AHEAD of 2019 general elections, the National Assembly has transmitted the 2010 Electoral Act ( Amendment ) Bill 2018 passed by both chambers last month to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

ABUJA—Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Relations and 2019 Presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has said his ambition was not a do-or-die affair but one taken in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians.

WORRIED by the incessant killings in some parts of Nigeria, a group, Movement for Nigerian Greatness, MNG, yesterday, called for the overhauling and sanitizing of the country’s security apparatuses.

Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, said, yesterday, it was not convinced the Federal Government was earnestly seeking ways to end the wanton killings by herdsmen militia in the Middle-Belt.

Former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has said attempts to link him to criminal activities, especially the recent killings in his senatorial zone, were deliberate plan by the Federal Government to get him out of the way, so he would not participate in any of the 2019 electoral processes.

Nigerian Content Development Management Board, NCDMB, yesterday, stated that it would not be deterred by the antics of oil and gas companies trying to sabotage local content initiative of the Federal Government.

Following a  successful outing at the recently concluded OPEC Seminar, Oando is set to lead conversations at West Africa’s largest oil and gas gathering, the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference, NOG, which started in Abuja, yesterday.

Necessary steps are being taken to protect the economy under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfcFTA,  Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Director-General, Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTIN), Amb. Chiedu Osakwe, has assured.

New National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has initiated talks with all aggrieved elements in the party towards aborting plans by the dissenting tendencies to leave the party, sources close to the leadership have affirmed.

Founder, Farm and Infrastructure Foundation, FIF, Professor Gbolagade Ayoola, has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the “Right to food bill” to enable over 60 % of Nigerians who go to bed hungry have access to food.