On the health portfolio, the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, said: First, the President should choose somebody who has familiarity with healthcare because it is always better for somebody who has familiarity with the subject matter he or she is superintending. Again, the minister should be somebody who has an understanding of how a large sector as healthcare can be managed and directed, somebody who has a wide spectrum of experience in managing people and resources.

A retired Assistant Inspector General, AIG, of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, says so long as there is no proper sharing of information among security agencies, the rivalry would remain a regular occurrence.

A 25-year old man, Mr. Kingsley Onaro, who was arrested by men of the Delta State Police Command, has revealed how one Rita Ifeanyi, an agent with the state licensing office, had been issuing fake documents for stolen motorcycles.

Three persons have been reportedly washed away by flood after an early morning   downpour in Minna, Niger State yesterday.

An Abuja pastor, Isaac Pada, has petitioned the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police over the alleged abduction of his wife, Precious, and four  children, Pearl, 8, Pathnel, 6, Pamebelo, 3 and Peace, 7 months, from their Aleyita, Abuja Municipal Area Council home on the 30th  of last month.

Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has restated that movement of tricycles from 8pm across the state remains an offence liable for prosecution.

A traditional ruler, Chief Tersoo Mbagir, and 30 others, including mourners, were feared dead in a bloody weekend attack on Tongov village close to Amaafu town and Mbasar Gasema community in Katsian/Ala local government area of Benue State.

The Chairman of the Enugu State sectoral ad-hoc committee on Finance, Review of Internally Generated Revenue and International Development Partners’ Funding, Prof. Godwin Owoh, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the innovation and far-reaching reforms his administration introduced in the State Internal Revenue Service, which, he said, was responsible for the impressive increase in its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

A retired Police Commissioner, who served in Lagos State among others, Abubakar Tsav, in this interview, traces the rivalry between the Army and police to military rule, saying the powers of the police were appropriated by the military after the January 15, 1966 coup. He also offers solutions to the age-long bitterness between the two security agencies.

Nigeria has a deficit of 24.7 million prepaid meters as electricity consumers continue to receive estimated bills from distribution companies in spite of epileptic power supply, Chief Executive Officer of Metering Solutions Manufacturing Services Limited, Adebisi Adeniyi, has said.