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Civil Society Alliance for Good Governance, ASAGG, a rights group, has called on the Supreme Court to make the votes of the people of Osisioma Ngwa, Isiala Ngwa and Obingwa Local Government Areas of Abia State count in who governs the state. It will be recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State had cancelled the votes of the entire three councils in the appeal by Mr. Alex Otti, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, challenging the lower tribunal verdict, upholding the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of Abia State. The appellate court, after cancelling the election in the three councils, declared Otti winner of the governorship poll. Briefing newsmen in Lagos, ASAGG’s Coordinator, Mr. Emmanuel Usoro, said their concern was not who would eventually win the case at the Supreme Court, but that the votes of the people of the three councils should be made to count in “who governs the state

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop attributing its misfortunes to the governing party.APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday was reacting to the PDP National Secretary, Wale Oladipo, who was quoted to have said that some party members were being “used by the APC, to draw political capital from the present challenges facing the PDP.”

The acting Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, has stated that the people of Bayelsa State defied the chaos, murder and intimidation during the recent governorship re-run elections in the state to re-elect Governor Seriake Dickson because they believe the PDP remains the party of choice that has no alternative in the country.

•Buhari promises to expose more looters Davidson Iriekpen in Lagos and Tobi Soniyi in Abuja The federal government on Tuesday said it would beam its searchlight on the judiciary, warning that any judge accused of corruption would be prosecuted and jailed.

In line with the federal government’s drive to shore up non-oil revenue, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks as well as other financial institutions under its regulation, to with immediate effect commence charging N50 per eligible transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act and the Federal Government Financial Regulations 2009.