The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna State, on Sunday said the effort by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in recovering stolen wealth from past corrupt officials, was commendable.

NO fewer than 109 persons were, weekend, arrested by men of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command, and officials of Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, for crossing the expressway at Ketu Bus Stop, along Ikorodu road, instead of using the pedestrian bridge.

At least 68 people were killed while several others sustained injuries as Boko Haram insurgents invaded Baanu Village in Nganzai local government area of Borno State on Friday night.

PREMIER League star John Obi Mikel has fathered two secret love children with different women, reports The Sun on Sunday.

Peter and Paul Okoye of the popular pop duo, Psquare, on Sunday, escaped death by whiskers in a ghastly auto-crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

MAVINS Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh has advised upcoming artistes on what to do, urging them that they don’t need to smoke weed to make a hit, adding that he has over one hundred hits to his name without smoking weed.

Ministers, who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, tackled President Muhammadu Buhari on his on-going probe of his immediate predecessor. They asked the president to stop unwarranted attacks on Jonathan and show due respect to him and his administration.

Nigeria’s last hope for a medal at the IAAF World Championships, which ended yesterday in Beijing, China, came crashing as the country’s 4x400m Women’s relay team gave their all but could only finish 5th in Sunday’s final.

Abeokuta—The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, has reacted to the spate of criticisms against the state government in the mainstream and social media linking it to the recent sanctions imposed on some education workers by the Civil Service Commission, describing the attacks as part of the price of leadership.

Osogbo—AT least 35 princes from the four ruling houses in Ile-Ife are now jostling for the vacant stool of the Ooni of Ife.

In his time as the governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and most of his colleagues lived a spartan life due to the fact that corruption was very minimal and governors were excitedly submissive to the president and their parties.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has promised a better deal for the traditional institution and monarchs in the state, saying no monarch will suffer any form of humiliation under his government.

ABAKALIKI—A prominent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stalwart in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyike, weekend, described the recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, as alleged northernization policy against the South East and South West geopolitical zones of the country.

At last, the Nigerian Army has started making good its plans to screen and bring back into the service, some categories of its personnel sent home or otherwise sanctioned as a result of serious misconduct, such as desertions, acts of cowardice, insubordination and even mutiny committed at the height of the war on the Boko Haram jihadist insurgents.

Fitch Ratings has declared that Nigerian banks are operating in increasingly difficult conditions as this may result in a sharp deterioration of their profitability, asset quality, liquidity and capital ratios. Fitch in its report released weekend said “The sector outlook is negative in December. Gross Domestic Product, GDP figures for second quarter show weaker year-on-year growth of 2.4 per cent , down from 4 per cent in the previous quarter, the slowest quarterly growth rate for over 10 years.”