AHEAD of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, APC, Abia North has declared for the position of Senate President, saying it is his turn to be the number three citizen of the country. 

The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a 19-year-old girl, Adetutu Okinbaloye by gunmen from her home in Imoru community, Ose Local Government Area of the state.

“I’m not going to switch off my phones, because I’m Senate President but I’m hoping that Nigerian people will pray for me to be Senate President because it’s my turn.”

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission to expedite action on the release of the results of the gubernatorial elections held in Abia and Enugu States as the further delay had to the potential of calling the credibility of the results to question.

Financial experts have advised the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to adopt policies that will enhance the local productive capacity to check importation into the country.

An early morning fire on Tuesday razed a two-storey building housing the Onitsha main market Police Station and shops selling lace fabrics.

Mr Tukur Mamu, former terrorist negotiator, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing, among others preferred against him by the Federal Government.

A political advocacy group, Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance, AIIA, has advised the citizens and residents to be weary of preachers who go about making false prophecies for their selfish gains.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, retired Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has rejected Saturday’s governorship election results in the state.

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has boasted that he was a man with excess grace from God which enabled him win a senatorial seat and enthroned a successor as governor.