Syria’s new opposition chief met Saturday with French President Francois Hollande for talks on protection of “liberated” zones, refugees and how to form a provisional government for the war-torn state.

THE Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield (Sector 2) in Rivers State has accused oil multinationals of frustrating the force’s effort at checking continued oil theft and illegal bunkering in the operating environment.

The beat of drums of war in Mali has reached unprecedented crescendo. Hence, Nigeria and other ECOWAS member states last week arrived at a consensus to dispatch no fewer than 3,300 soldiers to help recapture the northern part of that country overran by Islamist fundamentalists.

The story of the Ph.D holders applying as drivers in Dangote Group of Companies, is one of the harsh realities starring us in the face as a nation. Many believe it is a mockery of our system and a barrier to our development as young, energetic men and women, in the prime of their lives are left to roam the streets in search for jobs.

DISTURBED by the maltreatment, violence and rape of Bakassi people by Cameroonian gendarmes and the failure of Cameroon to observe the Green tree agreement (GTA) Bakassi indigenes, lawmakers and other stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to file a fresh case to recover the Peninsula.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, yesterday, disclosed that the challenges of a second term in office are higher, therefore disclosed his resolve to inject “new blood” as he reconstitutes a new cabinet.

The words ‘youth’ and ‘restiveness’ have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems to have taken on a life of its own. In the last decade and more there has been a proliferation of cases all over the country and indeed the world, of youth agitations which have tons of people dead and valuable infrastructure as well as personal properties lost and destroyed.

Emotions will run high today, as Chelsea clash with West Brom in a Premier League match at The Hawthorns.

Former First lady, Mrs Maryam Abacha, yesterday stole the show , at the launch of a book written by her former Military press secretary, Colonel John Adache (rtd).

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of suffering from deep paranoia over the ongoing merger talks involving key opposition parties, including the CPC, as well as other progressive forces in the country.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday advised President Goodluck Jonathan against further increases in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, warning that such increases would collapse the government.

AT LEAST150 graduands of the Ughelli relief camp skills acquisition centre were yesterday, presented with starter packs worth over N3m by the Delta State Government.

With an estimated 60 million unemployed persons representing nearly one-third of the country’s population, human capacity development is being seriously endangered.

SUBCRIBERS of global system for mobile communication, weekend, enjoined the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to sanction mobile network operators who fails to improve on their services and lower their tariffs.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Ademola Oluwaseyi, has expressed delight at the way Nigerian students are excelling in Ghana University of Technology.