Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF), who is also the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday reviewed socio-cultural developments in the North and lamented that the area “had opportunities to have done better for our people for the better part of Nigeria’s independence but we appeared to have squandered those opportunities.”

President Umaru Yar’Adua has assured that the religious crisis in Bauchi State would be contained in such a way that it would not spread to all parts of the country.

OGUN State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded a luxury bus loaded with imported textile materials, a lorry loaded with wood being taken out of the country and several other vehicles, even has it collected over N9billion in three months as revenue.

ccording to a statement by the leader of the group, Mr. Rommy Mom, the government must wake up to its responsibilities of ensuring the safety of lives and property of the people of the state describing his death as one too many in the state in recent time.

WIFE of the Senate President, Dr. Rosemarie Mark yesterday lamented the loss of her luggage, some money and a lap-top in Amsterdam, Netherlands, describing her experience in the hands of a gang within the international airport as painful.