…Over illegal levies, harassment by miscreants
ENUGU—FOOD crisis looms in the country as members of the Federated Foodstuff Dealers Association of Nigeria, FFDAN, yesterday, threatened to stop its distribution across the country if the Federal and state governments fail to intervene and stop imposition of incessant illegal levies and harassment by persons acting as members of task forces on federal highways.

REP. Farouk Lawan’s towering achievements since the return of democratic rule can only be measured by his enduring presence in the nation’s political power circles since 1999. Given his diminutive physical frame, his staying power in the House of Representatives for four straight terms could only be traced to his mental capacities. So, what Lawan lacks in terms of physical size he has more than been compensated with in his intellectual capacities.

…Threaten reprisal attacks in South
ABUJA – Former militant ‘generals’ rose from an emergency meeting in Abuja with a call to the Federal Government to halt bombing of churches forthwith.

It is hopeless expecting Nigerian male sprinters to perform any wonder at the London 2012 Olympics.

WARRI – POLICEMEN and officials of Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, DBIR, who went to Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Effurun, yesterday, to arrest the Chief Accountant over alleged tax fraud of N3.59 billion were allegedly held hostage by irate students and officials.