Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has disclosed that Lagos is the only sub-national government in Africa that has benefited from the $600 million facility of the World Bank.

The leadership crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took another twist yesterday as an Ilorin High Court restrained Yusuf Amuda Olugbon-led factional executive from parading as Executive Committee of PDP in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the State.

Ex-international Emmanuel Babayaro has declared that no Nigerian coach is good enough to handle the Super Eagles.

THE Boko Haram crisis and GEJ security spending spree: One salient, yet under-reported and under-discussed issue is the incredible amount of Nigeria’s national income being expended, by the President Jonathan administration purportedly on combating Boko Haram in the last five years (since 2010). I will share the mind-boggling figures with you.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Ademola Amosu has said that the Air Force has credible information on where the Alpha Jet which crashed while on a mission in North-eastern part of the country may be.

If you have not noticed it already, a new season has dawned in Nigerian politics. That season is one of carpet-crossing back to the PDP. About a year ago, there was a rash of defections from the PDP to the APC. Nearly 40 legislators left the ruling party for the opposition. Five PDP governors also followed suit. But now the movement is a one-way trajectory in the opposite direction. APC members are having buyers’ remorse and are making their way back as prodigal sons to the PDP.

Akure —THE Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday, declared the seat of a member of House of Representatives, Ifedayo Abegunde, representing Akure South and North Federal Constituency vacant.

As part of measures to prevent a possible pandemic outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, among pupils and students, the Lagos State Government is yet to state categorically, resumption date of all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools for the 2014/2015 session.

A major milestone in the nation’s housing and urban development sector was recorded last week when the Federal Government and Messrs New Festac Property Development Company Limited, signed an agreement for the concessioning of the reclamation and infrastructure development of Festac Phase Two in Lagos.