OLEH—RESIDENTS of, headquarters of Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, were weekend thrown into confusion as two persons, including a 19-year-old student of the state polytechnic, Oghara, were killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants.

Akure—DETECTIVES in Ondo State Police Command have arrested 11 suspected cultists in Owo area of the state, shortly after they were initiated as members of Aye confraternity in the bush along Owo/Ifon Expressroad.

LAGOS—A suspected drug addict arrested by the Lagos State Command of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, has disclosed that he made over N300,000 monthly from begging in Ikeja.

Chief Facilitator, Citizens Efforts for Growth, CEG, Mr Scott Osegbowa, yesterday, in Benin City, Edo State, accused the state governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, of undermining democratic tenets and internal democracy with his recent position on his choice of an aspirant becoming candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in this year’s governorship election in the state.

BEFORE Nigeria became independent, the British colonial masters organised a series of conferences in Ibadan and London to enable the elites of the various regions and socio-cultural divides to negotiate and agree on the terms of their future cohabitation. Since independence in 1960, there have been series of conferences, some of which ended with new constitutional proposals or documents.

I want to start by thanking you for granting us audience despite your tight schedules. We are indeed very grateful. Now, as council members of Kadccima, we appreciate your organization’s contributions in the socioeconomic growth and development of our dear country. We also commend your medium for your objectivity and fairness in reporting. As you are aware, our coming here today is to thank you and your management for the support you have been giving us as a chamber and all our activities, particularly the annual international trade fair.

This admission by a captain of industry confirms the essential suspicion about the quality of education in Africa’s second largest economy. Tangentially, it’s gestures towards the problems of massive unemployment, brain-drain, and manpower shortages that continue to cripple domestic efforts to achieve rapidly sustainable growth. For qualified youth looking for a job, it also explains the prolonged and intensive pre-recruitment tests that Nigerian corporate houses insist on before jarring local talent.

Nigerian Banks are projected to suffer more from another devaluation should the CBN concede to pressure to devalue the naira. The banks will suffer asset erosion, reduced income from foreign exchange transaction and loan default from customers. This is the summary of a study conducted by Renaissance Capital on banks operating in the country.

Lagos—11 years after he murdered his victim, Chinwe Ofomatu in a robbery incident in Festac area of Lagos State, the Supreme Court, at the weekend, confirmed a death sentence passed on one Nonso Okeke.

THE Lagos State Police Command has arrested seven suspected cultists involved in a supremacy battle in Bariga area of the state last Saturday, which led to the death of a 65-year-old woman, Mrs Adejoke Adefuye.

Tragedy struck yesterday, when one person died while six others were injured in a car accident which occurred at Sowo village along the Siun-Kobape-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State.

Four goal hero and Super Eagles forward, Chisom Chikatara has said the Syli Nationale of Guinea will not halt Eagles dream for quarterfinals berth at the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda. Eagles will clash with their West African opposite, Guinea in tomorrow’s last group game at the Stade Umuganda Rubavu, Gisenyi.

Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung will on Tuesday inaugurate a new committee for the Nigerian ‘Hospitality’ House Project for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. A 15-man committee was earlier established by the National Sports Commission director-general Alhassan Yakmut in November last year but it has now been pruned to seven members.

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh admitted yesterday that his team is nowhere near the level he wants it to be as they prepare to takeonGuinea tomorrow in their last Group C match of the CAF Africa Nations Championship in Rwanda.

KADUNA—Malali, a confluence of low, medium and high income quarters of Kaduna town is under siege by armed gangsters, who unleashed terror on the area using daggers.