OWERRI—The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has described the emergence of about 67 candidates for the 2019 gubernatorial election in Imo State, as “staggering, unnecessary and worrisome”.

OWERRI—A cross section of Imo people yesterday, urged Governor Rochas Okorocha to start preparing his handover notes, ahead of May 29, 2019, even as they were insistent that “his son in-law, Uche Nwosu cannot succeed him as governor”.

Founder and National President of Oxygen Movement for Okowa and Otuaro, Prince Eduvie Efekodha has said that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa will win this year’s governorship election in Delta State with a wide margin.

ENUGU—THE  chairman of African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Enugu State, Mrs. Stella Chukwuma has alleged that politicians were buying up Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in Enugu State.

Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, OMS, a leading asset company dedicated to protecting the country’s resources from graft and illegal activities, has decried alleged blackmail, smear campaign and defamatory publications concerning its operations by those charged with the surveillance of Trans Forcados Pipeline, TFP.

WARRI— HUNDRED of youths in Delta State, yesterday, protested alleged move to relocate a subsidiary of Nigeria Gas Company Limited from Warri.

ON the conviction of an employer under this section for failing to pay to a worker wages not less than the national minimum wage, the court may make an order that the employer convicted shall pay, in addition to any fine, such sum as appears to the court to be due to the worker on account of wages, the wages being calculated on the basis of the national  minimum wage : provided that the power to order payment on account of wages under this subsection shall not be in derogation of the right of the worker to recover wages due to him by any other proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, 4.-(1).

In line with its commitment to enhance customer experience, AXA Mansard Insurance plc, a member of the AXA Group and global leader in insurance and asset management, has launched the first responder service which aims to support customers whose vehicles are insured with the company whenever they are involved in road accidents.

MRS. Amina Zakari, the controversial National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, whose name raises the blood pressure of opposition politicians in Nigeria today is an employer’s delight .But like the bat whose only affliction is that the arms are longer than the legs, her major drawback is that she does more than a day’s work for a day’s pay.

ILE-IFE—THE striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, warned the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, against conducting examinations when 70 per cent of the courses have not been taught.