RATHER than cast this discourse in the mould of a “rejoinder” to Godwin Obaseki’s interactive session with the Vanguard newspaper edition of Sunday, March 13, 2016 (Pages 38 and 39), this piece should be read from the perspective of a “reminder” that an inveterate undertaker cannot metamorphose into a giver of life or a harbinger of good tidings especially considered in the fact that Godwin Obaseki has been at the epicenter and vortex of the retrograde economic measures and woes of Edo State.

ABEOKUTA — Nigerians are paying part of the sins of the 16-year rule of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, through the lingering fuel crisis in the country, All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said yesterday.

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has expressed readiness to enforce the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of 2012 around all filling stations across state.

The Nigerian Army has reportedly retired Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh over his role in the last governorship election in Ekiti State in 2014.

THE leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-South geo- political zone has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to as a matter of urgency, release the remaining results of the just concluded re-run election in Rivers State in the interest of the political advancement of the nation.

Ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying matches, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has picked London to host two grade A friendly matches

PORT HARCOURT—Following different media reports on the killings that occurred in Ohali-Elu town recently, the Rivers State Police Command has come out to confirm that the community was invaded by suspected herdsmen.

Lagos—Describing himself as the most senior governor in Nigeria, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday said his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari flowed from his sense of responsibility and not related to any 2019 presidential aspiration as alleged by critics.

Osogbo—Osun State government yesterday announced immediate reopening of four secondary schools in Ile Ife metropolis namely; Oduduwa High School, St. Davids High School, St Johns High School and Seven Day Adventist High School.

President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors have agreed that ranches should be established to address incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes instead of grazing reserves, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, has disclosed.

Shelter Afrique has received $8.2 million injection of equity from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Shelter Afrique is a pan-African finance institution which exclusively supports the development of housing and real estate sector in the continent.

PORT HARCOURT—NIGERIAN Navy has impounded two boats carrying about 100, 000 litres of illegal diesel worth N20.4 million on the waterways in Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers state.

Organisers of the maiden edition of the fire safety conference by the National Fire Protection Association West Africa, NFPAWA, scheduled for April 18 to 21, 2016 in Lagos, have reiterated its importance in view of fire disasters and building collapses currently being experienced across the country.

ABUJA— Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has identified interference by political leaders in states in court cases being prosecuted by the commission as one of the challenges facing anti-graft agency.

WE join other concerned Nigerians to register our disappointment over the spate of inconclusive elections which have taken place under the watch of the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which some now cynically refer to as the “inconclusive” National Electoral Commission.