The Jigawa state Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido has said the struggle for the emancipation of the down trodden had just begun, saying they are not going to relent in their efforts towards the entrenchment of sound democratic ideals in the country.

Old things have passed away and the new PDP of Bayelsa is currently in charge of the State,” an associate of the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipire Sylva boasted to some newsmen earlier this week as opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan pressed in embarrassingly in his home front.

The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has officially taken over as the Supervising Minister of Defence with a call for collaboration among all the Armed Forces to achieve Federal Government’s objective for peace and economic transformation of the country.

THE late one time governor of RiversState, Chief Melford Okilo might have died as a fulfilled man following the revelation that his agitation for a Nigerian president of South-South extraction paved the way for the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan.

An average watcher of recent developments in the aviation sector in the country may be tempted to say Nigeria has never had it so good in terms of paying attention to upgrade in infrastructure and key navigational facilities at the nation’s airports since most of them were built decades ago.

LATE Stephen Edward Murray-Bruce of the famous Murray-Bruce dynasty who died 3rd of September this year has been laid to rest.

Following the dislodgement of Boko Haram camps in some parts of BornoState by troops which had forced many of the terrorists to scavenge for food from villagers, the terrorists have resorted to armed robbery thereby robbing innocent civilians and killing three passengers after collecting unspecified amount of cash and food items from their victims along Bama- Banki road.

*I’ve lost all my life’s savings in a bid to prove my innocence…
The embattled President of traders at Aguiyi Ironsi Complex, Ladipo market, Lagos, Jonathan Chibuzor Okoli has, just like a cat with nine lives, passed through a lot of tribulations and pains, all in a bid to remain the leader of traders in the market. He claims he has spent not less than two years in prison custody and police cells while being dragged from one police station to another on alleged trumped-up charges. Also, he said he has lost all his life savings in a bid to prove that he is innocent of the charges preferred against him from those he alleged wants to take over the leadership of the market.

When the sun goes down is when things really heat up at Motor parks in most parts of the country. The mixture of music coming from different stalls where cassettes, CDs DVD of different artistes are sold, the intermittent noise from loudspeakers calling passengers to board buses to different parts of the country, the blaring of horns by luxurious buses and articulated vehicles around including shouts and arguments in the area are enough cacophony of hoots and cackles that define night life in most part of the countr

•Removal not political – Gov Lamido…
Erstwhile Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai is to report at the Bayero University, Kano on Monday to resume her position as Professor of Curriculum Studies, she said Friday.