BRITAIN that coupled the “indivisible, indissoluble,indi- this and indi – that Nigeria has just come out of a referendum on whether to stay or exit the European Union(EU) and the outcome has unravelled the most notorious colonial power in global history.

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona on Monday urged Lionel Messi not to follow through on his vow to quit the national team after its defeat in the Copa America Centenario.

THE Edo State House of Assembly resumed plenary yesterday calling for the extension of the continuous voters’ registration exercise in the State for another one week so as to capture more voters in the State.

AN umbrella body of all Muslim organisations in the South West geopolitical zone, Muslim Ummah of South West, yesterday called on some of its members who attempted to enforce wearing of hijab on two private schools in Osun State to desist from the act saying they should leave the enforcement of the court order to the state government.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in Anambra State, said it arrested 156 suspected hard drug traffickers, including10 females, in the state in the past six months as part of the agency’s efforts to fight against the sale of illicit drugs in the country.

ABUJA—Even with the Currency flexibility policy recently invoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to enable market variables determine the value or otherwise of the Niara, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday insisted that the policy was not beneficial to the economy.

THE Executive Secretary of Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Mr. Waziri Adio, has blamed the indebtedness of the International Companies, IOCs, to Nigeria on the gaps in Nigeria’s laws.

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, yesterday, said that states must publish their accounts at end of every financial year to open their books to public scrutiny and ensure transparency and accountability.

Hundreds of youths from tertiary institutions in Ekiti State, yesterday protested against what they tagged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s, EFCC, selective anti-graft war, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari must ensure that his anti-corruption war cuts across board if indeed he desires to convince Nigerians that his administration stands for true change

THE Nigerian Army yesterday said following coordinated offensive against the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest, the fleeing terrorists now disguised as vigilantes or hunters to evade easy detection.

Lagos—Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo has fixed today to rule on the admissibility or otherwise of the evidence contained in a Compact Disc (CD) video recording of the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) building on September 2014.

FOR close to three decades, the Toyota Hiace commuter has ruled its segment despite stiff competition from its Japanese rival, the Nissan Urvan and many Chinese models. Toyota Hiace for this long, has been cloned, especially by the Chinese auto makers but none had matched its quality, safety, comfort, reliability and overall performance. Brand by brand, the Hiace accounts for the highest number of buses on Nigerian roads in its segment. Though, there are many versions of the look-alike Hiace models but they are from different makers.

Enyimba of Aba are in Pretoria, South Africa with the aim of taking all three points from Memalodi Sundowns and launch themselves back into reckoning for the CAF Champions League.

Lagos State government yesterday warned that it is set to visit the activities of land grabbers, also known as Omo-onile, in the state with full wrath of the law.

UGHELLI—In what is gradually turning Ughelli, Delta State, into a town of rapists, barely five days after a sales girl was raped and bludgeoned to death at Afiesere community, another sales girl has been attacked.