Syrian security forces on Friday shot dead two civilians in separate incidents near the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.

It may sound like a fairy tale but some decades ago, stories were told about school children being slammed with all manner of punishment for speaking Igbo language in the classroom!

Heartland have asked Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha to reward them with houses as gifts if they beat Enyimba to win the Federation Cup Sunday.

BENIN-GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Thursday, at the Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGEs’ conference in Benin, said lack of democratic dividends for Nigerians was a great threat to the nation’s democracy.

THE bid by Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, to sack President Goodluck Jonathan from office, yesterday, suffered a major setback, following the refusal of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, to admit into evidence, election results from 35 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

ValuCard Nigeria Limited has been granted license by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to operate as Payment Terminal Service Provider, PTSP in Nigeria.

A police officer simply identified as Atama was, Thursday,, shot dead in a 30-minute bank robbery operations in Iwo, headquarters of Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State, while four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries.

The nation’s labour movement yesterday embarked on street march within Abuja to protest against the Federal Government’s privatization programme. Leaders of the two umbrella labour unions in the country later urged the National Assembly to ensure that those found to defrauded the nation during the privatization programme should be punished.

Running banker, Esther Obiekwe will on Sunday flex muscles in Berlin, Germany with world record holders Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie who lead a field of 40,963 runners at the Berlin marathon.