In a bid to make Imo State workers 'happy', Governor Rochas Okorocha has approved the payment of November and December salaries to civil servants in the state. The Governor made this known in a statement issued by the Commissioner of Information, Nnamdi Obiaraeri. He said the move was to ensure that all employees in the state had a seamless Christmas.

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, which held today (Wednesday), was inconclusive and has been extended to Thursday.

The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was the longest FEC meeting by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, adopted a resolution calling for the removal of multiple security checkpoints on roads across the country to facilitate free flow of traffic.

The house also urged security agencies to collaborate with one another in the discharge of their duties and avoid waste of resources through the erection of multiple makeshift roadblocks.

The resolution which was unanimously adopted by the members followed a motion under matters of urgent public importance and sponsored by Rep. Obinna Chidoka (Anambra-PDP).

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has called for the arrest and prosecution of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) parading themselves as Fresh PDP. The Governor who made the call when he hosted the newly elected national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus as well as other members of the National Working Committee said the members of the Fresh PDP were disturbing the peace of the nation.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm the nomination of nine Resident Electoral Commissioners appointed for the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Buhari’s request was contained in a letter sent to the Senate, which was read on the floor of the Senate by its President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in the remaining seven permanent Secretaries out of the 22 appointed earlier in the year. The inauguration preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and had the cabinet members and serving permanent secretaries as well as some guests of the new officials in attendance. The President did not deliver any inauguration address after the signing of the inauguration register as the FEC meeting progressed afterwards.