It was, indeed, two weeks of unusual operation and clampdown on criminals and criminality by officers and men of the Benue state Police command heralding Mr. Bashir Makama, as the new Police Commissioner in the state. The period saw the re-awakening of the service zeal and orientation of the average Policeman in the State leading to intensive patrols and raids of criminal hideouts in the State, resulting in the arrest of over 60 suspected armed robbers, kidnap suspects and cultists, including notorious ones with the recovery of various calibre of firearms, hundreds of ammunition, six stolen vehicles and three motorcycles.

The Naira on Friday suffered further loss against the dollar at the parallel market as it lost one point to the U.S. currency, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Last week, the Lagos state police command made a startling discovery of some wells in Ilasamaja area of Lagos where diesel, instead of water was drawn out and sold at ridiculously low price. While the various fuel stations were selling the product at between N180.00 and N200.00 per litre, it was being sold in this area at N100.00 per litre. It was suspected that there were underground pipes that connected the wells to the pipes of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC from where the petroleum product was being siphoned.

Actress Ini Edo who was recently appointed a Special Assistant to the Akwa-Ibom State Governor on Tourism has hit the ground running as she has announced the hosting of the first ever Ibom Heritage Festival before the end of the year.

Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, on Friday disclosed that 24 states had volunteered land to the Federal Government to begin its mass housing initiative.

See photos from the ongoing Osun-Osogbo 2016 festival, which attracted thousands of Osun worshippers, spectators and tourists from all walks of life in Osun State. Photo credits, Akeem Salau.

An elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his willingness to open the lines of dialogue with youths in the Niger Delta.

The Presidential Amnesty Programme is to train 500 ex-agitators in Niger-Delta on agro and aquaculture to enable them become self-employed. The Programme Coordinator, Mr Paul Boroh, made the promise during his visit to Bioresources Development Centre and National Biotechnology Development Agency, Odi, Kolokumo/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa.

Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised his colleagues to seek ways of diversifying the economy of their respective states by going into other ventures that would generate more revenues.

Following the harsh economic realities in the land, an outspoken Lagos based Christain preacher, Pastor Tunde Bakere of Later Rain Assembly has appealed to all Nigerians to exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, saying the hard times would be over soon.