Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), Nigeria’s former Head of State, Monday night in London, said the fight against corruption in Nigeria was beyond the capacity of any government because the scourge was deeply rooted in the nation.

BENIN—AHEAD of the April 20, local government elections in Edo State, the Edo State Independent National Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has disqualified 12 councillorship candidates of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, over alleged failure to produce their tax clearance certificates.

Nike Davies Okundaye is arguably one of the most popular artists in the Nigerian art scene. She is the founder of Nike Centre for art and culture, an art centre committed to the promotion and development of Nigerian art and culture.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to revoke and re-allocate oil blocs, saying that the northerners control 83 percent of oil blocs in the country.

The Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Wike, has tasked Federal Government contractors on the need to meet completion of projects deadline in schools.

The Zamfara Police Command has arrested four suspected robbers and recovered 57 livestock.

Please, follow today’s piece with sympathy for a country called Nigeria: For stealing N23 billion from the Police Pension Fund, Yusufu walks our streets today in full freedom, having paid the fine of N750, 000 (0.003% of his loot); for allegedly mismanaging (perhaps a clear euphemism for stealing) close to N200 billion of Customs, Immigration and Prisons Pension funds, Maina has been officially provided a safety valve within which to escape to foreign lands to enjoy his loot; and for stealing an old Mitsubishi bus, Citizen Onwe has been admitted to Asaba Prison for 50 years without any option of fine.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria officials are looking to select a crop of young athletes that will form the thrust of its youth development programme as the Pastor D.K Olukoya Under-17 Championships begin today at the Yaba College of Technology sports complex Lagos.

ABUJA — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Wednesday, refused to sack Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State from office over allegation that he emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, via a kangaroo primary election.

The Police in Lagos, yesterday, gave the identity of the LagosStateUniversity student on whom the phone of late Damino Damoche, the 400 level Banking and Finance student killed last Thursday by suspected cultists in front of LASU gate, as Durojaye Olaleye.