The Federal Executive Council, FEC, Friday, at an extraordinary session presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to go after notorious tax evaders across the country that are owing government a whooping sum of over N170bn over the years.

When I was approached to write this article, I did not think I could do it. My first attempt to write anything was at the behest of my sister’s friend, Nonye, to write for a free paper Wakapedia. I wrote on fitness. I was asked to come up with a name for this column and I hooked up with two good friends: Folake and Funke.

South Africans were justifiably angry and upset last week — national broadcaster SABC failed to secure the rights for the match between Bafana Bafana and Niger in Niamey. Had it been cricket or rugby, some argued, the match would have been broadcast, even if it had been at an ungodly hour of the morning.

Defence minister,Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, Friday, said that the strengthening of bilateral agreements and the recent establishment of a Chamber of Commerce between Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago, dedicated to promoting economic ties between both countries in a range of sectors including energy, education has created strong and good relations between the two countries.

The Police Service Commission in conjunction with the Nigeria Police has shifted the Cadet ASPs and Inspectors Zonal screening exercise which was initially scheduled for 19th -30th September, 2011.