EDO State Civil Society Organisations, EDOSCO, the umbrella body of civil society groups in the state, has turned down its accreditation as an observer of the state local government elections slated for tomorrow.

The leading role theOoni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has been playing since he mounted the throne of his forefathers to ensconce unity in the Yoruba Nation and the country at large got a boost over the weekend when the wife of the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola, described the frontline Royal Father as the “Ooni of our dream”.

A presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Charles Udo Udeogaranya has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to plan the 2019 general election as re-ordered by the national assembly. He also urged President Buhari to triple  his efforts in the provision of better  health-care facility to all Nigerians.

THE Anglican Bishop on the Niger, Rt. Rev. Owen Nwokolo has decried what he termed ‘politics of retrogression’ being played over the construction of the second bridge across the River Niger, calling on the Federal Government to expedite action on the much desired project without any further delay.

A member of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, has frowned at the abandonment of the steel plants at Aladja in Delta State and Ajaokuta in Kogi State, which has resulted in huge capital flight from construction of projects such as the Egina platform.

DR Tony Nwoye, the member representing Anambra East/West Federal Constituency has bemoaned the demise of Colonel Joe Achuzia rtd, describing him as a patriotic Igbo man who lived and fought for the defence of the Igbo.

ABEOKUTA —It was indeed a return of hope to some aged men, women, traders, farmers as well as village chiefs, who were suffering from eye defects when a non-governmental organisation, Favour, Kindness and Grace Foundation assisted them to undergo glaucoma and cataract surgeries.

SENATE President Bukola Saraki, Thursday gave an insight into why he was absent at both the National Caucus and the National Executive, NEC meetings of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that he had engagements and circumstances beyond his control did not allow him.

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) on Thursday admitted that the nation’s refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt are not performing optimally but that would be a thing of the past soon.

The National Publicity Secretary the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has refuted the view propagated by the opposition that the Party won the 2015 elections through propaganda, saying the APC remains resolute in its belief that through progressive ideology, it will bring the much needed change to Nigerians.

A group, the Integrity Youth Alliance, has called on the general public to disregard the publication by an online medium (Not Vanguard) entitled “Police Promotion Scandal: Leaked Phone Conversation Exposes Buhari’s Chief of Personal Security In Promotion-Solicitation From PSC Chair Mike Okiro” saying such news is completely false and absolute blackmail on the Chairman of Police Service Commission, Sir. Mike Okiro and DCP Abdulkarim Dauda.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday presented its fifth prosecution witness, Oloyede Olawale, in a $1.6billion fraud trial involving Jide Omokore, described as an ally of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison Madueke, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja.

FTN Cocoa Processing Plc and Vitafoam Plc today led 29 othet losers on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, as investors take profits from gains made in the last four trading days.

In what has been described as a fatal blow to the opposition in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, has received over 10,000 decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, as it wraps campaign for the upcoming local government elections slated for March 3, in the state.

As part of the Lagos State Government’s strategic vision to embrace a digital future through the adoption of innovative technology and processes across all spheres of governance and public-sector service delivery, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos State Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode announced on Monday, February 19 that effective from the 1st of March 2018, the State Government will fully digitize revenue collection in partnership with Interswitch.