PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has described the late Ciroman Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Mai-Wurno, 72, who was also the elder brother of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, as a highly respected personality, who dedicated his entire life to the service of the people.

ENUGU — Tension mounted in Enugu, capital of Enugu State, yesterday, following al;leged gruesome murder of a 17‑year‑old secondary school student by enforcement team of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority, ESWAMA, for allegedly using unauthorized bag to dispose refuse.

The Managing Director of Nestle Nigeria Plc, Dharnesh Gordhon, has said that the current business environment in Nigeria requires an intense focus to maintain competitive edge in the market, as it launches Maggi chicken cube.

Nsukka — Controversy is now trailing last month’s alleged ‘’commissioning’’ of two projects by the Supervisory Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, as same projects were said to have been completed and commissioned by previous administrations in the university.

Lagos—Heavily armed soldiers yesterday, allegedly, stormed the site of Lagos State Housing project in Ikoyi, located on the Lagos Island and ordered the construction workers out of the site before sealing the place up.

ADO EKITI – THE National Industrial Court, NIC, Abuja Division, has aborted ongoing strike by doctors in Ekiti State, after it restrained members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Ekiti Branch, from proceeding on the industrial action that began on Monday.

THE people of Nsukka in Enugu State have criticised the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over his alleged attempt to work against the zoning policy of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015, describing the situation as unfortunate.

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the state planned to distribute life jacket to about 1.8 million passengers that board ferry in the state, as part of measures to check to loss of life in future boat mishap in the state.

THESE are times for concern in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The emergence of All Progressives Congress, APC has enriched political space. The PDP that emerged from Abacha’s draconian rule project unity and cuts across ethnic and political divides.

Lagos—Former President of Georgia, Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday, explained how power situation and corruption ravaged his country before year 2004, when he was elected as President, which he said was worse than the present situation in Nigeria.