THE Chairman of Northern Nigeria Governors Forum, NNGF, and governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, yesterday, called on Nigerians to disregard the rumors of a likely military coup in the country.

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will be two years in office on Monday, May 29. It came to power with a vow to effect radical changes in the governance of the country. APC, the party in government, among other things, made promises on Security, fight against corruption and the economy, especially job creation. Two years down the line, how has the government fared on its cardinal agenda? And what is the perception of the elite and common people on on the government?

One of the events lined-up for the grand finale of Lagos at 50 is a novelty boxing match between former Governor of Lagos, 63-year-old Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and 54-year-old former world heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield holding at Eko Atlantic today.

The Police Force headquarters in Abuja has issued a warning to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) as well as the Movement for the Actualization for the Sovereign State of Biafra to desist from their planned protest and directive ordering the closure of markets in all eastern states of the federation and others on May 30,2017.

The title of the newspaper advertisement, announcing the funeral of the first wife of former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, simply read: “Our matriarch transits”.