The Ist Smoking Hill Invitational golf tournament has ended in Ilara-Mokin, OndoState, with winners emerging in seven categories.

The world as described by the poet decades ago is still applicable today as the world’s literary community was, yesterday, thrown into deep mourning following the killing of Prof. Kofi Awoonor, 78. The former UN envoy was among the 39 killed during a terror attack on Westgate Mall on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya. He died from injuries sustained in the attack.

GOVERNOR Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State, has called on over 7,000 Nassarawa State citizens who fled the troubled Obi, Assakio and Adabu-Alabu areas of the state due to the recent violent conflict to return to their homes as measures have been put in place to ensure their safety.

The other day, a friend narrated a story, which I found stranger than fiction; the story related to the travails of a family who lost a successful and illustrious breadwinner, who, incidentally, died without a Will. The family’s elders were consequently entrusted with the responsibility of efficiently managing the estate of the deceased.

Leadership of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has declared that it will be monitoring each of the governors in the South-West region in their implementation regional integration.

Nigerians’ penchant for foreign goods has continued to put pressure on the nation’s external reserves and the exchange rate. In the last four months – April to August, a total of $14.95 billion left the shores of Nigeria as payments made by the Central Bank of Nigeria on behalf of the public.

WHAT I do is to round geo-political zones, work will national orientation agencies, civil society organizations. I have been to Lagos no fewer than six times.

Aviation workers under the aegis of Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association, NATCA, yesterday, threatened to withdraw their services by the end of the month should domestic airlines fail to pay up outstanding ticket and cargo sales charges, TSC, to aviation agencies.

THE by-election to fill the vacant Delta Central senatorial seat in the National Assembly, which became vacant following the sudden death of Senator Pius Ewherido, has been fixed for October 5, 2013.

Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, arrested 21 armed robbery suspects and recovered 22 vehicles.