The strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 to protest the steep hike of the pump price of premium motor spirits (PMS) by the Federal Government has gone down as one of the least successful in recent years. Labour leaders protested for three days and had to call off the strike when it was obvious that the maority of Nigerians were not part of it.

Despite the ‘relief’ from the pains of scarcity, following the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit, PMS, also called petrol to N145 per litre, and liberalisation of sourcing for foreign exchange, FOREX, majority of the oil marketers still depend on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for their supplies.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State has said that the emergence of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi -led caretaker committee for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at its botched Port Harcourt convention saved the party from disintegration, noting that many interest groups would have pulled out if the matter was not carefully handled.

NO fewer than five emirs in Borno State forced out of their domain by Boko Haram insurgents have returned to their palaces.

The organised labour in Bayelsa State, has suspended its three days old strike over unpaid salaries and pension arrears.

THE present economic realities occasioned by the dwindling oil revenue and scarce foreign exchange may have come down hard on the telecommunications sector of the economy. “This appears more dangerous considering that the sector has continuously been described as the mainstay of the economy after oil. “Practitioners in the sector, have however, asked the government to act fast to arrest the drive before the major hopes of stabilizing the economy diminish to leave it further down the woods.

AMAEKPU Ohafia community of Abia State has denied the rumour which went viral on the social media that 13 people from the community died after consuming cow meat allegedly poisoned by Fulani herdsmen, saying that no such thing happened in the community.

Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, has said that the bill to establish the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, FUPRE, Delta State would be passed by the Senate before June 15, 2016.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has deployed an helicopter, 35 Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squads and four detachments of Mobile Police men to Kogi State to flush out kidnappers and robbers operating freely in the state.

Kaduna State Government yesterday said HIV/AIDS cases in the state had dropped from 9% to 0.2% in the past one year, making it the leading state in the control of the dreaded virus.

Lagos—Three persons have reportedly lost their lives in the past two days following a fight between youths of Shibiri and Etegbin communities in Ojo area of Lagos, over collection of levies from tipper drivers transporting dredged sands from waterside. Vanguard learned that trouble started when youths from Etegbin community confronted Shibiri’s youth, who have been collecting toll fees from the truck drivers. The situation later degenerated into a fracas.

otal E and P Nigeria Limited, has expressed worries over attacks on its facilities in Rivers State.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, said the plan of his administration to transform Oshodi into a world class transport interchange in the next 13 to 16 months would go a long way to depict the state’s regeneration plan, just as he said that the project would also totally remove all notorious activities associated with the area.

The position of the Rational Choice Theory (RCT) of crime is that persons intentionally choose to commit crimes as opposed to being compelled by external factors or influences, and the reason that they choose to commit crime is that they think it will be more rewarding and less costly for them than noncriminal behavior.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja yesterday, ordered erstwhile Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to appear before it on May 31 to open his defence on the allegation that he falsely declared his assets in 2007.