Mr Shehu Bankole-Hameed, author, politician is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bankole-Hameed, a member of the Lagos Forum in this interview, lampoons former governors and their deputies who receive pension from the state coffers.

NIGERIAN music legend, King Sunny Ade, KSA, received a brand new Mercedes GLK 450 and N10million from US-based fan in appreciation of his outstanding contributions towards the development of African music.

Serena Williams is on the cusp of making Grand Slam history, 19 years after her first appearance at the Australian Open — with only her greatest rival, sister Venus, able to stop her.

ABEOKUTA—Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 65-year-old man, Alosuposo Louis, a radio repairer, for allegedly raping two minors, aged 10 and eight years.

SAPELE—A man sustained injuries from a tear-gas canister fired by security operatives in Sapele yesterday, as residents staged another protest against epileptic power supply in the town, this time to the Ogorode Power Generation Plant.