THE Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, said it had concluded scientific investigation into the alleged ritual killing of Sekinat Emiola, a 42-year-old housewife.

LAST week, the Presidential Panel on Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, headed by former head of the Cuvil Service of the Federation, Mr Steve Oronsaye submitted its report to the President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. The report, an 800-page compendium recommended scrapping of 38 agencies, merger of 52 and conversion of 14 to departments in ministries. In all, it recommended that statutory agencies be reduced from 263 to 161 in order to reduce cost of governance.

Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Maishanu, has said court nullification of the aspect of Police Order Act requiring police permit before rallies, is hampering the force from checkmating the excess of politicians.

The Comrade Governor as Adams Oshiomhole is popularly addressed was his ebullient form last Thursday. The ambience around the Governor’s office was reflective of the state’s moniker, the Heart Beat of the Nation. While many aides and admirers sauntered in and out of the Governor’s office that day, only few were aware of the royal blessing that was as at that morning waiting for the governor later that day in the palace of the Oba of Benin.

These are not the best of times for residents and those passing through the territory known as Imo State. Armed robbery and kidnapping activities have become so frequent that people are now finding it extremely difficult to move about and transact their businesses with ease