The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Lagos chapter, has denied claims that the Ijaws were responsible for the killings at the Ogun/Lagos boarder.

OLEH—NEMESIS caught up with a member of a three-man gang of suspected armed robbers at Emede community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, Sunday, when he was apprehended and set ablaze by a mob.

UDOPHIRI- UDOPHIRI and Agbarha-Otor communities in Patani and Ughelli North Local Government Areas, Delta State, have blown the whistle on alleged sub-standard road projects, which construction firms are executing in their communities with the collusion of government supervisory officials. The people of Udophiri drew the attention of the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to the second-rate 4.85 kilometre road provided to the community by a construction firm, when he visited the area recently, urging him not allow his officials to pull the wool over his eyes.

ABUJA—A Christians group, under the aegis of Christ Redeemers Union, CRU, have raised an alarm that two ex-Presidents of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have formed a powerful bloc to frustrate the inauguration of president-elect, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, scheduled for July 20.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, yesterday, directed its members nationwide to begin a strike from Thursday, following alleged government refusal to address pending issues affecting the oil industry.

ABUJA—Trial of cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Azibaola Robert, and his wife, Stella, resumed at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday, with the star witness, Ibrahim Mahe, insisting that only the detained National Security Adviser, NSA , Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), could explain why the defendants were awarded $40 million pipeline security contract.

ABUJA—President Mohammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria would appreciate international assistance in ongoing efforts to diversify the economy. The President also warned Sudan and Southern Sudan to guard against running mono- economies which, he said, was the challenge facing Nigeria today as it depended solely on oil.

AKURE—THE 19-year-old secondary school student, Moyinoluwa Abdulkareem, who was allegedly abducted last week Friday in Owo, Ondo State, has reportedly escaped from the kidnappers’ den.

The Lagos State government is set to synergize its relationship with some non-governmental organisations and other youth service providers in the state with a view to maximizing the gains secured towards rapid development of youth in the state.

lagos—After several confrontations between traders of Alade Market and concessionaire, Masters Reality Int’l Concept, the traders yesterday relocated to the alternative market, paving way for redevelopment of N6.9 billion ultra-modern shopping mall.

Lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained an automobile and generator firm, R.T. Briscoe Nigeria Plc, from withdrawing its funds in any bank over an alleged N2.5billion debt owed Diamond Bank Plc.

Ford’s tiny yet powerful 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine has been voted best in class at the International Engine of the Year Awards for the fifth year in a row. Judges praised the combination of drivability, performance, economy, refinement and technology that continue to set the standard.

AS the world awaits the coronation of a new Oba of Benin, in Benin City, there has been a barrage of goodwill messages from distant and near lands. Two of such empathic correspondence unveil the kind of royal diplomacy now being ushered in as a new dawn approaches in the nucleus of the former seat of a great West African empire (Kingdom), the former capital of Midwest region and capital of Bendel now Edo State in modern Nigeria.

NFAMOSING- THE people of Nfamosing community, Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State, have decried alleged marginalization and neglect by the former United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM), now Lafarge Holcim, and other companies operating in the area.

Mrs Angela Emuwa is the President of Autism Parents Association International, APAI, formerly known as Parents Against Autism Initiative, PAAI. She is a passionate mother who believes that every child must be treated equally because he or she has a right whether or not he has physical or intellectual disability.