IN a move to curtail the excesses of the deadly group, Boko Haram, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate re-activation of 22 border security posts across its four contiguous neighbours.

FIve members of a notorious robbery gang that have been terrorizing residents of Ajangbadi and it’s environ for a long time, were last week, arrested by anti-robbery policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa Police Station recovering arms and ammunition.

SURE it sounds bizzare that anyone who is trying to lose weight is being asked to “eat more”, but that is the way to go! The suggestion is for you to eat a lot of “little meals” with fewer calories rather than less of “larger meals” with more calories.

Former Nigeria captain Austin Okocha has asked ex-players and others to stay away from the Super Eagles dressing-room during matches.

BENIN- National/ State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, Edo State, ended its primary assignment in the state, weekend, when it upheld the election of Deputy Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Festus Ebea representing Esan South-East Constituency, as winner of the April 24 election.

Gabriel Danson Bassey, 26, an indigene of Ikot Ekwere Ubium, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area was a professional welder and lived at No 33 Akpa Ube Street, Uyo. On August 9, 2011, the young man felt he deserved some rest and fun, and so went out to relax with some friends at a joint in Uyo.

HOMICIDE detectives at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba are currently investigating the death of a middle-aged man who was stabbed to death during a fight at Oniru Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Creativity has been lagging in the advertising industry, particularly in Nigeria, this reason has been advanced as responsible for not any Nigeria company being able to win the Cannes award, a yearly advertising festival award that holds in France.

eTranzact International Plc has introduced a number of products aimed at facilitating the Central Bank of Nigeria’s CBN’s, soon-to-be-introduced cashless policy.

The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony J.V. Obinna, has appealed to Imo State government to extend the benefits of free education to children in mission schools to minimize or eliminate the fees paid by parents in such institutions.

Big banks and financial institutions seen as systemically important or deemed ‘too important to fail’, will henceforth, be made to set aside certain amount on an annual basis to guide against the effect of their failure on the economy, says the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC.

Ogun State government has resolved the controversy surrounding the signing of the Deeds of Assignment by occupiers of the Laderin Workers’ Estate, Abeokuta. The government has agreed to make available new deed documents, which will serve as the title document for the occupiers after they must have made full payment for the houses.

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, NIBSS, said it cleared cheques valued at N8.20 trillion between July 2010 and June 2011.

Counsel to Nigerian comedy actor, Babatunde Omidina, commonly called Baba Suwe, Mr Bamidele Aturu, yesterday, said his client has no case with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, vowing to fight the abuse of his client’s fundamental rights.

Hi Readers! As we sat waiting for the others to join us in the restaurant, I brought up again the issue of entering through the kitchen and what other diners might have been thinking as they saw us access the dining area from there. I told Tayo that ladies of class like us shouldn’t have done such a thing.