Sokoto, Bayelsa, others record highest adolescent marriage - NGO

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), No to Violence Initiative (NOTVI), on Monday said Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Yobe and Sokoto states have the highest percentage of adolescent marriage in Nigeria.

The NOTVI National Advocacy Officer, Armstrong Ukwuoma, said the states also had the highest number of females who gave birth at ages below 18 years.

Ukwuoma said that the information was obtained from a recent report released by the African Health, Human and Social Development Information Service.

4,000 PDP members defect to APC in Sokoto

More than 4,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State have defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC.

The new members were received into the APC fold in Isa by Gov. Aliyu Wamakko.

Wamakko, who was represented by the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta, commended them for their action.

``APC is the party to beat across Nigeria during the 2015 general elections,’’ he said.