The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has offered scholarship to children of slain police officers who lost their lives while fighting insurgency

THE Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi, has expressed concern over the increasing rate of corruption, cultism and sexual harassment in the Nigerian university system. Speaking to journalists after inspecting facilities in Catholic Arch-diocese of Lagos owned Augustine University, Epe, Lagos State, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie laid the blame on the doorsteps of the Nigerian Universities Commission, NUC, and the activities of lawmakers and politicians.

FOUR unknown gunmen operating in a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep last Saturday at about 7pm shot dead a 52-year old trader, Obiora Ibe, in his shop on Club Road Umuahia.

An indigenous ship owner and a member of the Nigerian Shipowners Association, NISA, Mr. Osita Onumonu has alleged that his 5,000 tonnes vessel, MT Sapphire 1 and her crew, was detained shortly after it was attacked by pirates.

THE political atmosphere in Abia state is assuming an interesting dimension as the opposition parties in the state appear set to take the game to the ruling PDP in the governance of the state.

Following his side’s slim victory over the Congolese U-23 national team, Samon Siasia has invited five additional players to boost the Dream Team’s effort to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics qualifiers. The Nigerian side defeated Congo 2-1 in Port Harcourt on Sunday with a brace from Junior Ajayi, while the second leg is due in Congo in a forthnight. The Dream Team VI coach has invited Enyimba’s Kingsley Sokari, four others to boost his team performance against Congo.

A faction of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Bayelsa State, yesterday, flayed the former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva over the reception held weekend to receive scores of defectors from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying that the action was illegal and a desperate attempt to provide cover for corrupt politicians against possible prosecution by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

With about 760 cases of sexual assault recorded in two years and only two convictions in Lagos, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, declared war against perpetrators of rape in the state, saying ‘desist from such act or face the music.’

CONSIDERING the importance of teachers to students’ academic success, lecturers have been enjoined to build competence in teaching and learning to boost students’ performance. Professor Sola Akinrinade who gave this charge during a training for top executives in tertiary institutions held in Texas, USA said: “Institutions can enhance their capacity for sustainable development by developing their teaching and learning competencies.”

Will the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission, LSJSC, be dissolved when the members’ tenure has not expired? This is the question on the lips of observers. It was learned that the tenure of the current members took effect from February 27 and will end on February 26, 2020 following their re-appointment by former Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN.