Akwa Ibom Youth League, AYL, has charged legislators from Akwa Ibom State in Abuja to project the best image of the state in accordance with the inclinations of the Udom Emmanuel administration.

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubarka Malami, has said the essence of the Executive Order 6 introduced by President Muhammadu Bahuri was to attack the economic base of suspects facing trial for corruption.

THE  Archbishop of Orthodox Anglican Church in Nigeria Rev. (Dr) Christopher Umane yesterday said current political parties and politicians lacked manifestos and ideology which he said are supposed to be hallmark of party politics.

IBADAN—MILD drama ensued when roads that led to Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan, en route Queen Elizabeth Road, Mokola, were, yesterday, blocked by enraged students of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, OSCATECH, Igboora; Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, EACOED, Oyo, and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, protesting the prolonged closure of their schools as well as hike in tuition fees.

Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Abdulaziz Yari, said yesterday that governors were not against upward review of the minimum wage, but lack capacity to pay it.

MEMBERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, yesterday, protested the disbandment of the Election Petition Tribunal by President of the Court of Appeal.

TOMORROW, October 20, 2018 has been set aside in Benin, as release date, launch and public presentation of one of the greatest anthologies ever put together about ancient civilisations and monarchies in Africa.

ABA—RESIDENTS of Gaius street and Ohuru Isimiri areas, Aba, Abia State have given a 14 day ultimatum to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, to improve electricity supply to the area as well as reduce what it described as crazy bills being issued to them.

Moves by aggrieved aspirants in All Progressives Congress, APC, to get justice over perceived irregularities in the conduct of party primaries may have come to a dead end, irrespective of recommendations of the Senator Oserhiemen Osunbor’s Appeal Committee.

THE National President of the Association of South East Town Unions, ASETU, Emeka Diwe, yesterday said the association was in support of the nomination of the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential standard-bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.