Ogaga Ifowodo, lawyer, columnist, poet, and rights activist, is not new to poetry. His poems have been published in a number of anthologies and magazines.

Akure—AFTER serving a 21-year jail term for robbery in Osun State, 64-year-old Ajibola Aliu has again been arrested by Police detectives in Ondo State for the same offence.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has strengthened the Rivers State Police Command with four Armoured Personnel Careers, APCs, to rid federal highways linking the state of criminals.

Former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has called on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and others, who left the party for one reason or the other, to return home to PDP.

The people of Asaba and environs in Delta State, on the platform of Asaba October 7 Memorial Group, have concluded plans to mark the 50th anniversary of 1967 Asaba killings.

PZ Cusson Nigeria Plc has announced N3.69 billion profit after tax for its financial year ended May 31, 2017, representing 73.2 per cent increase over N2.13 billion posted in 2016.

As investors get hooked to the investment outlook for the rest of the year, some analysts’ positions would be coming handy, especially as rebalancing and bargain hunting takes center stage in the Nigerian Stock Exchange. One of the key stocks to watch is the United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA. The stock may have done very well so far this year at the backdrop of its first quarter and first half 2017 results, but like all other stocks in the banking sector investors have started swinging on what the future holds in both short term and medium term.

MAKURDI—Over 20 villages have been reportedly submerged by flood in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State after eight hours of downpour that also washed away several farmlands in the area.

CHAIRMAN of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in Eket, Dr. David Udo, has filed a N500 million suit against Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Onofiok Luke, alleging an assault on Obot Idim Ibesikpo Road, Akwa Ibom State.

The management of FSDH Merchant Bank said that Advanced Finance and Investment Group (AFIG Funds), a leading African private equity fund manager has completed an investment in the bank through the Atlantic Coast Regional Fund (ACRF).