Over 50 people were reported to have been killed in Gidandawa District of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State, while many others were injured following a reprisal attack yesterday on the residents by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Erstwhile Minister of Education and Vice-President of the World Bank, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesisli is one of the leading champions of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign. She has set aside many international consultancies to lead a rainbow coalition championing the cause of the more than 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State by insurgents of the Islamic Boko Haram group.

LAGOS—Activities at the Lagos state judiciary were yesterday crippled as members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, began an indefinite strike as directed by the national body.

Renowned businessman and Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor will lead a team of Nigerian Paralympians to Buckinghamshire, England, for the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Junior Games.

It was remarkable that last Friday’s open fight between Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Ali, wife of Dr. Ahmadu Ali, the erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the Delta State chapter of the party, was over a seating position at a party function. Beyond the seat squabble is the subtle fight between the erstwhile political partners for the Delta North seat in the Senate.