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*Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar lll (Nigeria) Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara has paid tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar lll as he turns 62.

(Nigeria) Bayelsa State chapter  of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,  has said it was prepared to receive all presidential aspirants under the platform of the party, dismissing insinuations of endorsement of endorsement of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

(Nigeria) Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Mr  Lekan Adeyemo, has urged elected party leaders at all levels to work towards party unity.

*Justice Danladi Umar, Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT  (Nigeria) The Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT has clarified that Justice Danladi Umar remains its chairman in the prosecution of public officers who contravene asset declaration laws in the country as mandated by the federal government and the country’s constitution.

(Nigeria) One of the 235 workers allegedly engaged by Chevron Nigeria Limited, and handed over to its contracting firms,  Joceco Nigeria Limited, Pat Onosen Nigeria Enterprises Limited, Sanco Calaya J.V Nigeria Limited and Hensteel Engineering and Construction Services Limited, Mr. Patrick Gbetah has told a National Industrial Court sitting in  Awka, Anambra State, that they were told that Chevron was responsible for their entitlements

Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Engr Chukwuemeka Woke, Chairmanship Candidate for Emohua Local Government Area, Chief Tom Aliezi and Running Mate of the Chairmanship Candidate, Mrs Ngozi Nyemonwu during the PDP Wards 3 and 4 Campaign at Emohua Local Government Area on Wednesday.   Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Engr Chukwuemeka Woke has declared that Former Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Chidi Lloyd has no electoral value in the politics of the state.

*Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (Nigeria) President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide, Mr Pereotubo Oweilaemi, has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, to emulate what he described as "the worthy and very commendable example of his colleague Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in the area of location of meaningful development and people-oriented projects in Ijaw-speaking areas of Delta State."

*Federal High Court, Lagos (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till June 25, and 26, 2018, hearing in the N450 million campaign fund fraud case involving Professor Abubakar Sulaiman and Dele Belgore.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday,  held that an interim order attaching N1.9 billion domiciled in the Unity Bank’s account of a businesswoman, Hajiya Bola Shagaya, was validly secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

*Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and wife, arraigned before a Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday (Nigeria) The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN,  has expressed concerns over the whereabouts of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, claiming that he was last seen or heard from on Tuesday,  soon after he was arraigned before a Kaduna State High Court.

(Nigeria) The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday warned hospitals and doctors to henceforth desist from rejecting gunshot victims, saying such act constitutes a flagrant violation of an existing law.

(Nigeria) (Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Speakers’ Forum has called on the National Assembly to as a matter of urgency and necessity revisit the issue of devolution of powers in the current Constitutional amendment process.

*Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (Nigeria) Enugu State Government has made another breakthrough in its on-going efforts to rid the state public service of ghost workers, recovering in the latest exercise, N21million from ghost teachers in its Post-Primary School Board, PPSMB, within three months.

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (2nd right) in a handshake with the Chairman of the Party’s seven-member reconciliation committee for Kogi State, Gen. Idris Garba after the committee’s inauguration at the Party’s National Secretariat on Monday. They are flanked by other committee members: Former Speaker, House of Representatives,   Patricia Etteh (1st right) and the Party’s Deputy National Secretary, Mr  Victor Giadom (Committee Secretary) . (Nigeria) The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,  APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Monday inaugurated a top-level seven-member reconciliation committee for the party’s Kogi State chapter at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) By Ebun-olu Adegboruwa  Thank God the President is back, praying that God will perfect His healing in Jesus name. Reading through the presidential broadcast however, one cannot but express a sense of utter disappointment. 

*Buruji Kashamu (Nigeria) The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu, has declared Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose as "a persona non grata and unfit among reasonable and right-thinking members of the society.”

*Edo State House of Assembly (Nigeria) The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed 18  nominees as commissioners in the state.

(Nigeria) An Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi, has struck out an application seeking an order to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, to investigate former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, chairmen for alleged corruption.

*Gabriel Suswam (Nigeria) The detention of former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam by the Department of State Services, DSS, on Tuesday stalled his ongoing N3.1 billion fraud trial before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

(Nigeria) More than three months after President Muhammadu Buhari gave approval for the reinstatement of General Manager (Audit and Compliance) Niger Delta Power Holding Company Nigeria Limited, NDPHC, Mrs. Maryam Mohammed, the Offices of the Vice Presiden, VP, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF and Chief of Staff, COS, to the President are yet to comply with the directive.