IN the eyes of the average Nigerian, a full frontal war against corruption is being waged by the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reservedly so, there are a few of us who strikingly reminisce what appears to be the same choosy confrontation on corruption staged by preceding administrations including Buhari from 1983 to 1985.

THE Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODEIC, yesterday insisted that the April 23 local government election in the state would hold as planned.

ABUJA — The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has accused international oil companies, IOCs, of capitalising on the lack of adequate metering facilities at the production and export terminals to defraud Nigeria of billions of dollars.

LAGOS — A principal suspect in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, N559.5 million housing fraud (names withheld), has jumped bail and gone into hiding as operatives of the fraud unit, Panti, Lagos, intensify investigation into the scam.

YENAGOA—THE Environmental Rights Action, ERA, Bayelsa State, has urged the State Government situate receptacles from school surroundings saying the current scenario in the state was inexcusable and does not set a good example to children as regards hygiene.

Guinea captain, Ibrahima Sory Bangoura has said that the Super Eagles are in a class of their own at the CAF African Nations Championship, but they are beatable in their last group C game.

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu is expecting another hat-trick from Super Eagles striker, Chisom Chikatara, in the team’s last group match against Guinea in the ongoing Africa Nations Championship (CHAN), holding in Rwanda.

THE story of Warri city has been told so many times, a city that has given so much, yet got so little in return, with a giant sized reputation and wallowing in penury, a happy people, hospitable and full of live, yet dying slowly. Who will save Warri from its rot? You cannot see a Warri boy – wafarian – anywhere and not take notice; his unique pidgin english language, his braggadocio, his vigour and yes, his jokes.

THE feud between the Igbo and the Yoruba ethnic groups is contrived, just like the feud between the Igbo and the Ikwere. Whenever these feuds take centrestage, the impetus is invariably traceable to the divide-and-rule imperative, which inevitably profits the oligarchy of northern Nigeria. Every other explanation adduced in the explanation of the phenomenon can only be peripheral. It is important to make this point from the outset, before going about the business of explanations – for the benefit of those who may genuinely be ignorant of a crucial factor in the continued inability to resolve some of the more critical of Nigeria’s contradictions.

Microsoft Nigeria has announced the appointment of MicroManna as its new sub-distributor in Northern Nigeria for its software and Personal Computers, PC, accessories. With the new deal, Micromanna is expected to cover many categories of products including operating systems: (Microsoft Windows & Windows Server OEM), Application Software: (Microsoft Office & Office 365 Full Packaged Product) and various Microsoft Personal Computer Accessories.

Ola Olabanjo, a first class student of the Lagos State University (LASU), has won the Best Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Students’ Projects Award for Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State. Olabanjo was of the Computer Science Department in the institution. Prof. Benjamin Aribisala, Head, Computer Science Department of LASU, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to cancel the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta state.

Former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described as a joke attempt by Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, to link her to the controversial $2.1 billion arms scandal.

The US Supreme Court said Monday that its landmark 2012 ruling banning the sentencing of minors to life in prison without parole can be applied retroactively.

The Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), Lagos State Chapter, on Monday said that it had destroyed no fewer than 4,400 rats at six major markets in the state under its de-rat market programme.