Onyirioha Nnamdi

The governor of Bauchi, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, on Wednesday, May 22, said that rumours of massive recruitment into the state's civil service are pushed by loyalists of the governor-elect, Senator Bala Mohammed.

The operations controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri zonal office, Antai Asuquo, has said that it has no plan to increase the pump price of petrol, adding that the product is available.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, May 16, paid a visit to Borno to commission a school built for orphans affected by insurgency. He also commissioned late Ambassador Gaji Galtimari housing estate in the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, May 20, said that if the panel at the election tribunal is impartial in the court proceedings, its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will emerge victorious.

Youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southeast, have said that they will not accept any repeat of attack on Senator Chris Ngige, the minster of labour and employment allegedly by Nigeria Labour Congress members.

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his one-day official visit to Imo state earlier fixed for Tuesday, May 20, owing to the fact he is yet to return from Saudi Arabia where he performed the Muslim pilgrimage.