Abuja —Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai, yesterday, said that scores of officers and soldiers who protested violently at Maiduguri airport, Borno State, over deployment to new locations in the North-East, have been arrested, adding that they had been investigated and will face military justice

WARRI—A militant group, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, which previously called off hostilities, yesterday, said it was back to the trenches over the fresh repudiation of restructuring by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at a forum in the United States of America. 

ASABA—DELTA State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday evening, said it remained strong and indivisible, insisting that it shall continue to forge ahead with preparation for the 2019 general election, notwithstanding  former  Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s defection to All Progressives Congress, APC.

Like King said, where do we all stand today? In 2015 when BH was our problem, when it was not safe to walk the streets. At a time that it was not safe to go to our mosques even in the City Center of Kano at Sarkin Kano’s Palace we all stood for Change. In 1999, after decades of overbearing military rule and the despotism of its absolutist rule had all but suffocated Nigeria we all rallied for elective democracy. We were all forced to accept the contrivance of power shift to Yorubaland for the deliberate personal mistakes of the military lords of the day.

“Music House,” which the owners valued at about N800 million, housed a radio station, Fresh FM, music studios and other business outfits. According to the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun, government took the action because the proprietor of the complex failed to submit the approved plan/permit for the building as demanded by the OYSG in a letter dated 18th August 2017.

Lagos—The Police, yesterday, arraigned 57 young men between the ages of 20 and 33 before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly engaging in homosexuality.

WITH the defection of Governor Aminu Tambuwal from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, political permutations of who becomes the next governor of the state have become more open. It is left to the elite of Sokoto State, leaders of the APC in the state and at the national level, to look keenly in choosing a candidate to lead the state in the next elections. In doing so, equity, loyalty, experience, skills and academic laurels should be paramount in who qualifies to wear the crown.

ABUJA—Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, yesterday, said it was perturbed by the increased cases of unlawful arrest of journalists and other Nigerians, even as it commended effort to restructure Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers who converged on Abuja on Sunday for this year’s Bar conference may find themselves discussing something other than transition, transformation and sustainable institutions, which the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) had previously advertised. 

The greatest threat to national security and the national interest is a President that cannot appreciate the sanctity of the rule of law and the sacrosanct nature of the constitution.