ABUJA—Aware of the present harsh economic realities, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his government was taking pragmatic steps to cushion the effects on Nigerians, assuring that there were better days ahead.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release the 76 boys arrested by soldiers at Umuneshi, Awgu in Enugu State, for protesting against the abduction of two women by Fulani herdsmen in their community last week .

The Ekiti State Government has alleged that armed policemen from Abuja have now invaded the state to begin indiscriminate arrest of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, top government officials and 11 members of the State House of Assembly under funny allegation of stockpiling arms during the June 21, 2014 governorship election.

ABUJA—Another cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the 2016 Budget estimates approved by the National Assembly last Thursday as the Appropriation Bill may not be signed into law for full implementation any time soon.

Chelsea Midfielder John Obi Mikel has said he is ready to leave Stamford Bridge after 10 years if he is not guaranteed regular football next season. Mikel hardly featured under ex-boss Jose Mourinho before his exit in December but has been a key part of interim boss Guus Hiddink’s plans.

IN a bid to find a lasting solution to kidnapping and armed robbery cases allegedly being ‘perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen, in Kogi State, MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association has set up committees at local government levels to fish out the criminals among the Fulanis.

Worried by the level of destruction in Agatu local government area of Benue State, the paramount ruler of neighboring Apa local government, Odejo K’Apa, Chief John Antenyi, has called on the Federal Government to set up a special commission and victims’ support fund to fast track the rehabilitation of the victims of the Agatu crisis.

THE run-up to the federal and state legislative election re-runs in Rivers State had been marked with much bloodshed running up to the dozens. So it was not totally surprising that last Saturday’s elections were also characterised by much violence.

Deputy Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Kenneth Preyor, has urged his constituents to have maximum faith in Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s government, which promises prosperity for all Deltans, both during and after his political campaigns.

Edo State Government has raised alarm over the alleged circulation of a fictitious document containing details of purported political appointments by Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s administration, urging people of the state to disregard the document because it was concocted and falsified to cause ethnic and social tension in the state.

Institute of Empowerment and Strategy, IES, has accused banks in the country of frustrating the disbursement of the $6.5 billion empowerment fund to beneficiaries who have met the requirements to be empowered to start small scale businesses.

In 1909, coal was discovered in Enugu State, Nigeria. The Ogbete drift mine opened six years later.

CHIEF Newton Agbofodon, the Unuevworo of Ekpan, in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to forgive whatever wrong he and others in the community might have done, so as to steer the community from renewed crisis.

THE acting Executive Chairman of Abia State Universal Basic Education [ASUBEB], Mr. Ugochukwu Nwosu has said that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu introduced Education for Employment (E-E) programme in the state school system as a way of curbing social ills such as armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping, among others.

The expected yearly report of the Imo State House of Assembly Service Commission has run into arrears, following what the establishment’s Chairman, Chief Emeka Okoronkwo, called “some intervening factors.”