Emotions ran high, yesterday, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa Bayelsa State, as the remains of 11 out of the 12 policemen killed last Friday were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, yesterday, expressed concern over the quality of judgments emanating from various courts in the country, insisting that public confidence and trust in the judiciary has nosedived.

Islamic sect, Boko Haram has said that the Shura Council, the highest decision-making organ of the sect led by Imam Abubakar Ibn Shekau, which has the power to decide whether the sect will accept the offer of amnesty being planned by the Federal Government is yet to take a decision on the offer even as another faction of the sect has publicly rejected the amnesty saying the group did not ask for it.

Let me begin by appreciating my good friend, in-law and compatriot, Uncle Sam Amuka, easily called Uncle Sam, the Publisher of the Vanguard titles on whose ,invitation I am here today. Looking back at those good old days like a series of snapshots in an album, with different phases and faces in our journey through life, one cannot but thank God for the successes we have recorded in our various undertakings, I make bold to say that Uncle Sam is that ,uncommon Nigerian who understands the nexus between media and power, and the value and virtue of good friendship. I deeply cherish this association. May the Almighty God continue to grant you strength and wisdom as you age gracefully.

At a colourful Vanguard Personality of the Year Award ceremony, held yesterday in Lagos, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, stirred fresh controversy when he admonished Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to seek higher office.