BENIN CITY – THERE was confusion on Monday, as leader of a group loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State maintained that there was no directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a fresh proclamation for Edo State House of Assembly contrary to media report.

Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has lamented that three ministries are too much to be headed by one minister. He was referring to the immediate past Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola who headed three ministries and, on Monday, reeled out his achievements as a minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure in office. 

Newspaper distributors and vendors in Awka, Anambra, on Monday, embarked on an indefinite strike, following alleged clamp down on their members by officials of the state government’s agency.

ENUGU—THE leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has reacted to the proscription and declaration of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, (Shi’ite Muslims) as terrorist group and warned President Mohammed Buhari led Federal government “to be ready to harvest her crops of massive violence which he has systematically enthroned”.

Jalingo – Four Suspected kidnappers have been killed by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Bali local government area of Taraba state.

In light of these values, the statement that BP had agreed to pay Timiș the sum of USD$10 billion as royalties for his former minority stake in two non-producing natural gas licenses in Senegal is not only outlandish, it is irresponsible, and reveals a thorough ignorance of how the oil and gas industry functions.

With the nomination of the former governor of Anambra state, Chris Ngige, by President Muhammadu Buhari as one of his ministers, the Nigeria Labour Congress, Monday, frowned at his appointment, saying that there would be crisis if Ngige is returned as minister of labour.

A 25-year-old trader, Roy Anozie, on Monday, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged rape of a 20-year-old woman.

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s Community Shield clash with Manchester City on Sunday will have no bearing on their battle for the Premier League title.

ASABA- COALITION of Urhobo Youths in Delta State has asked the state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency, send a visitation Panel to the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka.