The dominance of Egypt in the boys singles of the ITTF African Junior and Cadet Championship was thwarted by Nigeria as Azeez Solanke won both the junior boys’ singles title and partnering Jamiu Ayanwale to claim the junior boys doubles gold.

OVER half the states in the North are enveloped by anarchism. States in the North East have for about a decade now been under constant Boko Haram terrorist attacks. Inhabitants of states in the Middle Belt face genocide, while Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna and  Katsina states are practically being overrun by bandits. But Zamfara State, where over 3,000 have been killed and  about five hundred villages laid waste, has taken centre stage. The bandits who occupy villages and towns, kidnapping, killing and rustling cattle, have made it virtually impossible for many farmers to go to their farms.

Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Free Zone (LADOL), a private indigenous free zone in Nigeria, situated inside the Port of Lagos, has expressed regret over the shooting incident that occurred last Tuesday at the ports.

Second Republic Politician and lawyer, Chief Guy Ikokwu, 81, is not happy with Nigeria’s development path and wants an urgent action to stop the country from sliding into what he called irredeemable trajectory, which will lead to dismemberment. With good governance system, civility, education and technology, Ikokwu, who argued that Nigeria is still in recession, said the country will start growing at six to seven per cent per annum. In this interview with Vanguard, he among others, said that Nigeria does not need a full time legislature and cannot afford the humongous severance package for non-returning members of the National Assembly.

LAGOS—AS part of moves to rid the state of traffic nuisances, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Taskforce) Unit and  Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, at the weekend, commenced operation to dislodge illegal trading on road set-backs and walk-ways across the state.