WARRI—TRIBUTES have continued to pour in for renowned historian and respected Itsekiri opinion leader, Pa Johnson Ayomike, who passed on Wednesday, night, just as his Warri home in Delta State has received several mourners.

IGWEBUIKE Ndi-Imo Network, otherwise known as Imo Network Group, ING, has said 2019 elections will not be for politicians alone, as technocrats, successful businessmen and women, and people that have made success of life and have common sense will be involved.

ENUGU State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, has urged all contestants and political leaders in the forthcoming local government election in the state to shun fraud and violence.

We love to blame most of our miseries on the older generation – the corruption, the greed, the rot and decay, and the rise in ethnic politics; everything that has held us back.

ABUJA— President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, saved the request by the executive for virement of N135 billion from the 2017 budget to execute certain priority projects from being thrown out.

It has come to our knowledge that an article which we earlier published with caption “Entrepreneurial Revolution: The Solution to Nigeria’s Economic Challenge,”an ascribed authorship to one Peter Osalor is the plagiarised intellectual property of Mr. Taopheek Babayeju.

Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo said that it was not money that is driving his ambition and those of other teammates to play for the national team.

Gernot Rohr has said the Super Eagles wish to again win for sick goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, just as they did so against Cameroon, while also saying they have to surprise “a totally different” Zambia on Saturday as they already know a lot about Nigeria.

The National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Thursday, denied colluding with some banks to prevent the remittance of $793.2 million into the Treasury Single Accounts, TSA, scheme as directed by the Federal Government.

As teachers celebrate World Teachers’ Day, the Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has urged the state government to pay salary arrears owed its members.