An uneasy calm pervades the university town of Nsukka over the increasing atrocious acts by masquerades who rob, torture and extort money from unsus-pecting victims, as another two are presently helping the police in their investigations of torture and extortion. Vanguard Metro, VM, gathered that the two masquerades in police custody were arrested along Nru community, after engaging the police team in physical combat.

Their first victim to be injured was the Chairman of Obosi Land Management Council, Mr. Ezeugo Zion, who they allegedly beat up and macheted his skull near in his own office. The rampaging cultists also wounded four other victims who were with Zion. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where they are currently responding to treatment.

WARRI—Rescuers, mainly neighbours and members of Mercy Land Church, yesterday, pulled out seven persons from the debris of collapsed wing of Makaval Hotel located off Refinery Road, Effurun, in Delta State.

ABUJA—An Israeli national (names withheld) was yesterday killed by suspected kidnappers at Wasa in Apo Mechanic village after he resisted his abduction.

Lagos—Tragedy struck yesterday after a family of seven were roasted in a fire that engulfed a building at Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos.

My problem is my husband. Before we got married, he was very decent and a gentleman. Since we got married, however, he has turned into what can best be described as an animal.

Two of the dead bodies were said to be holding Holy Bible at the time they were discovered and they might have gone to pray with the tenant of the room when they met their death.

MORE than 513 days after the abduction of the Chibok Secondary School girls in Borno State, hopes of rescuing the girls en bloc vaporized as President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, disclosed that they have been dispersed and some of them, especially Christians, married off against their faith.

Ado-Ekiti— Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari saying the only achievement recorded by the administration has been the harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The ongoing probe of the power sector from 1999 till date by the Senate ad hoc committee was characterized by drama and confusion yesterday, as the proceeding was disrupted by power failure eight times.

National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied any rift between him and the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over their interest in the Chairmanship of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT.

Commercial and governmental activities were on Tuesday brought to a stand still as Bayelsans besieged the Samson Siasia Stadium to witness the formal declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson to run for second term in the forthcoming governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Osogbo—The National Judicial Council NJC has queried a serving judge in Osun State, Justice Olamide Falahanmi Oloyede, over her petition to the state House of Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings of Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his deputy, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Tomori for allegedly mismanaging the state’s resources.

FAILURE of the Federal Government and Nigeria Ports Authority to dredge the Calabar port channel is adversely affecting economic activities the port was meant to sustain. Previous efforts to dredge the port ended without improvements in the capacity of the port to take bigger vessels.

FOR a government that is yet to deliver any spectacular benchmark against its self-imposed messianic mission and the wellspring of support that heralded its rise to power, it is understandable that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s first 100 days in office has been mired in controversy.