ILORIN—Pandemonium broke out, yesterday, afternoon at Taiwo, the commercial nerve centre of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, as a notorious political thug, Alhaji Bayo Ajia, was shot dead and cut several times with machetes by four men.

NEARLY four years ago when Donald Trump led a bitter “birther” campaign against Barack Obama who was then running for a second term of office, Republicans were his willing cheerleaders. Then, Trump tried to use the issue to launch his presidential campaign. The loquacious billionaire was all over the place, questioning Obama’s real place of birth, and coming up with bizarre theories about the president being of Kenyan origin. Trump even went as far as claiming that the birth certificate Obama put out online was fake. He promised Americans that he had set up a sort of hit-squad to produce Obama’s real birth certificate that will show that he was born in Kenya, a factor that will disqualify him from running for office.

ABUJA— President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, UAE, that Nigeria with the assistance of Multinational Joint Task Force has driven Boko Haram insurgents to “fall-back” position.

ABUJA— Nigeria’s woes in the area of dwindling revenue from crude oil sales is expected to heighten in the next couple of days, as the South African Petroleum Industry Association, SAPIA, yesterday, stated that South Africa would likely stop importing crude oil from Nigeria following the lifting of the sanctions on Iran.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, MIGA, the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has pledged its support for the Azura-Edo Independent Power Producer, IPP.

Crisis was, yesterday, averted at the head office of Seven Energy, a gas firm in Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the intervention of the Nigeria Police, NNS Jubilee and other security agencies who were on ground to maintain peace and order as hundreds of aggrieved youths embarked on protests against perceived deplorable services of the company to the people.

Inadequate political commitment has been identified as a major barrier to the attainment of adequate financing of healthcare that has led to poor funding of health in general, and primary healthcare in particular. Making the assertion in Lagos, experts from the health and banking sectors, called for adequate funding of the nation’s health sector for efficient healthcare delivery. In lectures to mark the 70th Anniversary of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi- Lagos, they stressed the need for an equitable healthcare financing in the country.

Mr. Joel Piaskowski, head of the team that redesigned the all-new Ford Mustang, has described the iconic sports car as the best job by his team so far, having worked in leading automobile companies across continents. The Mustang, which took the motoring world by storm when it was introduced into the market 50 years ago, has metamorphosed into one of the most powerful sport cars in the market at the moment with the creativity of Piaskowski and his team.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure free and fair elections during the planned re-run polls for Anambra Central senatorial zone.

The South-East leadership caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, lashed out on Chief Victor Umeh, Anambra Central senatorial district candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, describing his sole candidature bid for the seat as an effort in futility.