The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has killed seven police officers in the West African country of Niger, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum said on Saturday.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged Nigerians to refrain from passing judgment on the three lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct, saying they remain innocent until proved guilty.

Mr Godwin Obaseki, winner of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Edo, said his victory was a collective one for him, his co-contestants and the delegates.

Mr Godwin Obaseki on Sunday emerged as the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship candidate for the Sept. 10 election in Edo.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola says the Federal Government is committed to finishing all ongoing projects within three years.

In 2009 when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) secured a deal with the Federal Government granting autonomy to universities in Nigeria, there were celebrations in the academia and the general public. Prior to this, there had been incessant strikes and shut downs of universities, arising among others, from the dependence of the universities on the Federal Government or its parastatals in taking simplest of decisions.

The team bus of Nigerian Premier League side Ikorodu United was involved in an accident with a trailer on Friday, en route Makurdi for a weekend fixture against Lobi Stars. The accident happened along AMA Brewery Road 9th mile in Enugu.

He sat forlorn as the Chief Imam offered prayers for late coach Shuaibu Amodu’s 8th Day Fidau at his 41A Adegoke Street, off Masha in Surulere, Lagos yesterday.

Of course, the Hobbesian state of nature is a hypothetical scenario invented by Hobbes to anchor his theory concerning the origin of civil society. But it might become real in Nigeria if the federal government does not take immediate steps to expand opportunities for productive work and engage the growing number of discontented, disillusioned and frustrated unemployed youths nationwide. The argument by top government officials who are not experiencing the hardships Nigerians are facing at this time that things must get worse before they get better is pure nonsense. First, it is an unequivocal admission of incompetence and unpreparedness to lead by the APC.

ONE conspicuous item since His Majesty Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri, Delta State, Godfrey Emiko, ascended the throne, December 12, last year, is that the relationship between the Itsekiri ethnic nationality and its neighbors, especially Ijaw, has turned for the better.