There was panic yesterday morning around the Edepie suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital when some policemen allegedly attached to an All Progressive Congress( APC) leader clashed with the staff of the state Environmental Sanitation Authority led by its Chairman, Mr Oboku Offorji.

Children are the glory of marriage. Then there is the glory of the first-born and the glory of the last-born. The first-born is given pre-eminence in all things. He gets the best and the biggest portions. He goes out without being chaperoned. He is treated with great respect by his siblings.

Warri Wolves striker Gbolahan Salami’s passport palaver caused him to lose concentration and form. As a result, the Glo Premier League hotshot has been dropped from the Super Eagles squad billed to take on the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier this weekend.

Ahead of the September 5 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie between the Taifa Stars of Tanzania and the Super Eagles in Dar Es Salaam, former Flying Eagles captain, Franklin Howard Super has lauded the burning desire in both the national team players and their handler, Sunday Oliseh, saying the coach has set the right tone for victory.

No one would have imagined that the creeks and waterways of Bayelsa State, given their serenity and alluring vegetation, on both sides, could be turned into killing fields by sea pirates.

Popular actor, Zack Orji has said that he supports his son, Leo’nel’s music career because he believes that everyone has their different gifts which they must utilise to succeed in life. According to him, he didn’t even try to persuade his son to follow in his footsteps as an actor.

In our previous edition, we shared with readers, the issue of singles desirous of joyful homes and the Spiritual challenges that some of them are confronted with.

In a committed effort to make SMS experience smarter and more social, Truecaller, leading search Technology Company, recently launched Truemessenger, a new mobile app.

There appears to be growing concern among Nigerian entrepreneurs following lack of government effort to protect and support local capacities.

In John Pepper Clark’s poem”, the Casualties”, various categories of Nigerian Civil War casualties were captured. The categories of the casualties stretched beyond those who lost their lives in the war to those who were amputated and, according to the poet, “ await burial by instalment”. They include those the poet describes as “ emissaries of rift”- those sent on foreign missions to negotiate for assistance on behalf of Biafra. They were confined to the comfort of their hotel accommodations overseas while their compatriots back home languish in untold suffering.

With the confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Kure Martins Abeshi as the substantive Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) by President Muhammadu Buhari, last Thursday, a fierce competition has begun among top officials of the NIS to succeed the incumbent who retires in the next three months. Abeshi, whose service record indicates that he was born in 1955 in Nasarawa State, quits in November, paving the way for a new CG.

With Senate on annual recess, and to resume on September 29, one would have thought that the recent standoff in the chambre would be put behind the senators in the interest of peace and the country.

Renown industrialist and enterprer, Chief Sonny Odogwu, the Ide Ababu of Asaba Kingdom, his advised the Federal Government to shop for foreign investors to help Nigeria harness our human and natural resources.

NUDGED by the increasing socio-economic inequalities in Nigeria, a Financial Expert and Premier Life Coach, Mr. Lanre Olusola in this interview, explains how both low and high income Nigerians can survive the current financial crisis. He also explains why he recently wrote a book, titled: The Money Book

ABUJA – The General Overseer, All Christian Fellowship Mission (ACFM), Rev. William Okoye has called on President Muhamma-du Buhari not to be selective in the ongoing fight against corruption, reports CALEB AYANSINA.