LAST week, three surprising climb-downs took place.  Firstly, Adamawa-North lawmaker, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator, Elisha Abbo – a Christian – was filmed viciously assaulting a sales lady in a sex toy shop that he happened to be visiting and instructing his police orderly to aggressively yank the sales lady out of her place of work. 

IT must have come as a shock to many Nigerians when the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police revealed, weekend, that it combed the city and arrested no less than 87 suspects, including three Boko Haram commanders and others paraded for armed robbery, kidnapping, theft and banditry.

Dr. Kunle Olajide, Secretary-General, Yoruba Council of Elders and the Aare of Efon Kingdom, in this interview with Vanguard, described his purported suspension as a huge joke. He also explains why the South-West is currently being pummeled by security challenges. Excerpts:

ONE of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Amb. Godknows Igali, in an interview with Vanguard spoke among others on how he will consolidate on the achievements of Governor Seriake Dickson, if elected.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited the leader of Biafra Independence Movement BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to its Owerri office for “a meeting with the State Director.”