FRIEDRICH Ebert Stiftung,FES, has called for sustainéd and deepened collaborations of public sector, private sector, labour, civil society organisations, CSOs, and other interest groups in policy campaigns and advocacy towards Nigeria’s industrialisation drive

BENIN—Benin National Congress, BNC,  Worldwide, has described the accusation by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State against former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, of plotting to abort President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid as reckless, mischievous and unfortunate.

An update received from the office of the Vice President of Nigeria on the state of foreign investment inflow into the economy has indicated that about $83.9 billion worth of investments were announced between January 2017 and the end of the first quarter of 2018, Q1’18.

President Muhammadu Buhari and his embattled All Progressives Congress (APC) have met to brainstorm on the gale of defections and to assess the fortunes of the party.

The Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC)  yesterday urged Nigerian companies to use the Local Content Act to develop the nation’s huge natural resources for economic development.

No fewer than seven companies importing substandard and life-endangering products into Nigeria from China would be blacklisted and their promoters prosecuted in both countries.

OPRATIVES of Ekiti State Police Command have arrested the leader of a vigilance group in the state, Mr. Femi Ogunleye, and six of his members for illegally arresting and torturing a man to death.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has honoured some of the rebels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected to its fold as heroes of democracy.

Armed bandits attacks on Zamfara have continued to increase the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Maradun Local Government area of the state.

A governorship  aspirant in Delta State on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Osiobe Okotie, yesterday, said those that defected from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other political parties are people that have skeletons in their cupboards.

PORT HAR-COURT— GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, adjudged his state “as one of the states facing the worst form of harassment” from All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government.

THE presidency, Wednesday distanced itself from the Nigerian Press Council Bill pending at the National Assembly for amendment and passage into law.

ABUJA—General Secretary of the National Union of Textiles and Garment Workers of Nigeria, NUTGWN, Comrade Issa Aremu, has taken a swipe at some politicians currently defecting from one political party to the other, describing them as unprincipled.

DISAPPOINTED by the seemingly anti-labour policies of government at all levels, especially after electioneering promises, ahead of 2019 general elections and as political manoeuvring, alignments and realignments thicken, United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, and its leaders are not leaving anything to chance.

THE Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, said yesterday, that the recent decision of one of the new kings to release his 11-month local government allowances was an “afterthought calculated to prevent backlash of their unlawful action.”