Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have kicked against the 24-hour supply of electricity to their communities.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in celebrating ace cinematographer, movie producer and former Chairman of Nigerian Film Corporation, Chief Eddie Ugbomah, who turns 78 on December 19, 2018.

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has congratulated Chief (Dr.) Leemon Ikpea on his 62nd birthday, hailing his trailblazing strides in business and philanthropy.

ENUGU State Fire Service has retooled its personnel and equipment for emergencies of fire outbreak, most especially as the harmattan haze sets in, in the northern part of Igboland.

FEMALE farmers in Ebonyi State, yesterday stated that the three per cent budgetary allocation to agriculture by the current administration was not sufficient if the sector was to make considerable progress in the state.

YENAGOA—BAYELSA State Government has said it will investigate the recent skirmish between neighbouring communities of Amatolo and Okumbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of the state.

TO actualise his quest of winning the Anambra South senatorial election, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, has raised his campaign team, saying the zone must have effective representation in the next dispensation.

UYO—Federal Government’s school feeding programme has run into hitches in Akwa Ibom State as the children have not been fed this term following the non-release of funds to the vendors.

LET me do a little review about the history of the nation’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate. It has so far had 13 Presidents. Of these 13, three of them, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Dennis Osadebey and Chief Nwafor Orizu, presided when the nation was operating the parliamentary system of government and the Senate was in the mode of the British  House of Lords with members appointed while the House of Representatives was the elective legislative chamber. The seat of the parliament then was at the Race Course, in Lagos.

The thunderous ovation that spontaneously came from the Federal Prison, Owerri, on December 10, 2018, could ordinarily, have been mistaken for an impending uprising by the inmates of the establishment.

he Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised an alarm over an alleged fresh plot to use the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to forcefully remove the President of the Senate and Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO), Senator Bukola Saraki, from office as the Senate President.

ASABA—MEMBERS of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ughelli North Constituency II, Delta State, have set up Leaders/Elders Forum to oversee the political activities of the constituency with Chief Austin Uloho as Chairman and Chief Awhala Inone his Vice.

Enugu State workers have confirmed receipt of the 13th month salary as 2018 Christmas bonus from Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration to celebrate the season with their loved ones.

OLEH—DELTA State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Joseph Ogeh has urged Nigerians to be security conscious and avoid actions capable of breeding disaffection and crisis in the build up to the 2019 general election.

calabar—FIFTY-eight rural communities in Odukpani and Obubra Local Government areas of Cross River State have been provided free potable water by the United States Development Agency, USAID, in partnership with the Cocacola Foundation.