ENUGU – ENUGU State Police Command said, weekend, that it killed a suspected member of a notorious armed robbery gang in a gun duel after it foiled an attempt by the gang to rob an old generation bank at Ovoko in Igboeze South Local Government Area, Enugu State.

Looking at development in the international oil market, Nigeria may be heading for another difficult time from external shock. This time, the impact on the economy may be worse than the impact the 2008 global financial crisis had on it. Oil prices are tumbling and traditional importers of crude oil are either finding alternatives or are over supplied. Nigerian economy may face very difficult time in the next two or so years.

The words ‘youth’ and ‘restiveness’ have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems to have taken on a life of its own. In the last decade and more there has been a proliferation of cases all over the country and indeed the world, of youth agitations which have tons of people dead and valuable infrastructure as well as personal properties lost and destroyed.

PERHAPS, if three of the hospitals, the 35-year-old bureau de change operator, Ali Sani, who was attacked and fatally wounded by a Lebanese national in an hotel in Apapa area of Lagos State, had offered him first aid treatment, he would have lived today to give account of the incident.

About 20 companies based in the United Kingdom have indicated interest to invest in the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic base otherwise known as LADOL Free Zone (LFZ) because of the facilities available there.