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GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha has boasted that he is the landlord of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  in Imo State and southeast as a whole so as such would never consider leaving the party to join another one.

KANO State's Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has been invited by the Kano State House of Assembly to appear before its ad-hoc committee set up to investigate a videos showing him allegedly taking bribe from a government contractor.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with the perpetrators of the recent violence in Kaduna that claimed over 60 lives and promised to pay compensation to the victims of the 2011 post-election violence in the state.

KADUNA Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has backed the protests by labour unions over a new minimum wage telling governors that the country can afford to pay a living salary of N30,000 a month to workers.

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the position of the speaker of the House of Representatives to the southwest geo-political zone as part of a strategy to reach out to the area in a bid to woo voters as the February elections loom.

SHIITE group the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is continuing its protests despite security forces opening fire on the sect killing dozens of unarmed protesters and arresting about 400 of its members over the last four days.

LABOUR leaders have rejected a decision by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to peg the new minimum waged at N22,500 ($62) a month saying that the government must honour the agreement to raise it to N30,000 ($82.50) or face a general strike as from November 6.

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano's special adviser and the former publicity secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has warned that the party warned Bianca Ojukwu not to contest the Anambra South senatorial seat but she would not listen.

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) that his son-in-law Uche Nwosu remains the only hope for the state as his candidature alone can protect the high integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the party.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have asked a federal high court to grant an application seeking for the final forfeiture of the sums of $8.43m and N9.2bn ($25.32m) held in the bank accounts of the wife of former president Dame Patience Jonathan.