LAGOS—Some rampaging Hausa men damaged a building belonging to Vee-Vee Limited, yesterday, in Oke-Afa, a Lagos suburb, over allegation that an Hausa man had been held hostage in the building since Wednesday.

Recently, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, through the office of his Special Adviser on Communities and Communications, headed by Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, took an unprecedented step in the development of local content through community reportage.

THE Nigeria Mortgage Refinancing Company, NMRC, is set to host the 32nd edition of African Union for Housing Finance, AUHF, Conference and Annual General Meeting from September 14 to 16, 2016 in Abuja with the theme, “Housing, an African growth agenda.”

The organized labour in Imo State, has continued to mobilize its members, ahead of the scheduled protest against the alleged anti-labour policies of the state government.

A special enforcement team of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday, sealed off Haf Haven Hotel in Makurdi allegedly owned by Mrs. Regina Akume, wife of the former Benue State governor, Senator George Akume, over tax evasion.

Following a directive by the Federal Government that all users of the airports, including VIPs must abide by the rules that guide airport operations and services, Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, has called on concerned organisations and individuals who use the airport facilities to obey traffic rules.

Abuja—About $3.05 trillion will be required over the next 30 years to implement the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, NIIMP, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed in Abuja yesterday.

A former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Sunny Onuesoke, yesterday, described the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as a colony of failed politicians.

FOUR former Jigawa State commissioners and some ex-executive members of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, have been summoned by the state House of Assembly over alleged N13 billion scam.

THE Federal Government and Arla Foods, maker of Dano Milk, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to boost the dairy industry.

GOVERNOR Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, yesterday, inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry to investigate clashes in three local government areas of the state.

Classic works of playwrights often create an imaginative cloud that drives our world. Unlike fiction, most readers derive pleasure in reading drama books as it ‘ministers’ directly to their subconscious minds especially with the heartfelt body language of the characters.

Nigeria U-23 captain John Obi Mikel said all the team’s effort will now be geared towards beating Honduras to win the soccer event bronze medal on Saturday in Belo Horizonte.

Flora Nwapa was the first black African internationally admired female novelist. Her first book, Efuru was published in 1966. She is a Nigerian author, teacher, administrator and a herald of whole generation of African women writers. But despite her numerous achievements, not much has been done for her since her death 23 years ago. It was on this basis that the Flora Nwapa foundation in conjunction with the organising committee of Efuru @50 is set to celebrate the pioneer African women literature, Flora Nwapa, as Efuru turns 50.

The Nigerian Army has constituted a Board of Inquiry ,BOI to investigate the alleged attack and brutality on residents of Makoko community in Yaba area of Lagos state by two soldiers- Privates Ihama Osaretin and Okpor Ray, at the weekend.