The Nigerian Army has it will soon launch Operation Crocodile Smile II in the South-West and South South regions of the country.

IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the recent proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by the South-East states’ governors, describing their action as unjustifiable.

LAGOS—Operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State Police Command, weekend, arrested five suspects for stealing 28 iron ballasts meant for rail lines in some parts of Lagos metropolis.

The Abia State Police Commissioner, Anthony Ogbizi, has said that with the proscription of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by governors in the South-East and its declaration as a terrorist group by Defence Headquarters, arrested IPOB members would be tried as terrorists and anybody found with Biafra materials would be arrested and prosecuted.

FEW measures taken by the Buhari administration in the bid to promote rapid economic growth, recovery and development can be compared with the recent announcement by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, that the Federal Government has set  up a committee on the possibilities of concessioning two foremost airports – the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja.

The economy of Kwara State cannot be insulated from the Nigerian economy.  We are all aware that the problems we are faced with have been with us over a long time.  We have over a long time depended on the crude oil driven economy. So any change in the price of crude oil will naturally affect the economy. In Kwara, things have been very tough as they’ve been across the country but we’ve brought certain levels of intervention through the medium and small scale enterprise funding windows where entrepreneurs, small traders access funds either under associations, groups or co-operatives.

President Buhari, while reminding the Ministers and CBN Governor that reviving the economy was one of the major planks on which the campaign of his party was based, expressed gladness that things were looking up after two years of serious work —Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York to join other world leaders for the one week 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events starting on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday said loading of products, including aviation fuel, would stop from today as affiliates of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, begin an indefinite strike.

ABUJA—Nigeria’s 2018 Appropriation Bill will be submitted to the National Assembly in October, Senator Ita Enang, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), gave the assurance when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, weekend.