After the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed, his successor General Olusegun Obasanjo handed over the responsibility of government to a civilian President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari of the victorious National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in 1979. The change of baton which did not happen until after the Supreme Court has ruled, also witnessed the end of army rule since the military coup of 1966.

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,, yesterday, raised alarm that many states have not been able to pay salaries because of the failure of the Federal Government to release allocations to them.

DELTA State Government is set to embark on the merger of public primary schools operating in the same premises.

Lagos state Government yesterday said no fewer than 3,120 intending pilgrims from the state will be airlifted to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia for this year’s Haji pilgrimage.

WORRIED by the increasing involvement of Toyota Hiace buses in road accidents, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has written the manufacturing company drawing its attention to the menace, with a view to addressing the problem.

Contrary to widespread expectations from the opposition and detractors of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh –led party, on August 26, 2013, held the most credible and peaceful party primary in the country that threw up Chief Willy Obiano as the APGA flag bearer for the November 16, 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra state.

POLICEMEN, last night, barred Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and his guests mainly former speakers in the country from accessing the governor’s residence through the private gate of the state Government House, Port Harcourt.

It has been predicted by experts that Nigeria’s oil reserves will go dry within the next century, while some others argue it will dry up by the next half century.

Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria, AHCN, has appealed to the Federal Government to overhaul the Land Use Act of 1978 to make land available for housing.

LAGOS State Government special taskforce, yesterday, arrested six men for impersonating officers of the state’s Traffic Management Authority LASTMA, and special taskforce.