As part of measures to contain the illegal movement of small arms and light weapons and other explosive materials, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered immediate establishment of Tactical Operation Points, TOP, in select states of the North East and North West.

Dr. Bolade Agboola is an Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Petroleum Chemistry and Engineering, American University of Nigeria. In this chat with Vanguard Learning, Agboola speaks on their work on energy storage devices, alternative energy sources and pipeline corrosion. He advises government to look beyond pipeline vandals as pipeline corrosion is a big problem often overlooked

THE National Conference, yesterday, held its shortest session since it began about four months ago when it hurriedly adjourned amid tension after sitting for about 14 minutes.

ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State government has penciled down 300 civil servants in the state including Head of Service and 12 Permanent Secretaries for retirement this year.

Ado Ekiti—Ekiti State Government yesterday read riot act to two feuding communities of Kota and Omuo Ekiti, warning that the government would henceforth deal decisively with any person caught causing trouble in the state.

The 19th African Athletics Championships end today in Marrakesh, Morocco with Nigeria set to retain the title she won at the last edition 2012 in Porto Novo, Benin Republic.

ENUGU—Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, slumped yesterday while testifying before the impeachment panel probing allegations of misconduct leveled against him by the State House of Assembly.

Some residents of Sapele and its environ yesterday protested the blackout that has enveloped the town for more than one year.

THE Delta Police Command Asaba on Tuesday rescued Mrs. Roseline Okolie, a kidnap victim and wife of Delta State University lecturer, just as they arrested one of the kidnappers.

One person was allegedly shot while eight others sustained injuries in a fracas between members of the All Progressive Congress APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the ever busy Rumuoprikom community end of Ikwerre road yesterday morning.

These are uneasy times for the Whoba family of Umuode, Ihinna community in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo state, following the alleged threat to their lives and a murder attempt on one of their own, Chima Ezeoha Whoba, by policemen attached to the Speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Benjamin Uwajumogu.

LAGOS—As part of moves to compliment the federal and Lagos State governments’ efforts against the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has distributed hand sanitizers to communities.

ONITSHA—A lawmaker in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Chugbo Enwezor, and a former commissioner for lands, survey and urban development, Mr Okoli Akirika, yesterday, condemned the recommendation by the delegates to the national conference that local government system in the country should be scrapped.

The National Youth Service Corps NYSC has introduced two streams for the 2014 Batch ‘B’ service year. This innovation is not unconnected to increase in population of corpse members without corresponding facilities

A country can still do well with bad laws but it cannot do well with bad judges. This is because if the judges are upright, they can mitigate the injustice, inhumanness created by people who made bad laws. But when judges are corrupt, even with good laws, development, justice cannot thrive” (Justice Akinola Aguda 1923-2004)
The impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako may become a lid to floodgate of impeachment of state governors and perhaps the President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of Nigeria to come.