The Benue state Police Commissioner, Bashir Makama in this interview spoke with Peter Duru the recent Zaki Biam massacre, Fulani insurgency in parts of the state and other sundry issues.

Lagos State will welcome the Queen’s Baton on April 1, Chairman of the Main Organising Committee for the Queen’s Baton arrival in Nigeria, Mrs Hauwa Kulu-Akinyemi announced yesterday.

AFTER one of our publications recently on how to manage the entrance to your home, it was discovered, from the feedback, that clustering the entrance with shoes and slippers happens mostly with Muslims because of their religion.

Madeira airport is set be officially renamed Cristiano Ronaldo Airport on Wednesday, despite opposition from local politicians.

THE fact was established that Ahmed Bola Tinubu, through very uncommon and legendary display of political wizardry, put together the All Progressives Congress, APC, almost single-handedly – a feat not too rampant in the annals of political parties formation in Nigeria. The only person who could be accommodated in the arena of this type of feat would be the late Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo.

Scores of aggrieved local government workers, who were recently sacked unceremoniously, peacefully protested in Owerri municipality yesterday.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has been urged to reward Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities of Udu and Warri South West Local Government Areas of the state both of whom have been at loggerheads over a lingering land dispute, with the implementation of the report of the peace process instituted by the state government.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has suffered a blow with the defection of some prominent leaders of the party to All Progressives Congress, APC.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari sits atop a government that is very divided. The administration is apparently in confusion with close members at war with one another.

THE Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, NACC, yesterday said that for Nigeria to prosper economically, the ease of doing business has to be improved.

Traders at Mile One Market Extension, Port Harcourt, whch was demolished by the Rivers State Government have begged the state government to compensate those whose goods were ruined during the demolition exercise.

AFRILAND Properties Plc, yesterday, secured shareholders approval to increase its authorised share capital to N686.95 million from N675 million through the creation of additional 23.90 million ordinary shares.

THE people of oil-rich Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have assured investors from Missouri American Energy, MOAN, who visited the area to explore the possibility of establishing a modular refinery, of adequate security.

President of the Nigeria Thoracic Society, NTS, Professor Etete Peters, has called on health professionals and allied bodies in the country to put more effort in educating members of the public on the ills of tuberculosis

One of the few states in Nigeria where things work has always been a victim of the short-sightedness of politicians in Abuja who fear an independent Lagos. They would rather it remained a big fish in a small pond than become a fully-fledged city-state with all the legal backing of such a concept which would enable further progress for all.