I know there are those who hope to get crumbs from the wealth Morocco is flaunting, but as we say in Nigeria, because you want to eat beef does not make you address and treat the cow as your elder brother

Goverment Secondary School, Minna, Niger state and St. Jude Girls Secondary School, Amarata, Bayelsa state have emerged the champions of the 2017 edition of the Nestle Milo Secondary School, Basketball Championships which ended yesterday in Lagos.

With the kick-start of 2017 budget implementation, the Lead Partner, Deloitte West Africa, Mr. Yomi Olugbenro, has called on the Federal Government to take step to increase capital expenditure to a minimum of 50 per cent of aggregate expenditure in the national budget.

When I wrote on the high expectations over 2017 Hajj, I was just trying to prophesy from experience the nitty-gritty that has over the years controlled the fares paid by Nigerian pilgrims for their holy journeys to Makkah. May be it did not attract the attention of the authorities or the public because that was before the announcement of the 2017 Hajj fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) early June this year. It is interesting to note that Hajj management in Nigeria has been turned around and that going to Hajj has become as easy as any other international journeys, except for the stresses from the tedious movements to attain the spiritual upliftment while in the holy sites.

NO fewer than eight buildings, vehicles, motorcycles and household items were among properties swept away on Tuesday, June 20, during a six-hour downpour in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Several parts of the city were also submerged.Though no lives were reported lost, the flood destroyed valuables worth millions of Naira as the torrential rain which lasted between the hours of 3:00 and 9:00am will go down as one of the worst in recent times.

As pointed out by Jacky, “the auto policy has reeled in some appreciable gains bringing to the fore local production of automobiles in the country as many a new car sold in Nigeria today are locally assembled.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, demanded a return to the old curriculum on religious knowledge, saying Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, was bent on imposing Islamic hegemony through the new curriculum being spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Education.

BENIN—WORRIED by the incessant raping and killing of women at their farms by suspected herdsmen in Edo State communities, Governor Godwin Obaseki of the state has ordered security agencies in the state to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

Abuja—Some delegates of the Presidential Amnesty programme have been honoured with the International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, IITH, fellowship at the completion of their one month training in the institute.

lagos—Security has been beefed up at the Lagos State Model College Igbonla, in Epe area of the state, where six Senior Secondary School students were abducted on May 24.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that elections will be boycotted in the South East states, starting with the Anambra State gubernatorial elections scheduled for November 18, if the Federal Government fails to hold referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra.

The naira yesterday remained stable at N364 per dollar in the parallel market.

A team of Ghanaian maritime experts visited the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, LADOL, Base to under study its operations with a view to knowing the challenges in managing such facilities.

LOKOJA—THE Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State has debunked report that the council owes its workers 15-month salary arrears.

THE Glo premium show, Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour, will berth in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Sunday, with super stars, such as Olamide, Flavour and Kiss Daniel, expected to thrill guests.