BENIN CITY— NATIONAL  Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has said the alleged rift between himself and his successor, Governor Godwin Obaseki, was a creation of people with personal interest, describing Obaseki as his brother.

CALABAR —Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, may have discreetly clamped down on critics of his administration as his former aides and critic, Prince Ekanem Ekpo, has been arrested by security agents in Calabar.

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that resources will be devoted towards securing peace in Zamfara State and other parts of the country ravaged by insecurity.

AFTER months of refusal to approve payment to enable cadets of the National Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP, to embark on their sea time training by the immediate past minister of transportation, Vanguard Maritime Report has it on good authority that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has made payment to some of the foreign institutions involved.

‘@NGRPresident should leave @cenbank alone to discharge its mandate independently within the ambit of the CBN Act, and stop “directing” it. @cenbank should on its part assertive its independence (assuming it actually believes it should be independent, but the Act says so, clearly!’ former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has tweeted

Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku said on Tuesday that he was working tirelessly with his Benue counterpart Samuel Ortom to end the crisis between the Tiv and Jukun in the border area of the states.

No fewer than three persons were Tuesday confirmed dead and two others still missing when two passenger boats had a head-on collision along the Irewe creek in Ojo Local Government, Lagos State.

The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel chukwuemeka Kanu Uche, Tuesday, stressed that what Nigeria needs to solve her numerous socio-political and economic challenges was an Igbo President come 2023.

Liverpool and Chelsea are eyeing some early-season silverware as the Premier League rivals meet in the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul on Wednesday in what will be the first major men’s European encounter to be refereed by a woman, with France’s Stephanie Frappart taking charge.

The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland in Ogun, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has warned the people of Ijebuland not to politicise the selection of his successor.