The Plateau State Government weekend said it was disturbed by the spate of killings in the state despite the strong presence of security personnel. It lamented that over N43 billion worth of property was lost in the 2008 crisis.

Soldiers and anti-riot policemen have been drafted to Bitaro, Koi in Jaba Local Government area of Kaduna State following the alleged killing of three of the natives by some Fulani herdsmen yesterday, the police have confirmed. 10 people were allegedly wounded during the incident.

Overtime,there’s been two trends of development; social and economic developments, arising from major development school of thought: Neo-liberal and Marxist.

Media correspondents and the reading public often pose questions on the economy to this column. My responses to two of such inquiries will form the content of today’s piece.

Isoko traditional rulers and Presidents-General of Isoko communities, weekend, shunned the conference called by embattled President-General of the Isoko Development Union, IDU, Elder Peter Erebi, to avoid being in contempt of a court order.

The date, August 8, 2011 will ever remain symbolic in the annals of MTN Nigeria, and particularly Nigeria. This day, was witness to the 10th year anniversary of the company’s launch of commercial operation in Nigeria, for being the first telecoms company to make the first commercial call on a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology.

The reconciliation effort of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo suffered a major setback weekend as a two term Senator, Senator Hosea Ehinlanwo and former Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Youth and Students Matters Mr. Kolade Akinjo, defected to the ruling, Labour Party, LP with their supporters.

Erstwhile spokesman of the House of Representatives and now Chairman of the House Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies is in his second term in the House. A lawyer and a businessman, Eyiboh’s cerebral gifts were quickly recognized in his first term by his brainy colleagues in The Initiatives who appointed him as their Dean of Faculty.

In this interview with Vanguard’s Ben Agande, the former spokesman who was in the frontline in the battles of the Dimeji Bankole House analyses the problems of that House, speaks on the merits of the single term proposal for the President and Governors and the security situation in the country among other issues. Excerpts:

Less than 50 days to its winding up, the election petitions tribunal in Lagos State has been accused of dismissing petitions before it on technical grounds rather than addressing substantive matters raised in them.

The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, has disclosed that air passengers in the country are yet to enjoy the benefits of Category One status (CAT 1) due to the ways passengers are treated by airlines operators.

Hitches often experienced by airports users in Nigeria have been attributed to information gab between air travellers and the relevant agencies in the aviation sector. This observation was made by the Aviation Associate, a professional group in the sector, while briefing the press on its forthcoming lecture on “Aviation In Developing Countries and The Challenges of Safety”

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Sunday, said the task of restoring, reforming and repositioning the state was a battle that must be won.

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ekiti State, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he cannot address the security challenges facing the country.

UGHELLI—Bishop of the Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Delta State, Rt. Rev. Cyril Odutemu, weekend, said churches were adequately equipped to manage schools in the country.

Policy reserval is a disease common to our governments, military or civilian, since independence in 1960. It has been the bane of development in a way that rubbishes all the positives of perspective planning.