TODAY marks another major era in the life of Edo State as the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN-led administration clocks three years with remarkable achievements to show for the mandate given by the electorate to a party that has the common good of all at heart.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that inflation rate stood at 10.5 per cent in October.

As the celebration of the 54th anniversary of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, entered its second day on Tuesday, residents of the city shunned the free public screening for HIV/AIDS held at Bodija Market.

Pope Benedict XVI travels to Benin on Friday for a physically demanding three-day trip amid concerns among observers that the pontiff’s busy workload may be damaging his health.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said the visit of the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Alain Juppe, to Kano, last Saturday, as well as the trip of Ambassador Jean-Michel Dumond to Kebbi and Sokoto States had proved that Nigeria is a safe country to visit.

As negotiations on the controversial London route continues between the Federal Government and its British counterpart, the Nigerian authorities have rejected offers put forward by the latter, including a 20% reduction in the price of the lowest business class ticket to London.

A 10-year-old girl (names withheld) weekend, set herself ablaze in Ughelli metroplolis, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.

CHIEF Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday, abolished the plea bargain procedure hitherto employed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, in settling high profile cases of corruption out of court.

SENATORS returning from the Eid-el-Kabir holidays were, yesterday, in angry mood with President Goodluck Jonathan over the security situation in the country lamenting what they described as his inability to protect lives and property.

The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday carpeted former international winger, Segun Odegbami for his crude attacks and ill-wishes for Nigeria football, assuring him that Nigeria football will rise gradually to its best ever height despite his prophecies of doom and despicable comments.

ABUJA-A Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday, ordered the Federal Government to pay the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, N1 million for deliberately refusing to renew his international passport in 2009.

LAGOS-State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Lagos of the Nigerian Police, has charged an Ecobank Nigeria Plc., Customer Services Manager, Mrs Tosin Lawal and her husband, Michael before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly stealing the sum of N209 million.

ABUJA – MIXED reactions, Tuesday, trailed the national awards to 365 Nigerians as some of the recipients said the entire process was a clear manifestation of incompetence on the part of the committee saddled with that responsibility.

ABUJA-Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has declared that the high trend of burden of disease and premature deaths in the country was unacceptable.