A 32-year-old tailor, Juliet Omo, was on Monday charged with assaulting a three-year -old child at a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.

The accused, who resides at No. 25, Ogunyemi St., Illegbo Eremi in Badagry, is facing a charge of assault.

The Kaduna State Government on Monday gave street hawkers operating in Kaduna, the state capital, one-week to evacuate or risk prosecution.

The General Manager, Kaduna Environmental Protection Authority, Alhaji Sani Aminu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that government would no longer tolerate the abuse on the environment.

A Tourism Consultant, Mr Ikechukwu Uko, on Monday advised the Federal Government to grant five-year tax holiday to tourism operators.

Gunmen attacked the airport and seized control of the state television headquarters in Kinshasa on Monday, in what appeared to be an attempt to seize power by supporters of religious leader Paul Mukungubila.

Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Monday commended the people of Yobe for the success of Saturday’s local government elections in the state.

The governor said this in a statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Malam Ahmed Sajoh, in Yola.

South Sudanese rebels allied to ex-vice president Riek Machar sought to retake control of a key town Monday, the army said, as hopes faded that an upcoming ceasefire deadline will be obeyed in the violence-wracked nation.

THE announcement last week by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun that plans are afoot to create 27 more local councils in the state adds some more momentum to the revolutionary strides we are already witnessing under this administration. The state will then have 57 local governments across its 3,572 square miles with its 4,137, 627 (2005 estimates) citizens enjoying what 21st political economists call real-time (or first-hand) development and governance.

The year 2014, being the last year before the next round of general elections is bound to be decisive as politicians from across different political hues take position. Some Nigerians who are bound to direct the pace of political activities in the country are mentioned underneath.

FORMER Delta State governorship aspirant, Mr Sunny Onuesoke, yesterday, described as mischievous, comments credited to Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and Northern Elders Forum, NEF, asking President Goodluck Jonathan to stand down for a northern president in 2015.

OWERRI—The immediate past Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Paul Onumajulu, has decried the comatose state of local government councils in the state.

The Presidency, yesterday, reviewed its performance in the outgoing year and gave itself a pass mark, saying that it recorded unprecedented feat despite distractions from the opposition.

However, the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) pooh-poohed the Presidency’s claims, saying the citizenry are worse off on account of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s alleged bad rule.

A new regent, Princes Adetutu Adesida Ojei was yesterday installed to fill the stool of the Deji of Akure which became vacant on December 1, this year.

A Boeing 737 plane with over 100 passengers belonging to Aero Contractors had a tyre blow-out, yesterday, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.

Last week, the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson and Mrs. Dupe Atoki, Director-General, Consumer Protection Council, sealed a synergy aimed at protecting the more than 100 million general system for mobile communication, GSM users in the country against rip-offs by operators in the industry. Excerpt:

GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has linked what he termed the warm attitude of Nigerians towards corruption, to one of the plagues militating against the progress of the country.