MEMBERS of staff of the 39-year-old Ondo state-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, have lamented the continued refusal of the state government to pay 10 months salary arrears.

Huge drama is expected in Kwara state politics in the weeks ahead as Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor AbdulFattah Ahmed formally declare their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress.

ASABA—AS the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, struggles with the wave of defectionS, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, encouraged other governors and lawmakers to consider joining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, noting that the party was set on a mission to rescue Nigeria from the misrule of APC.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN,yesterday in Lagos, pleaded with the Federal Government and other tiers of government to step up efforts at reducing hardship and poverty in the country.

Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple robberies in Offa on 5 April, in which 31 people were killed.

LOKOJA—Two persons, Kasshim Mabo and Surveyor Zaccheus, are laying claims to the ticket of African Democratic Congress, ADC, for the August 11 Lokoja/Kogi federal constituency by-election.

As part of the capital raising for the 2018 Budget, the Debt Management Office, DMO, has raised N66.9 billion at the FGN Bond Auction.

Umokahia  community, Obingwa council area, Abia State, was thrown into mourning  Thursday, as a teenage boy, who was playing football with his mates, was electrocuted at 5p.m.

UYO—More reactions have CONTINUED TO trail the mass defection of National Assembly  members of All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as politicians from the political divides have expressed mixed feelings.

An aspirant of All Progressives Congress, APC, to represent Okpe-Sapele-Uwvie federal constituency, Delta State at the House of Representatives in 2019, Mr Kennedy Eyube, has commended the National Chairman of APC, Mr Adams Oshiomohle, for his timely reconciliation of APC factions in Delta State.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, justified the action thus: “The shift was done in order to give succour and relief to the people of Lagos State and other inter-state road users and support the efforts of the state government”.

Minna—GOVERNOR Abubakar Bello of Niger State, yesterday, told education stakeholders in the state that 60 percent of teachers in the state’s public schools across the 25 local government were not qualified.

House of  Representatives adhoc committee probing $21 billion debts owed indigenous companies by International Oil Companies, IOCs, and revenue leakages, yesterday, invited Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and chief executive officers of all oil companies operating in Nigeria.

SEVEN aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in last Saturday’s governorship primary have faulted the processes that led to the emergence of Senator Ademola Adeleke and called for a redress.

In this interview, Onah  bares his mind on the killings carried out by herdsmen in the country saying calling President Muhammadu Buhari names is not the solution to the attacks.