Unknown gunmen struck again in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday gunning down four people and injuring two others.

A founding member of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Elder Sunny Uyigue, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to allow the politics of his party, ahead of the 2015 presidential election, disintegrate Nigeria.

THE senseless, brutal killings of four students of the University of Port Harcourt by mobsters, last October, sadly warns the practice of “Jungle Justice” is so flourished in Nigeria that an evasive shout of “thief, thief” has become a combustible alarm sounded by insolvent debtors to consume their creditors.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has presented a N152 billion budget for the 2013 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval.

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, yesterday said it had beefed up security around the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipelines at Arepo in Obafemi Owode Local Government where pipeline explosion killed several people recently.

SPEAKER Aminu Tambuwal of the House of Representatives may not always sleep with his two eyes closed this year given that there are more than enough challenging issues to engage him and the House this year. One major issue he must handle is the repositioning of the 89 standing committee chairmen who have largely performed below expectation.

Tragedy struck recently in Ibeshe area of Ikorodu, Lagos, after two children were found dead inside a car. One of the children, Olamipo Oluwaferanmi Kadiri, who was two years and three months old, was the last child of a management staff of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA while the other child, whose identity could not be ascertained, was a niece who only came visiting during the yuletide season.

WHAT played out in England in 1936 when King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry the woman he dearly loved, seems to be playing out in Igbodo kingdom in Delta State. The Obi of the community is in a tangle with his subjects over whether to abide by the age-long tradition and custom of the people and marry a native or insist om marrying his Abakaliki-born heartthrob.

WITH a history replete of prospects, but devoid of selfless drive to achieve set objectives, Nigeria’s opposition are once again forging an alliance to confront the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, at the 2015 general elections. CHARLES KUMOLU examines the workability of the move against the background of the historical failure of the opposition in this regard.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has concluded plans to compensate victims of the recent clash between Fulani cattle herdsmen and Gwari farmers in Abuja.

Minister of Science & Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Bassey says the ministry is aiming at generating millions of jobs and creating wealth through indigenous technology.

THE internal conflict within the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, showed no sign of abating, yesterday, as it emerged that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, may have swayed one of the governors to his camp.

…N17.9bn on importation of generators
Nigerian manufacturers, small scale businesses and families spend an average of N3.5 trillion yearly to power their generating sets with diesel and petrol due to unstable supply of electricity.

The wonders of Epsom salt have been well known for hundreds of years moreso as its beneficial properties can soothe the body, mind and soul.

WE’VE had cases in this country of deputy governors who suffered impeachment or fell out of favour with their bosses for real or perceived acts of disloyalty when the governors were away from duty.