Ohanaeze, Ngige disagree over Buhari’s treatment of Igbo

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, has dismissed as false, claims by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, that President Muhammadu Buhari is unfair to the Igbo.

The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, had on Friday said the organisation backed former President Goodluck Jonathan against Buhari in the 2015 presidential election because Buhari had always been unfair to Igbo.

Ex-Jonathan’s spokesman, Ima Niboro, joins APC

Ovie Okpare, Warri 

Ima Niboro, a former Presidential spokesman for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party and joined  the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Niboro, who is the immediate former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, was first received into the party by the APC chieftains in Ughelli South Local Government before he was later admitted into the party by the state chairman of the party, Prophet Jones Erue.

Gowon visits Benin monarch, urges prayer for Nigeria

 

 

Alexander Okere, Benin

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, at his palace in Benin, Edo State.

Gowon, who was accompanied by a delegation, was received by the Oba and several palace chiefs at about 3pm.

Police to withdraw politicians’ orderlies

Friday Amobi, P’Harcourt

OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday said it would withdraw police orderlies attached to politicians in the state during the December 10 reruns.

The operatives, who spoke during a meeting with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, also said it would not allow any police officer to go close to the polling units with guns and ammunition.

Rivers rerun: PDP attacks Ganduje over comments

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party on Monday described the statement by the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, that having free and fair elections in the South-South region of the country was abnormal, as a veiled threat that the forthcoming electoral reruns in Rivers State will be manipulated by the All Progressives Congress.

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Gunman kills three women in Finland

A lone gunman shot dead three women, a local official and two journalists, in an attack in a small town in Finland, a country with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world.

Police said on Sunday they believed the 23-year-old suspect, who was swiftly arrested after the night-time shooting on Saturday, acted alone and initial indications were that there was no political or extremist motive.

The attack took place as the women were leaving a restaurant in the southeastern lakeside town of Imatra near the Russian border, and police said they may have been targeted at random.

Reviewed auto policy ready in six months – FG

The Federal Government has said details of its reviewed automotive policy, which will include stiffer measures on used vehicle imports, will be unveiled in the next six months.

The government spoke through the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Mr. Aminu Jalal, at an automotive industry forum in Lagos on Friday.

Recession: Manufacturers cut costs, adopt other survival strategies

As the Federal Government embarks on measures to take the country out of economic recession, manufacturers have also been considering strategies aimed at overcoming the situation.

For most firms whose factory processes depend heavily on imported inputs, the escalating rate of the United States dollar against the naira has posed a huge challenge.

Recession: It’s wicked to increase taxes, Fayose tells FG

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on the Federal Government to rescind its decision to reduce workers salary through obnoxious increment in Pay As You Earn, pension and National Housing Fund deductions.