The death toll on our roads is the result of a monumental performance deficit at every level

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, yesterday attended a session conducted in Yoruba by the Lagos State House of Assembly and thereafter commended the members for promoting the language and culture.

MR Taofik Gani is the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State. In this interview, he takes a swipe at the All Progressives Congress led government in the state for failing to conduct council elections. Among other issues, the party’s spokesperson kicked against the appointment of sole administrators to oversee activities at the council level.

Strong family ties built on the teachings of Quran and Sunnah provide the necessary foundation for a happy and joyous home and in turn contribute to the overall health of a society. On the other hand, members of a troubled families struggle to maintain calm within and watch helplessly as day to day troubles tarnish and strain their relationships, and as a result grapple with daily stress in lives.

THE collaboration between the Nigerian Navy and Ocean Marine Services, OMS, in the operation of the Secured Anchorage Area, SAA, has led to the reduction of piracy, sea robbery in the Lagos anchorage area.

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the manner President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State handled the killings in Southern Kaduna.

Set Top Box Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, STBMAN, has called on the Federal Government to caution broadcast signal distributor, Pinnacle Communications, over utterances on challenges being experienced in the recently-concluded digital switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting for Abuja residents.

THE Foundation for Human Rights and Anti- Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, and Niger Delta Progressive Youth Leaders Council, NDPYLC, have asked the Federal Government to use the confidence-building visit of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and his team to Niger Delta, next week, to tie up its development plan to address the neglect of the region once and for all.

Three months after President Muhammadu Buhari sent names of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation, the President, yesterday, resent the list.

The Supreme Court, yesterday, upheld the appeal by the Lagos State Government, against the discharge and acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

WORKERS of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), are currently groaning over non-payment of the balance of their dress allowance.

LOKOJA—The families of a renowned photographer in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, Aminu Yakubu, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, have cried to the police to rescue him from the hands of the kidnappers.

KIA Motors stole the spotlight with the world debut of the all-new 2018 Kia Stinger (hereafter Stinger) at the North American International Auto Show. The event dominated by introduction of products from North American companies could not dwarf the new Kia Sport Sedan.

ABIA State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the Federal Government to probe how funds allocated to the state from 1999 to 2015 were utilized.

INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that members of the National Assembly were advocating the increment of their budgetary allocation in 2017 to N150 billion against the N115billion that was budgeted last year.