THERE are strong indications that electricity workers are planning a major showdown with Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Eko DISCO, and Egbin Power Plc over perceived unfair labour practices.

ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take care of the cost of medical treatment of a 28-year-old serving member of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Okenala Ahmed, who is visually-impaired.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has granted freedom to 170 prison inmates across the state.

FORMER militants in the riverine areas of Ondo State, yesterday, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Ondo State government to return their guns and ammunition collected under the guise of incorporating them in the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government last year.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has urged other stakeholders in the sector to join hands with the government to fund education, adding that funding qualitative education goes beyond the government.

A pro-democracy group, Movement for Democratic Goals, MDG, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, to order over their threat to force Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, out of office if he fails to resign, saying it will hold the President responsible for any outbreak of violence in the nation.

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has disbursed interest-free loans to more than 350,000 beneficiaries the 36 states of the federation including the FCT since December 2016, under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), one of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) of the Federal Government.

The quiet community of Ijanikin was thrown into a mini-tourist attraction as residents trooped in their numbers to catch a glimpse of a huge python that swallowed a goat. Some people later killed the snake, cut up and shared it among themselves.

OWERRI—OWERRI Prison Authority, yesterday confirmed that relatives of the 112 pro-Biafra women remanded in the prison were not allowed access to the women because documentation was still ongoing. 

Crude oil price has risen from $72.50 to $74.17per barrel in the international market as a result of limited inventories in the United States and Iran sanctions.