The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State, Alh. Abdulganiyu Kola Egunjobi, was at Agege Stadium on Sunday to mobilise mass home support for MFM against Gombe United in the week 35 of the Nigerian Professional Football League.

TOO many things happened in the last few days that seem to cast doubt over the professional and operational integrity of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Yes, the hard-earned reputation of our cherished armed forces in environment of hostilities has suddenly taken unbelievable nose-diving into what looks to us “bloody civilians” at least, abyss of opprobrium. Mentioning just a few of these happenings would suffice here. By the way, it is all about this Boko Haram war.

KATSINA—THE Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, has described circumstance surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill health as a result of his fight against corruption.

It is hypocrisy for public office holders not to honour agreements freely entered into by Unions (and this include other Unions) particularly those claiming to be better than the PDP government

The Cross River State Police Command, weekend, smashed a kidnap syndicate that specialises in kidnapping high profile civil servants and other businessmen in the state.

Two  Igbo pressure groups,  Igbo Peoples Congress and Igbo Aborigenes, have called on the leadershhip of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, to first put their searchlight on the political leadership in Igboland, which has been pauperizing Igbo over the years before blaming the North or other Nigerians for the Igbo woes.

The Kogi State Government has been reported to be working round the clock to avert further loss of lives in Yagba West Local Government Area of the state over an epidemic which medical scientists are still examining.

Crisis is brewing in Onitsha Main Market over an alleged plan by the leadership of  the market to divert the N10 million Governor Willie Obiano gave the market to build a project that will affect the lives and welfare of the traders.

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South West leaders met in Lagos yesterday, to unfold plans for an upcoming Yoruba “Grand Rally on Restructuring”.

Tomorrow, August 22, 2017, will make 15 years, since the advocacy, ceaselessly canvassed in this column, for a payments reform, that would regenerate and rapidly propel inclusive economic growth, was presented to government.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to former acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has appealed to its members and supporters to remain calm and refrain from further legal action of any sort against the party.

Colonel Tony Nyiam (retd) a principal actor in the failed Major Gideon Orkar led coup against the military regime of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in 1990, has slammed southern stake holders in the ruling APC, especially former governor of Lagos and current Minister of Works, Power and Housing Babatunde Fashola, for behaving like surrogates, while praising Ambode for his efforts in the region.

BOMADI—THE right hand of a suspected cult member was, yesterday, chopped off, following a clash between two rival cult gangs at Tuomo community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.

The industry is still very young; some have foreign body assisting them in terms of funding. This business needs funding. N2 billion to N20 billion is quite a huge difference and the kind of business that an association can do with N2 billion, N20 million cannot do it. Size also matters in this business. If you also observe, the big names that control 40 percent of industry total assets also have foreign partners behind them, so to access funding is very easy.