IN the beginning….IT is an irony of fate that a region that, in many ways, pioneered tertiary education in Nigeria is now a subject of national ridicule due to a six-month old strike by lecturers in universities under the control of its five state governments.

“This is because there are a lot of able bodied young school leavers who are responsible for taking care of their families and they deserve the right to make legitimate income. But if they see that government is always seizing our goods, they will not want to take that risk. So a lot of them are taking to crime.”

Smuggling refers to the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a certain point, or across international borders, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. It is also defined as an act of importing or exporting goods illegally.

As the home based Super Eagles return to their various clubs for this weekend league matches, former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai says that the team’s last week training was just an introduction for the players to know Siasia’s strategy and style of play.

THE bail application filed by the embattled Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin who is currently being detained at the Agodi Prisons over alleged involvement in the killing of the ex-factional chairman of the national Union of Road Transport Workers, Oyo branch, Alhaji Lateef Salako will be heard today.