LAGOS—THE Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan escaped what appeared as an assassination attempt as armed youths invaded his residence and demanded to see him.

OHANAEZE Ndigbo , the Apex Igbo socio-cultural body has lamented the casualty rate at the recent pipeline explosion in Aba in Abia state.

UMUAHIA—A coalition of 20 human rights, public governance accountability and pro-democracy advocacy groups in the South East, under the umbrella of SBCHROs, has lambasted the three PDP governors in the region and some of their party leaders over their grumbling against the nomination of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi by Atiku Abubakar as his vice presidential candidate.

Despite thumping Libya 4-0 in Saturday’s 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr insists that his team were less perfect.

The Executive Governor of Lagos State His Excellency Akinwunmi Ambode will today at his office in Alausa, Ikeja meet with journalists to unfold plans for the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

The Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Abakaliki Branch, Barr. Festus Nweke stated that the negative consequences of the action of the Federal government outweighs whatever gains it intended to achieve.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday responded to the International Monetary Fund, IMF, propositions on judicious use of the nation’s external reserves to build buffers against the shock of rising interest rates in the monetary policy normalisation regime of the United States, saying CBN’s policy preference for now is to maintain exchange rate stability.

OTA— PRESIDENT of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, yesterday, denied endorsing the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election.

As Ayo Fayose bows out as the Governor of Ekiti State, tomorrow, October 16, 2018, the people of the state would not forget in a hurry his second four-year reign.

LAGOS—A UNITED States-based Nigeria Law group has instituted an award in honour of teen female hostage, Leah Sharibu, to mark the 2018 International Day of the Girl.