UMUAHIA—THE Campaign Organization of Alex Otti, the Abia State APGA governorship candidate has accused Governor Okezie Ikpeazu   and his party, PDP, of using money meant to pay workers in the State to purchase the PVCs of hungry and vulnerable citizens while workers are owed months of arrears of salaries.

OWERRI—The national chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Olu Falae, yesterday asked Nigerians to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity in the country. 

Abakaliki—The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, yesterday applauded the Abia government, Judiciary and Governor Ikpeazu of Abia State for upholding the Abia court judgment that granted bail to the detained 51 Jews that were among the youths that were arrested and prosecuted for protesting in Umuahia on 12 December, 2018.

FULANI groups in Taraba State were yesterday divided over their choice of candidates in the presidential and governorship elections in the state.
While one group pledged allegiance to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidates, others drummed support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at all levels.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday met with the Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Shettima and elders from the state at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the governor broke down in tears recounting the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in the state.

UGHELLI—AN unidentified commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okada, was Sunday night confirmed dead in a head-on collision with another Okada.

ABEOKUTA—GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State was, yesterday, conspicuously absent at the official flag off ceremony  of  the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state,  Mr. Dapo Abiodun  at Atan, administrative headquarters of Ijebu -North-East Local Government Area of the state.

Despite the sustained and heavy bear run on the equity market in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, investment analysts believe recovery may happen in the first quarter of the year.

Uyo —A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, Group Capt. Sam Ewang(retd), has faulted reports that Emah Bassey, a two-term member of the House of Representatives had, penultimate Sunday, attacked the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel, and younger brother to Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, Mr. Amanam Nkanga.

ASABA—FORMER Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, yesterday, challenged the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, to contradict his assertion that he (Ogboru) swore to him and others in London, about 18 years ago, that he would not contest as governor.

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove all candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State from the 2019 general election.

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, yesterday, cautioned politicians to play by the rules, as he kicked against desperation for power and violence ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Major Igbo stakeholders after the successful Igbo International Xmas Retreat at Abagana in Anambra State are storming Enugu, the coal city on 16 and 17th of January to witness the symposia on free and fair election in Nigeria and politics without bitterness and rancour, with the theme, “Ndigbo in the geo-politics of Nigeria, the way forward.”

The Naira, yesterday, appreciated to N359 per dollar in the parallel market.

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the suspension of its Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Gamawa Babayo.