UYO- Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has charged monarchs in the country to play their roles to stamp out violent crime, bombings and kidnappings in their domains.

THERE was total compliance with a warning strike directed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as its members in the University of Ibadan Monday withdrew their services.

The UN Security Council on Monday held its first talks on the historic Palestinian bid for UN membership amidst frenzied lobbying for and against the application.

AS the tenure of Professor Oladipo Afolabi expires as the Head of Service of the Federation, HOSF, on thursday following his attainment of the mandatory 35 years in the civil service, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday named Alhaji Ingawa Bellow Sali as his replacement.

A Catholic Priest in Delta, Rev Fr Buchi Aninye, has decried the rising level of poverty in the country, saying that the prevailing situation was worrisome, 51 years after the nations’ independence.