Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade’s second term bid got a boost at the weekend when thousands of commercial drivers in the state declared total support for him.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has ruled out prospects of substituting Accord candidates with those of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  in Rivers State saying it was against the timeline and framework for the 2019 elections.

BAYELSA State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, weekend, advocated the setting up of a special committee to monitor the abuse of drugs in the state.

UYO—A socio-political group, Akwa Ibom Good Governance Initiative, has berated Senator Godswill Akpabio for undermining the will of Akwa Ibom people to democratically decide who becomes governor of the state.

UDU—The Lawmaker   representing Delta Central in the Senate has kick-started his   ward to ward campaign for a second term in the Red Chambers, with visits to Otor-Udu, Owhrode, Ogbe-Udu and Emadaja communities of Delta Central senatorial district.

APEX Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has concluded plans to receive other ethnic nationality groups at its 2018 Igbo Day celebration talking place in Owerri, Imo state.

NATIONAL Coordinator of Urhobo Mandate for Omo-Agege, Prince Peter Okorodudu, has urged the people of Delta Central senatorial district in Delta State, to return Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to the National Assembly in 2019, stressing that it was high time the Urhobo stopped changing their Senator at every election.

The position of art and culture as big time economy booster in the era of diversification for Nigeria, dominated paper presentations at a two-day workshop held for culture officers in Lagos State.

Both traditional and modern arts are very popular in Hungary. We have a lot of modern art galleries in bigger cities of the country. And maybe, every three months, they organise art auctions

It was joyful celebration, deep-rooted camaraderie and appreciative payback time for the frontline Educationist and Legal colossus, Aare Afe Babalola, CON, SAN when the Afe Babalola Beneficiaries Worldwide, ABBW, unveiled a burst in his honour in the sleepy but heroic town of Okemesi-Ekiti and later decorated him as a “Peace Time Hero” in his homestead, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital, last weekend.

There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4% year-on-year (98) – the second lowest in 10 years after 2014. Bad weather, such as typhoons in Asia and hurricanes in the United States of America, contributed to the loss of more than 20 vessels, according to the annual review, which analyzes reported shipping losses over 100 gross tons (GT).

PORT HARCOURT—The Rivers State Government has lamented the encroachment of its landed property by land grabbers.

THE 50,000 tons per annum cocoa processing factory in Cross  River State,  equipped with modern facilities, is set to process cocoa beans from the state and neighbouring West African countries such as Cameroon and Equatorial  Guinea for export.

Lobi Stars seem to have run into a dead end in their quest to enter the group stages of the CAF Champions League as they were beaten 3-1 by Gor Mahia yesterday at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.

EX-AGITATORS under the auspices of Third Phase Amnesty, at the weekend commended the National Assembly over the passage of the Amnesty Bill into law last week, which provides an institutional and legal framework for its operation.