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April 3, 2016

Punch

Kachikwu faces online ‘war’ as fuel scarcity persists

With the current fuel scarcity across the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has come under attack on social media, especially since he told Nigerians that queues at petrol stations could continue till May.

Vanguard

We abandoned agric, for petroleum; Now, we have to go back – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government is determined to significantly reduce the high bill for importation of food products to Nigeria.

Thisday

2018 Polls: We Won’t Allow Fayose to Rig us Out , APC Chieftain Vows

Sequel to revelations made by the embattled Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Tope Aluko that the 2014 governorship poll in Ekiti State was rigged, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress , Mr Olusegun Osinkolu , has vowed that the party would resist attempt to subvert the will of the voters in the next elections.

The Sun

Jubilation in Abia as Kalu goes to tribunal

THERE was great jubilation in major towns and cities in Abia State last Thursday as news filtered into the air that the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) candidate at the Abia North Senatorial rerun poll, Dr. Orji Kalu has filed a suit at the tribunal against the controversial outcome of the March 5, 2016 rerun poll.

Daily Times

Lagos denies cancellation of monthly sanitation

The Lagos State Government has clarified reports making rounds on social media that the monthly environmental sanitation has been outlawed, saying that the policy on the monthly exercise had not been reviewed for now.

Guardian

Al-Makura appoints sole administrators for 11 LGAs

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of Sole Administrators in 11 out of the 13 local government areas in the state.

Daily Trust

Kwara APC seeks Oyegun’s intervention in Saraki’s trial

The leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara Central senatorial zone have challenged the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to rise to the occasion on the ongoing trial of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Leadership

PDP Chieftain Commends Buhari Over Security Measures

Alhaji Bashir Rimi-Zaya, Publicity Secretary of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for measures taken to curb insurgency in the country.

National Mirror

Woman nabbed for battering Indian lover

Police detectives attached to the Domestic Violence Unit of the Festac Police Station Lagos State Police Command are investigating a 27-year-old lady identified as simply as Sandra for allegedly battering her Indian lover.