Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, yesterday, said those who desire peace, development and general well-being of  Rivers State will vote out Governor Nyesom Wike’s government in the state come 2019.

ASABA—THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it has recovered N65 billion from commercial banks for wrong deductions and charges, restating its resolve to arrest and prosecute those hawking naira notes.

Human rights lawyer, Mr.  Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate release of Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) on bail “in strict compliance with the orders of the Federal High Court, of the Federal Capital Territory and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, court without any further delay.”

A military officer attached to the 72 Special Forces Battalion has been killed by warring cultists in the North Bank area of Makurdi town, Tuesday.

A fake medical practitioner, Salisu Usman, yesterday, confessed at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos that he had been treating patients, posing as a qualified medical doctor.

Despite the impact of budgetary delays and political uncertainties in the horizon,  Nigeria’s macroeconomic outlook may remain positive going by analysts’ projections.

ABUJA—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, concurred with regional groups including Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Pan Niger Delta Forum on the imperative for a new and visionary leadership to take Nigeria out of its present challenging economic and security situation.

Thirty four former Warri Wolves players including Super Eagles duo Oghenekaro Etebo, Daniel Akpeyi have written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission concerning the inability of the club to pay them outstanding wages totaling N300m.

WARRI—A Niger Delta-based human rights activist and environmentalist, Sheriff Mulade,  yesterday, lashed out at some Niger Delta leaders, whom he accused of propagating  hatred, suspicion and division among youths across the different ethnic groups in the region.

Undergraduates in tertiary institutions have been told that the most potent tool to fight poverty is entrepreneurship, creatively used in conjunction with substantial public and private sector investment in education, healthcare, skills development and significant investment in infrastructure development.

Contrary to what many parents think about qualities of a good school, Mrs Ronkeposh Adeniyi, the writer of the popular book, Right Kid 101 and Director of Le Poshe School, Parkview, Ikoyi, has said that there is no good school anywhere, adding that the only good school is that school that works for parents.

Four of the five declared presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress, APC, have rejected claims of a right of first refusal for President Muhammadu Buhari in the contest for the presidential ticket of the party.

ABUJA—Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, is dead.

Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) Plc, set up by the Federal Government to improve access to credit for small businesses, expects a boost in loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) after 15 more banks signed up to disburse the facilities this year.

Nasarawa United coach, Kabiru Dogo has lamented the indefinite postponement of the Nigeria Football Professional League in the wake of the crisis that has engulfed the Nigeria Football Federation. crisis.