THE Ogun State Police Command in collaboration with members of Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, in the state said it has launched a manhunt for the killers of a traditional ruler, Oba Patrick Fasinu, the Olowo of Owo in Yewa South Local Government Area of the state.

Abuja—Police Special Forces under Operation Absolute Sanity have arrested another batch of 40 kidnappers and armed robbers terrorizing motorists on the Abuja-Kaduna road.

THE Director General of Small Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Umaru Dikko Radda, yesterday said that digital marketing holds the key to the development of the nation’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME, sub-sector.

THE Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Transition Committee in Anambra state, Chief Raphael Asha Nnabuife, has reaffirmed that election must hold in the state as scheduled on November 18, this year, despite insinuations by some pro-Biafran groups that it would not hold.

SENATOR Mao Ohuabunwa, representing Abia North at the National Assembly, has said that Nigeria cannot move forward without devolution of power.

IN line with the Oyo State government’s determination to overhaul the healthcare system for effective service delivery, stakeholders in the health sector, including captains of industries have partnered the state government in realisation of the N50 billion endowment fund target.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to work hard to ensure that all elections reflect the will of the people.

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday, requested for two additional Police Area Commands, saying they would go a long way in tackling the nefarious activities of criminally minded persons once and for all. Ambode, who made the request when the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said the additional Area Commands, if granted, would be set up in Ikorodu and Badagry, assuring that the State Government was ready to provide the funds to set them up.

KATSINA—A mother, Hassana Sabiu and her daughter, Qamariya Ismail, who allegedly threw a new born baby girl delivered by the later in dust bin, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command.

The leadership of African Bar Association, AFBA, has assured participants in its 2017 Annual General Conference, scheduled for August 6 to 10 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, of a world-class international conference, with the immediate past President of the Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Jakaya Kikwete, as Keynote Speaker.

After years of foot-dragging, the US State Department has finally approved a $593 million sale to Nigeria of A-29 Super Tucano attack planes with associated parts, training, facilities and weapons.

PDP aspirant, Dr. Alex Obiogbolu, has further expressed confidence in winning the ticket of the party if the primaries are conducted fairly even as he described the experience of picking the nomination form of the party at the National Secretariat as a homecoming for him.

lagos—Civil Society Organisations, NGOs and concerned individuals, on the platform of Alliance Against Domestic Violence & Abuse, AADVA, yesterday, stormed the office of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, protesting the rising cases of sexual abuse of children, including babies, in Lagos.

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan, has applauded Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his administration’s giant strides in uplifting the well-being of Nigerian women and children in the state, saying that the Federal Government is impressed with the commitment.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, led other prominent Nigerians and politicians to the special Fidau Prayer for the late mother of the Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, Alhaja Saratu Aregbesola, in Ilesa.