President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has constituted an Economic Advisory Council to replace the economic management team headed by Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO.

 This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, FEMI ADESINA.

 The eight-man committee is headed by Professor DOYIN SALAMI with members including a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor CHUKWUMA SOLUDO, and renowned Economist, BISMARK REWANE among others.

 The Economic Advisory Council will advise the President on economic policy matters, fiscal analysis, economic growth and a range of internal and global economic issues while working with the relevant cabinet members and heads of monetary and fiscal agencies.

 The EAC will have monthly technical sessions as well as scheduled quarterly meetings with the President but the Chairman may request for unscheduled meetings if the need arises.

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress said it had cancelled the ward congress earlier slated for today the 17^th

of September.

 It also cancelled the local government and state congresses which was scheduled to take place on the 21^st and 28^th of September.

 The State Publicity Secretary of the APC, CHRIS FINEBONE said the congresses were put on hold as a result of the court order that restrained the party from holding the exercise.

 Recall that a Rivers State High Court had on Thursday last week ordered the party to refrain from conducting its ward, local and state congresses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by IBRAHIM UMAH and 22 others.

 The interim injunction also ordered the state chapter of the APC and the claimants in the suit to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the matter before the court.

The President of South Africa, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA has apologised to Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks in his country.

RAMAPHOSA had dispatched three envoys to seven African countries, including Nigeria, to deliver messages of pan-African unity.

RAMAPHOSA’s special envoy to Nigeria, JEFF RADEBE tendered an apology on behalf of the government and people of his country to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI at the state house in Abuja.

Also present at the meeting were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, GEOFFREY ONYEAMA; Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, KABIRU BALA; as well as the acting South African High Commissioner in Nigeria, BOBBY MOROE.