Five Persons Feared Dead as Civilian JTF Groups Fight for Territory

Nigerian JTF troops

About five persons were feared dead in a confrontation between two sets of youth vigilante groups in Borno State at the weekend, residents said Sunday. It was gathered that trouble started in Borno's town of Biu about 185 kilometres from the state capital Maiduguri, when the two groups confronted themselves in a claim of who should hunt for Boko Haram, in the territory.

Governor Fashola’s Father Dies

Mr. Ademola Fashola

Mr. Ademola Fashola, the father of Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is dead. He died on Monday morning, few days to his 80th birthday. Last year, he was flown to the United States for medical treatment in the heat of the Lagos doctors’ strike.

EXCLUSIVE: Lagos Catholic Archbishop Urge Police Personnel to Improve on Image

IG OF POLICE, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR 

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, His Grace,  Most Rev. Adewale Martins, weekend urged the Nigerian Police personnel to improve on their image by working according to the ethics of their profession.

The archbishop made this call during the inauguration of St. Anthony’s Police Catholic Chaplaincy, built by the officers and men of the police at Highway Patrol Barrack, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, under the leadership of the Parish Priest, Rev. Paul Omotosho, an Assistant Superintendent of Police.

EXCLUSIVE: Armed Robbery Gang Robs Police DC, Church in Lagos

LAGOS POLICE PRO, NGOZI BRAIDE 

A three-man armed robbery gang, Saturday stormed and allegedly raided the home of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shola Amore, at the Alakuko area of Lagos and carted away valuables.

Although Amore who was the immediate past Force Public Relations,  has been moved as the Deupty Commissioner of Police Administration, Zone 6, Calabar, his family still reside in their family home in Alakuko, where the armed robbers visited.

Security Forces Unveil Another Bombing Plot by Boko Haram Sect

SSS DG, ITA EKPEYONG 

Following the backlash of the unanticipated bomb blast that went off in Sabon Gari area of Kano, Monday, a joint intelligence report by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Police, have revealed that the end of bombings might not be in sight yet. 

This is just as security expert and President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON), Dr. Ona Ekhomu, lamented the alarming metastasizing of the Boko Haram sect, adding that the bombings in Kano showed that the threat is still grave and rippling.

Ouch! Presidency Describes Burahi, Tinubu, Others as Expired Yesterday's Men

Bola Tinubu 

The ripples of the registration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) continued as the Presidency Sunday described the new party as a combination of analogue and expired politicians that are driven by ambition and ethnic chauvinism.

It also said that the new party would be turn to pieces by the irreconcilable presidential ambitions of its expired and yesterday’s politicians. The presidency particularly listed Buhari, Akande, Tinubu and Tofa as expired yesterday men and by that I presume the PDP is the fresh today's men abi? I LAUGH IN SPANISH! More like the kettle calling the pot black. 

SIMON KOLAWOLE Speaks on the Lagos DEPORTATION SAGA

Simon Kolawole Live!: By Simon Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

The Lagos State government policy of relocating rehabilitated destitute persons to their states of origin is generating intense heat. Fourteen of them were recently sent back to Anambra State. Lagos said the rehabilitated persons had sought to be reunited with their families and the state had duly informed the Anambra State government without getting a conclusive response. The rationale behind the policy, if I’m correct, is to decongest Lagos of destitute persons and slums. However, the Nigerian federation is delicately poised and such a policy has more political implications than socio-economic benefits. I just hope things don’t get out of hand, with Anambra threatening to “retaliate”.

• Again, court denies Lloyd bail

Chidi Lloyd 

Also Friday, a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt once again refused to grant the detained Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, bail despite attempts by his counsel, Beluolisa Nwofor (SAN), to secure his release in absentia.

Lloyd, who was arraigned last Wednesday for the attempted murder of his colleague, Michael Chindah, was again remanded in police custody Friday following disagreement between the police and the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Worgu Boms, over who should prosecute the lawmaker.

Finally, Amaechi Opens Up on Problem with First Lady

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Dame P. Jonathan

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State Friday opened up on his misunderstanding with the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, over a number of issues in the state, saying that it arose out of his desire to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of Okrika, home town of the First Lady.

SIMON KOLAWOLE: Now that APC Has Been Registered

Simon Kolawole Live!: By Simon Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

You needed to feel my joy, last Wednesday, when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC). For me, it was a dream come true. No, I’m not a member of the APC. In fact, I am not a member of any political party. I am one Nigerian with no party affiliation - and I know there are millions of us in this category. At election times, I evaluate candidates and decide who to support. Sure, I have sympathy for small parties, but I am not one to believe that one party is better than the other. Nigerian politicians are essentially the same. Swap the name of one party for the other and you get the same characters. That is why politicians easily defect from party to party without battling with any ideological contradictions.