SENATOR Dino Melaye has undoubtedly come a long way in the legislature. His four year stint in the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2011 is remembered for his boisterous conduct, first as a defender of Speaker Patricia Etteh and subsequently as an antagonist of Speaker Dimeji Bankole.

Edo Forum of Patriots, a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for agreeing to renew pipeline protection contracts in the Niger Delta, saying the decision has helped in dousing tension in the region.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has given a week ultimatum to the state’s Ministry of Health to complete installation of its state-of-the-art automated dialysis machine at the state’s General Hospital, Ilorin.

The world is “turning the tide” against Islamic extremism, Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday at the United Nations, declaring that global powers ultimately will triumph over a “bankrupt and odious ideology.

The man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in Wednesday’s deadly assault outside Britain’s parliament has been identified by police as 52-year-old former convict Khalid Masood.