ABEOKUTA—Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, yesterday said the reason why some governors could not pay salaries and fund their states well was because they have failed to think outside the box.

Former Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Nwodibo Ekechukwu, yesterday, admitted that the police got intelligence reports indicating that Fulani herdsmen would attack the Nimbo Community in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State before the Monday, April 25 attack that left no fewer than 40 residents dead.

PORT HARCOURT— About 2,000 members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest to the Rivers State House of Assembly complex on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, demanding the swearing-in of Victoria Nyeche and Andrew Miller as members of the Assembly.

ABUJA—Again, President Mohammadu Buhari has come to the rescue of his ministers and aides, absolving them of any corrupt practices.

For a couple of years, my boyfriend and I have always had a great sex life. Recently, though it’s become really painful for me. Now I’m seldom in the mood for sex as I know that when he enters me it will hurt. I’ve been very stressed lately because of some emotional issues I have to deal with. Could this be causing my problem?

The volte face by the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation over the hiring of Frenchman, Paul Le Guen as Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles has been described as a huge embarrassment to the entire country which calls for the resignation of the members of the committee.

Oil prices rose on bargain-buying in Asia on Wednesday after hitting two-month lows but gains were hobbled by concerns about an oversupply and weak demand after the IMF lowered its global economic growth forecasts.

ABUJA—The Family of late Evangelist Eunice Olawale, yesterday, made a U-turn and announced her burial arrangements.

AS the Abia political crisis lingers with various interest groups coming to Umuahia Government House for solidarity with Governor Ikpeazu, the embattled governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu yesterday, vowed that he could not afford to relinquish his seat to Dr. Uche Ogah, saying that the mandate was freely given to him by God and Abia people.

ILORIN—Three suspected ritualists, Saidi Amadu, Idris Amadu and Quadri Ayodele, paraded by the Kwara State Police Command yesterday alongside two others, disclosed that they killed their victims to implicate their elder brother, Ayodele Amadu, who is now in prison.

ABUJA—The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP BoT, has condemned the ongoing trial of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, over alleged forgery of Senate Rules as a frame-up, saying it was a deliberate plot to tarnish his person.

FOUR Ijaw groups have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Nigerian Army to release the 10 youths arrested and detained for close to two months without trial over alleged membership of Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, or charge them to court.

UGHELLI—CHAIRMAN of All Progressives Congress, APC, Steering Committee on Fund Raising for membership registration in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, Olorogun Jaro Egbo, has reiterated the determination of the party to dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state in the 2019 general election.

It is with great delight that we join millions of well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the reported decision by the Federal Government to reopen some of the most painful unsolved murders in our history.

It was a moving sight yesterday, when the mother of two children, aged three and five, who died in an early morning fire at 7, Ifelodun Close, Aralamo Bus Stop, Ajasa Command area of Lagos, was being consoled by friends and family members.