In a chat with Rotary International District 9141, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State governor, says it is impossible to stop kidnapping in Nigeria as it has now become a business. In his words, "It is now impossible to stop kidnapping in Nigeria. It (kidnapping) is now a business. It has been commercialised. It is now a major business. Everyone must partner with the governmen...

The Cross River State Governor; Prof Ben Ayade who did not attend the meetings organized by the Southern Governors forum and the People Democratic Party's governors forum meeting is reported to defect from PDP and join the ruling APC.The development was further established when some APC Governors on Wednesday evening arrived in Calabar, capital of Cross River to persuade Governor Ben Ayade to defect from the PDP.They arrived two weeks after a delegation of Governors...

After several weeks of speculation, the Ebonyi state governor, Engr David Umahi has now formally left the PDP to join the ruling party APC. The governor made this known in a public broadcast he made about his defection, he attributed his movement to the injustice being done to the South-east zone by the PDP by not intending to allot his presidential ticket to the zone.Read the full broadcast:BROADCAST BY THE GOVERNOR OF EBONYI STATE, ENGR. DAVID NWEZE UMAHI, FNSE, F...