Lagos State Government yesterday, raised concerns over increasing cases of rape and other domestic violence issues in the country, saying; “There is a need to subject perpetrators of the crimes to psychiatric test.”

lagos—DESpite last weeks bombardment of Arepo and Ikorodu creeks, the area remains impregnable as military operatives are still apprehensive of accessing the places inhabited by militants and vandals.

ACTIVITIES of suspected militants in Lagos and Ogun States has given many lots of sleepless nights. This dangerous trend is gradually making the South West a hotbed. At a time when the zone is still grappling with the acvtivities of suspected Fulani herdsmen, who terrorize the South West, the issue of militancy has reared its ugly head to create an atmosphere of fear and panic in the minds of the people.

We often simplistically refer to “The North” as if it is a monolithic unit. It is easy to forget that there are actually different Northerners and that a significant number are not Hausa-Fulanis or members of the Sunni Muslim majority.

WARRI—SUSPECTED arsonists, yesterday, razed the multi-million naira private resident of the embattled Unuevworo of Ekpan, Chief Newton Agbofodoh, but no life was lost.

PORT HARCOURT—An Assemblies of God Church Pastor, Mr. James Enyidah, was, yesterday, abducted by unidentified gunmen along Isiokpo-Elele Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The trial of President of an oil firm, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited, also Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain and governorship claimant of Abia State, Dr. Uche Ogah, and an ex-employee of a first generation bank, Deji Somoye, before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, was, yesterday, stalled, following the absence of the trial magistrate.

WARRI—ARMED robbers, yesterday, ambushed and killed a Delta State Government House Annex, Warri, driver.

LAGOS— Erstwhile leader of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da’awati wal-Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released a recorded message a few hours after news of his successor was made public by ISIS.

Contrary to reports that the presidency could have bailed out the U-23 football team stranded in Atlanta, USA by sending a presidential jet to ferry the team to Brazil, the CNN yesterday reported how American airline, Delta Airline assisted the team and saved Nigeria from an embarrassment