The Federal Government has said it increased the price of petrol to raise money to run the system, since the country was broke.

A new militant group, Red Egbesu Water Lions, has surfaced in the Niger Delta region, just as suspected militants, Tuesday night, blew up the Sagbama-Tuomo gas line, belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, at Egbembiri, Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State .

To attack the judiciary or to even blame it for the woes of the society are the misguided and regrettable acts of overzealous elements who are ignorant of the principles of separation of power and have no respect for the concept of the rule of law. Hierarchically speaking, I think the judiciary is by virtue of its role to the society the only ‘big brother’ with the capacity to determine disputes between the other arms of government, the different tiers of government, government and individuals and between individuals – themselves. How then, can the big brother be the cause of the problem?

Senate yesterday mandated the Federal Ministry of Works and Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, to urgently carry out a holistic reconstruction of all portions of the country’s roads that had become death trap to the motoring public.

Edo State House of Assembly has amended the bill for a law to establish the Edo State University, Iyamoh. With the amendment, the university is now known as Edo University of Iyamoh.

All appears not to be well with veteran Nollywood actor, Martins Njubuigbo, popularly known as Elder Maya.

THE media are replete with the exploits of Nigerian troops in hunting down and destroying the camps of cattle rustlers who attack herdsmen and dispossess them of their cattle.

Jude Ndukwe, aide to erstwhile Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, decried that despite meeting the bail conditions set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Fani-Kayode was still being held by the anti-graft agency.

A group of unidentified angry villagers, said to be from Umuago, Urualla, Ideato North local council area of Imo State, have attacked and destroyed part of the proposed Imo European University, IEU.

There was tension in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, yesterday, following the murder of a senior police officer, identified as Mathew Akpos by gunmen described as “special Police Squad.”