FLORENCE Onyebuchi Emecheta, one of Nigeria’s most skilled novelists, passed away last month (January 25), aged 72, and was buried in London this week.

AHEAD of the planned 2018 census by the Federal Government, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has stressed the need to ensure that the planned census holds, saying it will help the Federal Government in its policy formulation and economic planning at this difficult period for the nation.

DELTA Security Network, an umbrella body of vigilante groups in Delta State, has opposed the recommendation of amnesty for Fulani herdsmen operating in various communities of the state.

Following the free fall of the Naira against the Dollar in the foreign exchange market, the National Economic Council, NEC, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to urgently review its foreign exchange policy.

FEW days after a tanker fire destroyed goods and property worth several millions of Naira at the Coconut Bus Stop in Olodi Apapa, Ajeromi Ifelodun area of Lagos, most of those affected are still in a daze as they contemplate the bleak prospect of having to start life all over from the scratch. The Sunday night fire which destroyed no fewer than 27 cars among other goods displayed by their owners for sale, was said to have been caused by petrol from a fallen tanker with registration number JTJ 422 YR.