Aliyu Omeiza, the official driver to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has denied social media report that he abandoned the minister on the road in Abuja and decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

UMUAHIA—AHEAD of 2019 elections, a group, World Igbo Youth Congress, has called on the Abia State APGA governorship candidate in 2015 election, Dr. Alex Otti to stop laying claims that he won the election, saying he has no facts to prove the claim. 

The remains of Nigerian reggae legend, Ras Kimono, will be laid to rest in his home town, Onitsha Olona, Delta State, this August.

PORT HAR-COURT—An elder statesman in Rivers State, Lawrence Jumbo, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that revisiting the 13 percent derivation benefits to Niger Delta states was not necessary for the development of the area.

The federal government’s drive for economic diversification may have thrown up new directions for private sector led growth where emphasis is now on value-added growth in the primary produce segment.

THE United Bank for Africa, UBA, has launched its chat banker, Leo, on WhatsApp and will be fully available to customers by September 1st, 2018.

CALABAR—A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, yesterday,  ordered the  Commander,  13 Brigade, of the Nigerian Army,  Calabar,  Brigadier A. Ismaila, to release a civilian, one  Isaac Ebenya,  detained by the Brigade or he should be arraigned before a court  of competent jurisdiction.

SAPELE—LEADERS  of  Sapele community, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, have warned kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and other criminals to steer clear of the area or they would be hunted and handed  over to security agencies to face prosecution.

Athletics enthusiasts here in Asaba have been left disappointed following Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor’s withdrawal from the sprint showdown with Marie Josee Ta Lou.

POLITICIANS in the country have been called upon to withdraw their support from the All Progressives Congress, APC, which has   disappointed Nigerians and transfer same to any other political party that would move Nigeria forward.

MAKURDI—Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to start the probe of security vote from the Presidency, if the anti-graft agency was not after him for dumping All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has assured that no governor will defect from the party anymore.

When Aso Rock accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of masterminding the illegal ouster of five governors when he was in office, many Nigerians felt the Villa had a point.

MAKURDI—Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to start the probe of security vote from the Presidency, if the anti-graft agency was not after him for dumping All Progressives Congress, APC.

Akure—TRAVELLERS on the ever-busy Benin-Ore-Lagos Expressway were, yesterday, trapped for over five hours, as youths locked down the road while protesting 10 years of total blackout in the south senatorial area of Ondo State.