Edo State is reputed to be the heart beat of the nation and very influential in national politics. I do not know how to categorise it now, but after the Ogbemudia administrative era, successive military administrations so messed up the place that criminal elements, including the Aninis of this world, held sway for some time.

ENUGU—BOARD Chairman of Enugu State Universal Basic Education, ENSUBEB, Mr. Ikeje Asogwa, yesterday said that only the best brains will be recruited by the board in the ongoing primary school teachers’ recruitment exercise.

WARRI—FEAR has gripped residents of Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, as hundreds have relocated following the deployment of soldiers, who shot randomly in the area, weekend.

MAKURDI—Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, yesterday, awarded scholarships to over 2,100 students of higher institutions from the three senatorial zones of Benue State for the 2015/2016 academic session.

ABAKALIKI—EBONYI State government in collaboration with The Carter Centre, TCC, has trained 687 school teachers and treated over 435,676 school age children with prazinquatel in 687 schools across seven local government areas of the state.