Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, formally held a meeting with the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, to Zone 2, Mr. Joseph Mbu apparently over security issues.

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of vandalising the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota stating that they carted away some historical relics.

IN a serious democracy, a candidate who refuses to present himself for a major debate like the presidential debate would lose the election. Neither his reasons, nor his name would be important in the public reaching the decision on this. He would suffer the consequences of ignoring the public, and his party would be entangled in the resulting public odium his decisions would generate.

ABUJA—Chad, yesterday, sent ground troops into Nigeria for the first time, to fight Boko Haram in a sign of increased regional pressure on the Islamist rebels after weeks of surging violence.

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein criticised the organisation’s “culture of intimidation” and challenged incumbent Sepp Blatter to a public debate as he kick-started his campaign on Tuesday.