ABEOKUTA-Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has stressed the need for African countries to collaborate and pool resources to tackle the myriad of socio-economic challenges facing the continent.

LAGOS-A 70-year- old man and three others have been arraigned before a Surulere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for alleged cutting off the hand and leg of one Tajudeen Ogunbadejo with a machete.

ABUJA-Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has said the success of the last general elections in April, adjudged as free and fair ever held in the country, has made Nigeria a beautiful bride for foreign investments.

ABUJA-Worried by the high incidences of maternal mortality deaths in the country, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has spoken of Federal Government’s plans to introduce boat ambulances to serve the riverine communities in the country.

LAGOS— Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Citizen Awareness, CCJRCA and Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, are organising an International Conference on: “Challenges of Terrorism in the 21st Century Global Community” in response to a call by the Federal Government on stakeholders to assist in tackling the security challenges

ABUJA-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recounted the gains the country made at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Heads of States and Government (CHOGM), in Perth, Australia.

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh had an interactive session with journalist on the journey the Commission has undergone since its creation 50 years ago and how it intends to build a world class capital market

Indications emerged, weekend, that the Federal Government is insistent on reviewing the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, which currently confers advantage on the latter.

ENUGU—GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations to rededicate themselves to values and virtues that would promote tolerance, brotherhood and unity among all groups in the country.

Indigenous companies operating in the oil and gas sector have been asked to pay serious attention to the training and retraining of Nigerians in their employment to enable them acquire the necessary skills and expertise that will be crucial to the success of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act