Rivers State Government has expressed worry over the military operations in three local government areas recently that allegedly resulted in destruction of property and harassment of persons.

Following a call by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the National Assembly to initiate an impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC has told the PDP that Nigeria was not a banana republic.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu to Igbo leaders, assuring that they would make him realize the futility of continuing his pro- Biafra stance.

lagos—The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA), yesterday, said that earnings from the solid minerals sector could surpass what the country is currently getting from oil as revenue.

Lagos lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has withdrawn the enforcement of fundamental human rights suit he filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on behalf of National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh before a Federal High Court, Lagos.

lagos—A coalition of civil society groups, yesterday staged a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly protesting the continued disobedience to court orders by President Muhammadu Buhari and his refusal to adhere to the rule of law.

A carpenter, Benjamin Joseph, yesterday appeared in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly punching off the teeth of a woman.

Nigeria ‘B’ team will fly out of Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning for Rwanda ahead of this year’s CHAN.

ERITREA is a relatively unknown African country. Little news filters out. In October 2012, I wanted to pay with a hundred dollar bill in a Washington supermarket, and the cashier declined. He asked me to pay with a smaller denomination, which I did not have. Noticing his features, I asked if he was of African decent. He asked if I knew Ethiopia. He said his country is near Ethiopia. I asked, Eritrea? “Yes” “So why didn’t you simply say you are from Eritrea?” “I tell people, and they never seem to have heard of such a country”

PEEVED by the increasing depreciation of the Naira which currently stands at N305 per dollar, the Senate, yesterday, summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, yesterday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade, alledging that it was targeted mostly at former President Goodluck Jonathan’s kinsmen who served in his administration.

Though not involved in the January 15, 1966 coup, Col. Paul Ogbebor (Rtd) was nevertheless, a major player on the side of the Federal forces in the civil war that followed the uprising.

My dear countrymen, no citizen should have anything to fear, so long as that citizen is law abiding and if that citizen has religiously obeyed the native laws of the country and those set down in every heart and conscience since 1st October, 1960.

Senator Uche Ekwunife Campaign Organisation, yesterday, threatened legal action against the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh in the scheduled fresh senatorial election for Anambra Central zone should he fail to refrain from alleged malicious, libelous and sensational statements against its candidate, Senator Uche Ekwunife of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

FOUR days after he was declared winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election, Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his running mate, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rted), yesterday received certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.