Unidentified gunmen killed one Abdullahi S., a soldier attached to the Operation Safe Haven, a military Tasksforce maintaining peace in Plateau.

The  Interfaith Initiative for Peace (IIP), is set to hold a three-day conference in the Federal Capital Territory on harmony in Nigeria towards the 2019 general elections.

 Unidentified gunmen killed one Abdullahi S., a soldier attached to the Operation Safe Haven, a military Tasksforce maintaining peace in Plateau.

 Eleven people on Wednesday in Abuja suffered varying degrees of burns from a gas explosion that occurred at Rosy Restaurant Area 11.

 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged  the Federal Government (FG) to accelerate the implementation of the new minimum wage proposed by the tripartite committee on the issue.

AS the 2019 elections draw closer, a youth organisation called Niger Delta Youths Congress, NDYC, Wednesday, described the emergence of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate as beam of hope to the people of Niger Delta and Nigerians.

The Nigerian Disability Community on Wednesday pleaded with the National Assembly to transmit the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill to the presidency for assent.

THE Coalition of Presidential Aspirants under the All Progressive Congress, APC, Wednesday, called the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to give up his job without delay for allegedly creating crisis in the party.

The Senate has referred executive communication on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for approval of Independent National Electoral Communication (INEC) 2019 election budget to Committee on Appropriation.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has vowed to ensure that the Chairman, Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited, Innocent Chukwuma is arrested to face a fraud charge in court.

A High Court in Port Harcourt on Wednesday nullified the nomination of Mr Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, has no governorship candidate in Zamfara state ahead of the 2019 general elections. The party premised its position on the failure of the party to beat the deadline for party primaries stipulated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The Federal Government has charged the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu , and Senator Bassey Akpan , who represents Akwa Ibom North- East Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State, with offences bordering on their alleged refusal and negligence to declare their assets to the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property.

The Senate has called on the Federal Government to constitute a panel to investigate the disappearance of retired Maj.-Gen. Idris Alkali and the recovery of some vehicles from a mining pond in Plateau.

Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Wednesday said that no effort would be spared, to achieve zero infant mortality in the State.