ABUJA—The military said yesterday that several commanders of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, were killed in a major air onslaught last Monday night in Sambisa forest, while leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, was fatally wounded in the shoulders.

Akure—The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ondo State, yesterday, warned political parties not to drag its members into “the dirty waters of politics.”

For a party that is united by nothing else but a seeming hatred for Governor Segun Mimiko, nothing underlines the seeming hopelessness of the about 24 aspirants seeking the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State.

Mr. Tayo Jegede, SAN on Tuesday emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State.

Palpable fear has continued to grip the technology sector over consistent talk of a nine percent tax on communications services.

Now the Rio Olympics is over it may be time to take stock of Nigeria’s participation at the games. After what were clearly shoddy preparations or in fact non-preparation for the games, the result of our participation is now out for all to see. A bronze medal in football couldn’t possibly be all we spent the last four years preceding the games preparing for. It was clear that nothing good could or would come out of Rio for Nigeria in the light of how we programmed ourselves to fail.

Basking in the euphoria of having the rare opportunity to beam live premier league matches to its teeming subscribers in Nigeria, digital television company, StarTimes has also launched a 2-in-1 combo decoder in the country.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from announcing the result of the suspended re-run election in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Norwegian based technology company, Opera, and Google are putting efforts together to ensure that mobile users, including Nigerians easily access and use its Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).

LAGOS—Sheriff Oyewole, who allegedly got a family friend’s daughter drunk at a party and raped her, was yesterday sentenced to 19 years imprisonment by a Lagos magistrate, Mrs Kikelomo Ayeye.

LAGOS—NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, led by Ayuba Wabba, yesterday embarked on a nationwide protest against the killing of two workers and injuring of others in Nasarawa State, as well as Imo State government’s new employment policy.

Former Chairman of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Delta North Senator, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi has been dragged before a Delta State High Court sitting Asaba, for alleged disobidience to an injunction granted by Justice Azinge of the sate High Court arising from the ownership tussle between DavNotch and the Senator (Nwaoboshi) in which all parties were restrained from accessing the parcel of land pending the determination of the substantive suit.

THE Elders Assembly of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, yesterday, resolved to back Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his endorsement of one of the aspirants, Dr. Segun Abraham.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said, yesterday, that 22 state legislators have started refunding car loans they collected for personal vehicles to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, as a patriotic Nigerian who has demonstrated uncommon leadership style.