Armed men suspected to be sea pirates Friday night attacked a military checkpoint in Nembe, Bayelsa East senatorial district killing four soldiers and a policeman.

Armed men suspected to be sea pirates Friday night attacked a military checkpoint in Nembe, Bayelsa East senatorial district killing four soldiers and a policeman.

THE quest of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to reform the security and judicial sectors received a massive boost on Thursday as individuals and corporate organisations made commitments in cash and kind towards ensuring a safer and more secured Lagos.

THE Associate Head of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Professor Igwe Onuoha has said it will take the nation trillion of naira to be able to get the required megawatts that will give Nigerians uninterrupted power supply.

We (one of my groups of youths and I) took advantage of the last Muslim public holiday to organize a youth forum. Our topic was “Cohabitation and Courtship.” I have dwelt extensively on both issues in this column, so I will not bother you with the presentation. But after the talk, there were torrents of questions. The participants really poured out their hearts about various aspects of courtship and matrimony. I want to share one of their concerns: deceit during courtship. Even though geographical location, tribe and tongue may differ, the problems and challenges young adults face are uniform and universal—to a large extent.

A six hour downpour yesterday left many parts of Makurdi, the Benue state capital, flooded with close to 150 houses submerged in the late night rain that lasted till the early hours of Friday.

Olorogun Kenneth, a lawyer, criminologist, one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of State for Education under President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke to some journalists in Lagos on the state of the nation, how to save the naira and why Nigerians must give the President Muhammadu Buhari administration a chance among others.

Immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu disclosed yesterday that there are military equipment meant for the airforce with capability to track and neutralize Improvised Explosive Devices mostly used for soft target attacks and bombings, which the Boko Haram terrorists have used to inflict pain and anguish on hundreds of innocent Nigerians.

THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Federal Government for approving a $10 million take-off grant for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment on Ogoniland and reconstituting the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP).

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nassarawa State has denied having hands in issues of killings in the state, saying it was speculative that he is being fingered in the matter.

President Mu-hammadu Buhari said Friday in Abuja that his administration would henceforth take agriculture seriously, saying that crude oil and gas exports would no longer be sufficient as the country’s major revenue earner.

Coach Toni Urhobo, is one of Nigeria’s best athletics coaches. He was thoroughly groomed in sports and education by a system which laid a solid foundation for Nigerian youths. Coach Urhobo, during a chat with Ben Efe on the sideline of the All Nigeria Championships in Warri, Delta, talks about sports development and how the country got it wrong.

Make money, ‘hammer’, be somebody. Anyhow! Under the rubric ‘deal ‘, ‘runs’ or ‘hustling’ , anything goes. Do it , just don’t get caught. Make money. If you are caught , settle or sort it. Only the cursed goes in for it and “that’s not your portion”. Mammonism.

THE Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, law bill, which has generated serious controversy in the state, has been passed by the State House of Assembly.

Emerald green derives its name from the gemstone emerald. As a colour, emerald green is lively and radiant and it is one of the colours of 2013. Green is a colour of elegance and beauty and it is the colour most associated with springtime and freshness in the US and Europe.