Northern governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Northern Governors Forum last week unveiled the Northern agenda which is now being seen by discerning minds as the smoke screen for the activities of Boko Haram in recent time. It is fast becoming a trend that any section of the Nigerian society that needs to extract some favour from the federation does so by means of arms, violence or intimidation.

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, is to take over destination inspection from the service providers after fine-tuning its new strategy.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has recovered remains of the four military personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel, killed last Thursday on Eweleso River in Bayelsa State.

Three years ago, a retiree in Lagos, Sunday Awoyera, was shot by a trigger happy cop, leaving him with a shattered jaw. The victim had thereafter appealed to the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force to take steps to bring the culprit to book. When his appeal appeared to have fallen on deaf ears, he engaged the services of a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, who took up the case.

AKURE- AFTER dumping the ruling Labour Party, LP, in Ondo State, for two years, the state’s former Works Commissioner, Pastor Yele Omogunwa, weekend, returned to the party.

AKURE- PRIMARY school teachers and their secondary school counterparts in Ondo State have been polarised over a strike called by leaders of the state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT.

IBADAN- FOLLOWING last week’s attack on Ido Local Government Secretariat in Ibadan, the Oyo State Police Command has arrested 12 people including five security staff of the council who were on duty at the time of the attack.

Following the last Health Sector Development Partners’ Forum, HSDPF, last December for the purpose of owning and taking leadership for effective coordination of key partners in the health sector, the Lagos State government has taken effective collaboration with key health partners in the State to the next level.

ABEOKUTA- Governor Ibikunle Amosun, of Ogun State, has lamented the state of education in the country, describing it as intolerable.

THE All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday threatened to drag the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to court for allegedly planning to field two candidates for the proposed rerun election for Anambra South senatorial election.