THE horror! The horror!” so might Kurtz, Joseph Conrad’s fictional character, have cried were he to come out of the pages of Heart of Darkness—that widely misunderstood but powerful anti-imperialist narrative—and witnessed the Rivers State legislative re-run elections eleven days ago.

A nine-year-old beggar, Bello Lawal, on Monday in Abuja, showcased his singing abilities, by performing for drivers and by-standers with his sonorous voice, as a means to raise money for himself and his family.

Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was kidnapped on Sunday in Kaduna, was found dead at 6p.m., yesterday, around Ajyaifa village in Kaduna.
Late Colonel Inusa was kidnapped by his abductors in the presence of his wife and children on their way from an outing. The abductors abandoned his wife and took him away.

Edo State Government has raised alarm over the 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.

Tension has gripped Ekiti state, as armed policemen from Abuja last night invaded the State to arrest Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders, top government officials and 11 members of the State House of Assembly with the allegation of stockpiling arms during the June 21, 2014 governorship election.