After 24 days in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, an Ikeja High Court, Friday ordered the release of popular comedian, Mr. Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe by the agency.

Several explosions Friday ripped through Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, which has been a target of attacks by an Islamist sect, residents said.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez threw his weight behind striker Victor Moses’ decision to play for Nigeria despite representing England at junior level.

Gunmen have shot dead a soldier in the northeastern city of Maiduguri where the military this week embarked on an arms mop-up exercise to curb attacks by radical Islamists, police said Friday.

Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive.

South Africa’s defence secretary and air force chief have tendered their resignations after the country’s deputy president had to cancel a trip to Finland over airplane troubles, a report said Friday.

The lawyer of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Mr. Farid Al-Deeb, has admitted that Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal have assets worth 340 million dollars in Switzerland.

The embattled Yoruba actor/comedian, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, who has been under the custody of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for alleged drug trafficking was Friday morning released by the agency

THAT’S not all the LNG boys have done – not by a long shot. If you have doubts, ask the people of Abua, Ekpeye, Ogba, Ikwere, Okrika and Kalabari towns, here in Rivers State, where the company has built schools and supplied educational materials, including desks or the hospitals and equipment they have been running.

The Federal Government, yesterday, ordered all federal hospitals nationwide to commence immediate reduction in the prices charged cancer patients during screening.

A full doping control will be carried out during the 7th Obudu international mountain race and the 3rd African Nations mountain running champioships which hold on the 28 of this month at the Obudu Ranch Resort.

Britain, Colombia and France announced Thursday that they will abstain in any vote on full Palestinian membership of the United Nations, diplomats said.

There appears to be no reprieve for British Airways yet as the Federal Government has taken steps to restrict all British Airways flights to Lagos from next week.

Senate President, Senator David Mark, yesterday, recommended mass sack for officials of government agencies that have failed to present their audited accounts to the National Assembly for vetting.

The Federal Government has dispelled speculations in some quarters that it was reluctant to implement the Freedom of Information Act.