The “bandits” that had held Zamfara State by the jugular have spread their mayhem into adjoining Niger, Kaduna and Katsina states, and the fringes of Sokoto State, though the Army insists they are fleeing from the ongoing “Operation Scorpion Sting III” in Zamfara State.

THE death of the Military Governor of the defunct Mid-Western Region and one-time Chief of Army Staff, Major General David Akpode Ejoor, represents a further depletion of Nigeria’s first generation military officers who were active participants in the events that shaped the country’s slowly evolving nationhood.

TO commemorate the Workers’ Day, the Lagos State Government on May 1, 2019 launched new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative, BRI, on five major routes. Mr. Timi Olajide of the Lagos Bus Services Limited, operator of the buses, had disclosed that the 5,000 buses planned for the initiative will aid Lagos residents to plan their journeys. They will also provide comfort and safety for commuters.

THE recently concluded Easter season witnessed unusual developments in the highly charged political atmosphere of Rivers State when the two main political “warlords” lifted what appeared as olive branches for the peaceful coexistence and development of the state. On Wednesday, April 12, 2019, Governor Nyesom Wike and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in […]

WITH the signing into law of the National Minimum Wage Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, the nation is likely to be challenged by a lot of industrial hiccups, especially at the state and private sector levels. The Federal Government, with the lion’s share of the national revenue formula and flexible ways and means at its disposal, can cope better.