LAST week, about nine persons , led by one Alhaja Silifatu Olomowewe converged in front of a building on Ojo street in the densely populated Mushin area of Lagos to protest the alleged detention of the Alhaja’s son by operatives of the Federal Special anti-Robbery Squad.

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Midwest zone, has condemned the current scarcity of petrol in Delta and Edo states, calling on the Federal Government and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to come to the aid of petroleum marketers to guarantee steady supply.

THE Senate, yesterday, warned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to, as a matter of urgency, stop his proposed introduction of N5,000 denomination.

AS Nigerians from all walks of life continue to react to the planned introduction of a N5,000 currency note, two prominent Edo citizens have expressed their opinions on the issue with the former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Roland Owie, advising the Federal Government to call the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to order before it is too late.

Apart from the arm-twisting tactics of the sadistic proxies of the thieving oil marketers and the blackmail by the National Union of Electricity Employees, whose years of corruption and incompetence kept us groping in darkness, no debate has arrested the attention of the nation like the issue of state police.