The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu from further selling off his properties.

FG in a counter affidavit in response to Ekweremadu’s motion on notice told the court that he (Ekweremadu) in a desperate bid to avoid forfeiting the properties to the Federal Government has already sold two of his three undeclared properties in Kissimmee, Florida, United States of America.

About two hundred traditional rulers in the South East have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari's second term bid on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Imo state monarchs took the decision on Wednesday at the end of a crucial meeting held at Okigwe Local Government Area.

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the endorsement of former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, for the position of National Chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari’s would not prevent other interested party members from vying for the position.

Contrary to reports that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would today (Thursday) receive the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff who had indicated interest to rejoin the party, the Former Borno State Governor has been asked to rejoin the party at his ward.

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has ordered the new leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Associate (MACBAN), to fish out the criminals carrying out attacks in some parts of the country within two months. The directive was disclosed on Wednesday by the National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Mohammadu Kiruwa who was represented by the National Secretary of the association, Alhaji Baba Othman Ngelzarma during their peace visit to Benin, the Edo state capital.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has reacted to the recent killing of two Catholic Reverend Fathers and seventeen other worshippers by suspected herdsmen in Benue. The COAS who condemned the attack assured residents that the Nigerian Army would end the killings and protect lives and properties in the state.