A Bill for an Act to repeal and re-enact the Lagos State Road Traffic Law has passed through the second reading at the state House of Assembly.

Niger State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, removed Mohammed Tsowa Gammunu as Speaker.

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Secretary, Buba Galadima, has emphasised the need for every political party to educate its members on the election process and how to conduct themselves orderly during elections.

Senate President David Mark says the National Assembly will ensure the sack of any member of the Public Complaints Commission found to have taken bribe.

Mark gave the warning in Abuja on Monday while inaugurating the 37-member commission.

Attahiru Jega, chairman, Inde­pendent National Electoral Com­mission (INEC), on Monday said the success of the 2011 general elections was partly due to the influ­ence of the internet and the social media.

The Imo government and the organised labour in the state have resolved the dispute over the deployment of civil servants to their localities.

The civil servants were to be deployed to their communities as part of the government’s resolve to form a fourth-tier government to develop rural areas.

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has advocated for equal opportunity to be given all the federating units of the country, saying the act of discriminating against one region would continue to suppress the growth and development of the country.

The wife of the FCT Minister, Hajiya Aisha Muhammed, on Saturday distributed poverty alleviation materials  to 120 women and youths in Alkaleri town in Bauchi State.