THE challenge in the Gambia is a simple one. But it can be made complicated depending on the choices we want to make. It is a straight forward story.

Policemen attached to Owode Onirin Division in Lagos State arrested a 24-year-old man, who allegedly vandalised some cables used for the Light Up Lagos project of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

Two men, Friday Tega and Tega Ajaino, have been sentenced to three years, nine months and two years imprisonment, respectively, with hard labour, by a Koko magistrate’s court near Sapele, Delta State, for vandalising a Benin Electricity Distribution, BEDC, Plc 33KVA line.

Stakeholders in the maritime sector have faulted the increase in import duties contained in the new fiscal policy of the Federal Government, saying that the new policy is a Greek gift, that will encourage smuggling across the country in the coming year.

THE 21-year-old Cameroonian, Ledjou Kouemou, who allegedly killed his employer at Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday.

Hawaii was never Barack Obama’s political stomping grounds — that was Chicago. But his childhood in the Aloha State helped fashion his worldview, and instilled in him the need to sometimes look at unfolding events, and himself, with a bit of distance.

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats including shutting down of two Russian compounds in the U.S. in a number of actions announced on Thursday.

THE much anticipated premiere of the TV series ‘Asunder’ held recently at the Wheatbaker Hotel Ikoyi, Lagos. The new series which was launched by African Movie Channel (AMC) in conjunction with Whitestone Cinema has 65 episodes that analyses challenges faced in today’s marriages and relationships.

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Thursday warned troops stationed in Africa’s Sahel region that they should “prepare for a long war” against jihadists.

THE leadership of Urhobo Awareness Youth Association, UAYA, yesterday, expressed happiness over the release of former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, from a United Kingdom prison after six years over money laundering.