A mother and her daughter were among the three persons who, Wednesday, lost their lives in a ghastly road accident on Benin-Sapele Road in Benin, Edo State.

AKURE-A 65 years old father and his 24 years old son were amongst armed robbery suspects, kidnappers and fraudsters paraded by the Ondo State Police Command Wednesday.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last night made a dramatic U-turn to clear embattled Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipreye Sylva for next year’s guber polls. The rulling party’s change of heart followed plea on Sylva’s behalf by his fellow PDP governors to President Goodluck Jonathan to endorse the governor. Sylva’s clearance is expected to be announced this morning.

The naira, yesterday, firmed slightly against the U.S dollar on the interbank market after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and some oil firms sold the dollar directly to lenders to help lift the local currency, dealers said.

The legality and desirability of post-UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) screening seemed to be tearing apart major stake holders in the university system as senate committee on Education conducts investigation into the issue.

The fragile peace in the nation’s healthcare sector is currently being threatened by the ongoing strike by Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, AMLSN, as other health professional bodies, yesterday, joined in the industrial action.

IN spite of his frequent and vigorous declarations to the effect that he stands for the institution of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria, by his recent actions President Jonathan is in fact moving in the reverse direction by the speed of light.

The public presentation of the book, Petals of Mercy written by Patrick Kasie Nwachukwu, penultimate week, held at Centre for Management Development(CMD) Shangisha, Lagos. The occasion was marked with poetry performances taken from the author’s previous publication, a collection of poems titled, In the Dock.

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that about 500 containers belonging to federal and state government agencies have been abandoned at the ports.

Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, is likely to deliver judgment in the petition by governorship candidate of Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, Chief Great Ogboru, challenging the election of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Delay in payment of the N18,000 new minimum wage to civil servants in Bayelsa State has been blamed on the outcome of last month’s Federal Allocation Committee which was inconclusive.

CHRISTIANS in the 19 northern states have dissociated themselves from the purported vote of no confidence on the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, saying that the said Concerned Christians in the North is a faceless group of individuals being used by enemies of the Church.

Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi has annulled the election of Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terhemen Tarzoor, due to alleged irregularities and declared the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, candidate in the election, Mr Avine Agbom, as winner.

Where could mama be? Who could have done this to a helpless old woman? These are questions currently begging for an urgent reply, following the sudden disappearance of a 75-year-old woman, Mrs Juliana Oyewande Oyeyinka at the Federal Secretariat, Ikoloba, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

HIV/AIDS,tuberculosis and malaria have caused more than five million deaths per year and represent one of the world’s major public health challenges as we move into the second decade of the 21st century.