I WAS distressed by the reports in some newspapers on May 1, this year, that a group of youth in Benue State attacked, in protest, the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr Paul Botwev Orhii and some officials of the agency at the destruction site for counterfeit medicines along the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, UAM, Gbajima Road, on the outskirts of Makurdi, the state capital.

This might not be the best of time for former beauty queen and rapper, Munachi Abi, a.k.a, Muna, as she’s is presently battling to save her name from being dragged to the mud as an impostor is using it to dupe unsuspecting fans.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has identified youth employment as a sure way to end the security challenges currently facing the country.

Top officials of Rivers State Government have welcomed the call on Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCCA, to produce licences and documentations of all private jets in the country within 48 hours.

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has revealed that 19, 000 illegal immigrants have been arrested and repatriated by the Federal Government to rid the nation of expatriates suspected to be fueling insurgency in parts of the country.

This is certainly not the best of times for Benue farmers in Agatu, Guma, Gwer west and Makurdi local government areas of the state given the sustained and unrestricted attacks on communities in these areas by Fulani herdsmen.

The final of the Total Managing Director football Cup comes up tomorrow at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos.

State governors,yesterday, requested the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to grant them 25 percent discount for the purchase of computers used for capturing data during the registration of voters in 2010.

Northern elders, yesterday, broke their silence on the slamming of state of emergency on three states, describing the action of President Goodluck Jonathan as an indirect declaration of war on Northern Nigeria.

The President’s action, which took the northern elders by surprise, came barely three weeks after Jonathan accepted a roadmap from the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on how to end the Boko Haram insurgency.

Allah created the heavens and the earth; He made the days; the months and the years. Another year has rolled by when we saw this month. Many who failed to appreciate the blessings of Allah have another opportunity of glorifying Him today. At least for being part of those who welcome another month of Rajab.