The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the chairmanship in 20 of the 23 local government areas (LGAs) contested in Saturday’s Rivers State Chairmanship and Councillorship elections, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) announced on Sunday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the remaining three LGAs. RSIEC chairman Dr Michael Odey declared the results at the commission’s headquarters on Aba Road, Port Harcourt. He said winners of the vice-chairmanship contests had been declared, while...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has launched a firm campaign to curtail what it terms extreme and indecent “sign-out” ceremonies among graduating students in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This announcement was made by the Director-General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, represented at the event by Deputy Director-General Anita Ukamaka, during the flag-off of a nationwide drive to promote government policies, programmes, and national values. Issa-Onilu expressed deep concern over growing tendencies among students to deface their...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, has publicly assumed full responsibility for the derailment of the Abuja-Kaduna train near Asham station in Kaduna State on Tuesday. Appearing on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, Dr Opeifa characterised the incident as “serious,” emphasising that “some coaches and the locomotive capsized.” He said: “As managing director and chief executive, I take full responsibility. In the case of safety, there is...