OWERRI—THE Imo State Police Command, yesterday said it has not issued any report regarding the governorship primaries conducted in the state by the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. 

ON July 1st, 2016, the Nigerian Telecommunications Communication, NCC, mandated all telecoms operators to dedicate a common short code which will enable subscribers of their services take informed but independent decisions on what messages to receive from the network.

THE Federal Government must release the Basic Health Care Provision Fund in the 2018 health budget without further delay if Nigeria is to achieve the universal health coverage, a group under the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale said, yesterday.

ENUGU—MOVEMENT for  Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has insisted that the Igbo residing in diaspora, particularly in parts of Northern Nigeria must return during the unpredictable 2019 general elections.

On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation  was enforced as the strictest and most encompassing data protection law ever to be passed. Its scope reaches far beyond the borders of the EU, in so far as it applies to all organisations and all websites globally, that process data of EU citizens.

LAGOS—THE Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Aromire, yesterday, threw his weight behind the candidature of All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, with assurance to deliver the votes of the entire kingdom to all APC candidates in the 2019 general elections.

Home appliances maker, LG Electronics, has unveiled an excellent gas  cooker which it claims meets the 21st century cooking needs.

ENUGU—THE Management and Board of Editors of Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent have nominated Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State as Governor of the Year 2018 for Grassroots Development.

Three students with the best results in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for 2017 were rewarded by top IT Company, Sidmach Technologies as a way to encourage more students to pursue high academic standards.

The Federal Government has advocated the need to fund the various road and housing projects in the South-South region outside annual budgetary provisions.

Governor Mohammed Jibrilla of Adamawa State, yesterday, presented a budget estimate of N230,989,412, 735.00 as 2019 Appropriation Bill to the Adamawa State Assembly.

Mgbemere also said that it would be a deciding factor on whether such elected leader would be voted back by his constituents 

Media practitioners in the country, especially photo journalists, have been advised to embrace technology and be digitally- savvy so as to be able to meet up with the   modern-day demands of the job.

Fears have been expressed that the Rochas Okorocha administration is poised to create no fewer than 126 new autonomous communities before the 2019 general elections.

President of the West African Boxing Union (WABU) Remi Aboderin, has described the forthcoming World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental super featherweight title bout, billed for GOtv Boxing Night 17 in Lagos, as a big indication of the revival of Nigerian boxing.