Islamic sect, Boko Haram, struck again yesterday killing the protocol officer attached to Government House, Maiduguri, Borno State, Mallam Kala Boro, and a herbalist, Garba Abdullahi in Gwange ward of Maiduguri.

We have indeed come a long way. We were once Nigerians, today we are Biafrans. We are Biafrans because on May 30, 1967, we finally said ‘no’ to the evils and injustices in which Nigeria was steeped. Nigeria was made up of peoples and groups with very little in common.

The demand for properties in prime areas of the country has remained flat while vacancy rates have remained on the high side, says a report published by Financial Derivatives Company, FDC, Limited.

LAGOS – The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has accused the federal government of sliding towards despotism for ordering the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, to cancel a two-hour ‘Radio Link’ programme with Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday.

Governorship candidate of Citizens People Party, CPP, in the last gubernatorial election in Delta State, Chief Ogbe Onogbite, was shot dead, weekend, in Warri by police while trying to escape arrest over alleged case of gun-running.

His car was riddled with bullets but he survived unscathed the violent rampage of armed robbers attacking a Port-Harcourt bank just 40 days ago.

HATE him or like him, the late Biafran Leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was fond of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The fondness arose from his perception of Awolowo’s vision, politics and welfarist ideology that sought and pursued the betterment of the citizenry.

IBADAN – A Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has dismissed the suit by an Ibadan-based lawyer, Oluwole Aluko, against the President and Attorney-General of the Federation seeking the invalidation of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has challenged Governor Adams Oshiomhole to disclose the PDP leaders who offered him N2.5 billion after the 2007 election in exchange for his mandate.

ON Saturday, October 15, 2011, in trickles and in drones, the remnants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State, gathered at Garrick Memorial Grammar School Ground, Ekewan Road, Benin City for a rally.

ABEOKUTA- OLABISI Onabanjo University, OOU, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the inability of the institution to fill its admission quota for last year is a threat to the school’s survival, saying prospective students are shunning the institution.

ANYONE would be right to wonder what the police do. The rising number of bank robberies and their regularity should be of concern to the authorities who need to act decisively and quickly.

Preparations have reached a feverish pitch as Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prepares to receive President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 24 governors of PDP controlled states, today in Lokoja, for the grand finale of the campaigns of the PDP governorship candidate, Capt Idris Wada and running mate, Yomi Awoniyi, ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

IT has been predicted that Delta State will face another round of fuel scarcity during the yuletide period as long queues were already being witnessed in Warri. Major fuel station are short of petroleum products.

It seems rather odd that people found it difficult to know how to address me. They didn’t know whether to say lieutenant-colonel or to say general. And then on that basis, I indicated that that was still one of the things that bedevilled our effort at coming together. We have not been able to come together because, you see, when you strip a man of everything, be careful, don’t strip him of his plans.