THE peace of the riverside town of Onuegbum in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was violated yesterday, as armed men stormed a nearby sand dump site, killing two policemen and abducting two Lebanese nationals.

Mrs. Ibim Semenitari was Commissioner for Information in the Chibuke Amaechi administration. She responded to issues raised by Governor Nyesom Wike in his interview with newsmen in Abuja last Monday.

Ongoing attempt by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to extradite Senator Kashamu Buruji to the United States of America over drug related offences has engendered legal fireworks between both parties. However, the treaty under which the NDLEA is seeking to extradite Senator Kashamu dates back to 1931 when Nigeria was still a colony of the United Kingdom.

President Buhari is on course, but we still expect a more proactive approach on the issue of terrorism, corruption, fuel problem among other issues. Nigerians are a bit impatient. I think this is understandable after the enthusiasm that followed his election. But we still need to be patient and hopeful. We at the League of Patriotic Lawyers will hold him accountable for every details in his manifesto.

We still have a long way to go. We are much better as we have been in the last 10 years. Since the flood in 2012, a lot more preparedness has taken place. National Emergency Agency has become stronger. They now have Zonal offices even at state levels where the risk is high.

Former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) will be among the eminent legal personalities to be honored by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, during its Law Week which holds June 24-26 at the MUSON Centre. According to the Law Week Committee: “One of the reasons for honoring Fashola is because he has always been one of us. He is a member of this branch and he responds whenever we call on him. Now we are welcoming him back.”

First Anambra Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Nayai Aganaba, has expressed shock over the decision of candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Nnamdi Eze, to concede defeat to his opponent, Mr. Dozie Nwankwo, of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the March 28, 2015 election for Anaocha/Njikoka/Idumukofia Federal constituency.

THE House of Representatives, yesterday, tasked Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, and other relevant security agencies to urgently investigate the killing of two indigenes of Ogume and Afor communities of Delta State by suspected herdsmen.

AHEAD of the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, the Benin Liberties Forum, BLT, has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Osayuki Oshodin.

Lagos State government yesterday vowed to seek legal redress to compel the Federal Government to repeal offensive sections of the controversial Sexual Offences Bill 2014, if President Muhammadu Buhari eventually assent the bill.

Bothered by the phobia school children have for numbers and numerals, the Mathematics Laboratory Limited (MLL), Friday, launched the Naija Mathematics Olympiad, an online platform for mathematics practice and testing for junior and senior secondary schools in Nigeria.

MOVED by cases of fuel tanker tragedies across the country, which have led to loss of lives and property, Senate yesterday summoned the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to appear before it to explain the state of the nation’s refineries.

Suspended Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), has dragged the party before the state High Court, challenging the appointment of Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, as acting Chairman of the state PDP.

EFFORTS to resolve the crisis over the choice of principal officers of All Progressives Congress, APC, ran into a stalemate yesterday night, even as Senator Ali Ndume defeated Senator Ahmad Lawan in a mock poll.

Plateau State government, yesterday, declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government areas to curtail the spate of killings in the councils in the last one month.