Makurdi – Traders at the Wadata Market in Makurdi, Benue which was gutted by early morning fire outbreak are counting their losses.

An All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain in Ondo State, Engineer Daisi Arikawe has expressed hope in the state’s 2019 appropriation bill saying it has brought hope for the downtrodden in the state.

The Nigerian Missions in the United States have opened Condolence Registers in honour of late former President Shehu Shagari.

The Nigerian Army says it is working with Interpol to declare Dr. Perry Brimah, a Nigerian in Diaspora wanted over a fraudulent global fund raising to provide food for troops in the North East

THE Association Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, has said that no amount of regulation will solve the current traffic gridlock around Apapa and it’s environs, the group’s President Chief Remi Ogungbemi, has said.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the worst days for the group were over, adding that 2019 appeared to be appointed year of Biafran independence just as he said that ‘to drive home our demand, IPOB will ensure that the entire land of Biafra is paralysed on whatever date they choose to hold the presidential elections. This position is irreversible unless our simple demand is met

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has called on port users to take advantage of incentives introduced to ease the financial burden following the congestion resulting from the traffic gridlock in the port city of Apapa.

Imo State Governor and chairman of Progressives Governor’s Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha; Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano; Imo Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere and the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Alex Otti have urged Nigerians to be positive about the new year, as “it will favour the country and her people more than 2018.

A non-governmental organisation, Justice Helpline Foundation, has threatened to drag the Nigeria Police to the United Nations over what it described as constant intimidation of Senator Dino Melaye by the Police.

Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of PDP has joined the debate on national minimum wage and submitted the need for states to determine what they pay their workers based on their realities.

The Northern Traditional Rulers Council Assembly (NTRCA) has urged politicians at all levels to honour the various peace accords for the 2019 general election.

UGHELLI—A couple was, on New Year’s eve, killed by a gang of hoodlums in a circumstantial manner at Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.

TWO revolutionary groups, Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, and 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta, said, yesterday, that the call-off of the ceasefire deal with the Federal Government by Niger Delta Creek Warriors, an alleged coalition of agitators in the oil region, was a decoy to militarise the region and manipulate the forthcoming election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

CALABAR—A 32-year-old graduate of Federal College of Education, FCE, Obudu, was reportedly roasted to death for allegedly harbouring his boyfriend, who reportedly murdered a commercial motorcycle operator (Okada) with a view to snatching his motorcycle.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says politicians will twist his prophecies for the year 2019.