lagos—The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Mudashiru Obasa has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for a peaceful and successful general elections in the country.

ASABA—People’s Progressive Parliament, PPP, a pressure group in Delta State, has urged the House of Representatives not to allow selfish interests kill the bill to stop estimated billing method employed by Electricity Distribution Companies, Discos, in the country.

About 1,000 families of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in various parts of Anambra State who were affected by the recent flood disaster in the state received relief materials estimated at over N500 million from the state chapter of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NRCS.

It appears telecom opera-tors may break out of the route of just providing connectivity, but face fierce opposition in the form of technology interlopers in 2019.

YENAGOA—COMMUTERS travelling for the New Year celebrations were yesterday stranded in most parts of Bayelsa State, as there were no vehicles in most of the transport companies and motor parks in the state to convey them to their various destinations.

 PORT HARCOURT—Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike  has said that women are the backbone of any society.

THE sleepy town of Igbariam in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State has become a ghost community as youths of the area have run to neighbouring villages for fear of mass arrests by security operatives, who invaded the area following land dispute.

Cadrell Advocacy Centre, CAC, a non-governmental advocacy group has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of bias in the handling of the controversial N13.7 billion Warri Channel Dredging contract awarded by the Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, to Dredging International Services Nigeria Limited, DISNL.

Youths numbering over 5,000 from 23 communities that make up Agbon Kingdom in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, home council for governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Great Ogboru, have promised to mobilise their votes for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who is Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the state.

At a time when the Ni-gerian Communication Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT, is aggressively soliciting  patronage from local companies, the Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Satellite Limited, TSTV, Mr. Benjamin Zidah, has said the call is irrational.