THE South Eastern polity was awash, yesterday, with condemnation for the planned deployment of combat-ready personnel for a special operation, code-named Egwu-Eke 11 (Python Dance 11) in the five states of the zone.

Mrs. Hannah’s pavilion at the 2017 AFAC Expo is filled with creatively tailored fabrics and necklaces made of beads as charming as her looks. She specializes in Senegalese brands.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos, Chief Amos Olayinka, has kicked against the calls for a return to regionalism, saying the idea, if considered, may take Nigeria backward.

A default judgment obtained against a property  in  Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State, is now creating tension as traders who occupy the affected buildings have cried foul over the  judgment which they claimed was  obtained without the knowledge of neither the owner of the property norn the shop owners in the property at 18, Awolowo Way, Ikeja.

Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, in coalition with nine other militant groups, last night, said it was too early for Nigerians to celebrate the Federal Government’s claim that the nation had come out of recession, promising to resume attacks that will further deepen the nation’s woes if urgent steps were not taken to address issues troubling the Niger Delta.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has vowed to stamp out residential robberies across the state through partnership with credible vigilant groups.

The Lagos State University, LASU, management has dismissed 17 academic and non-academic staff and demoted two others for allegedly falsifying their Senior Secondary School Certificates and manipulation of students’ results.

Tristate Healthcare System Limited has partnered  the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as part of its welfare programme for professionals across Nigeria and Africa.

Lagos — Arik Air Limited has filed a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the take-over of the airline.

The need for best practices in corporate governance in health sector institutions, particularly among the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).

This is not a joke. It is a real lion, not caged, not chained, not isolated. The lion first belonged to the former Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie, before the ex-top cop donated the lion to Katsina State government for keeps in the state museum.

The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, suffered their first defeat at the ongoing 2017 Afrobasket Championship yesterday.

THE Presidency, weekend, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will ensure the timely release of  ecological funds to states to address pressing challenges in their localities.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ,Ogun state command has warned against establishment of illegal private guards in the state, saying whoever wants to establish a private guard company should ensure it goes through the normal process.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, has named Mr. Babatunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, as a member of the International Experts Committee on Tax Matters.