MEN of the Imo State Police Command have arrested and paraded one Simeon Onigbo before the media claiming he is the Indigenous People of Biafra's (Ipob) bomb manufacturer responsible for making all the devices that have been causing mayhem lately.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been accused by the Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks (CNSCSN) of demoralising the nation’s anti-corruption agencies with his granting of amnesties to convicted looters.

ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham have stepped up their bid to sign Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi with the aim of prising him away from Bundesliga team Hertha Berlin during the summer transfer window.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] I am surprised that despite the hundreds of thousands of clergymen and millions of churches and mosques littered across Nigeria, nobody has been able to see the parallels between our current situation and the case of Cain and Abel. We should be analysing this interesting biblical myth and use it as a template to find solutions to our current woes

WORLD Bank officials have urged the Nigerian government to rethink its fuel subsidy regime as the policy is not only bleeding the treasury dry but also has the counter-productive effect of assisting the rich rather than the poor who it was designed to help.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told the chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) that the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is sheer criminal behaviour that has nothing to do with religion or ethnicity.

NIGERIA'S foreign reserves grew by $243.83m during the first 19 days of this month to $39.78bn as of at April 19 due to the rise in global crude oil prices that have ensured more revenue into the treasury.

SUPER Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis could leave English Premier League side Watford at the end of the season and join Leeds United as your Yorkshire giants are looking to strengthen their squad ahead of the next campaign.

ZAMFARA State government has sent 97 Muslim cleric to the lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia as part of its strategy to combat the incessant spare of kidnapping and banditry in the state in the hope that their prayers will help ameliorate the problem.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn

[2] Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive quarters shall be dissolved and incorporated into one of its neighbours