As we approach 2014, the year in which Nigeria attains her centenary, it may probably begin to enter the consciousness of Nigerians that this nation has been in existence for much longer than many had previously thought. Alongside this realization, would be a dawning that many of the issues we need to address, as a nation, have been decades in the making and common reasoning would make it obvious that there’s no magic fix for problems that took decades to create.

*Survivors moved to Abuja …*Security agencies on the trail of kidnappers
Within 24hours, they claimed responsibility. Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladissudan, Ansaru, for short, which translates as Vanguards for the protection of muslims in black Africa, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven expatriates in Bauchi State. It was another sordid chapter in the unfolding confrontation between Islamist insurgents and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

DELTA State Police Command has deployed anti-riot police officers in Uzere kingdom, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State following a crisis in the community, which led to the killing of two persons and burning of numerous houses, at the weekend.

The managing director of Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Austin Avuru, has described West Africa as a prime petroleum province in the world. Avuru made the submission in London in a paper he presented at the just concluded International Petroleum Week 2013 organized by the Energy Institute.

The president of the Nigerian Cycling Federation, CFN, Alhaji Mohammed Nur Sheriff has been elected the President of the ECOWAS Cycling Union.

Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omueruo is set to rejoin Chelsea in the summer after his superlative outing at the 2013 African Nations Cup where he help the Eagles to win the trophy.

Nigerians may not wear it like a badge of honour on a daily basis or shout at the rooftop about it, but if you want to know how united the people of the country are as an indivisible entity, then wait till the nation is doing well in sports, politics, literature and in any other field of human endeavour. A case in point for Nigerians to demonstrate their unity and patriotic zeal is when the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations competition in South Africa.

As a follow up to the story on the relocation of Ikeja Computer Village, our correspondent, during a visit to Katangowa Market, along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, gathered that Katangowa is the proposed site where the Ikeja traders may be resettled.

In line with the on-going reforms in Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Murtala Muhammed Area Command (MMA Command) has trained about 85 participants, which include agents, airport operators, media practitioners, ICT operators on extant rules safeguarding Customs clearing procedures. The three-day training, which attracted stakeholders from various organisations, covered change management, compliance, bond/licensing, risk management, Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), import procedure, ICT, documentation, core Customs functions, valuation, rules of origin (R.O.O) and airport/baggage declaration.

HE was a renowned broadcaster with specialisation in news reading, became known and acknowledged all over this country throughout the 19 years of his career. Sir Emmanuel Aghanjuebitsi Ewetan Omatsola (KSC, OON) hailed from the family of David Omatsola Usitara of Mereje town, in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. He was born in Forcados, in the old Western Region, now Delta State on January 29, 1930.