been appointed by the people of Udianga Emem,  Etim Ekpo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, to replace Chief Mendie Udoekoriko, who was recently dethroned and forced out of the village by cultists.

Rivers State Government has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the failed portion of the East West Road,  especially the Akpabo-Eleme axis, which has been completely cut off and now constitutes a death trap to road users and a huge embarrassment to the country.

Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, Centrep,  has described as “hate speech,” the opinion by the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, when he allegedly said that Igbo marginalization will end if the South-East joins APC.

THE Chief Joe Omene-led Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, has called for the creation of Urhobo State to address perceived imbalance and marginalisation, maintaining that the Federal Government must take urgent steps to restructure the country to douse ethnic agitations if the country must attain her full potentials, meaningful development, peace and genuine unity.

The players’ representative on the factional board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Ejike Ugboaja has hinted that the federation will soon go into talks with clubs in the Nigerian League system to fix the minimum wage for players.

CASES of Nigerians languishing in prisons abroad are on the increase. Latest statistics revealed about 170,000 Nigerian citizens are rotting away in jails all over the world.