A three-year old girl identified as Imiefan Omokaro was on Thursday afternoon found dead in the toilet of her school, known as Kingdom Heritage Model School along Sapele road in Benin City.

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ABUJA- The  House of Representatives has directed  various security agencies in the country to close down the Kogi State House of Assembly until the release of  the report of its mediation Committee on the crisis rocking the Assembly.

For sometime now, commercial motorcycle operators are being hacked down by a special task force raised by the government to enforce the “no Okada on Lagos Highways’ Law. However, some of the riders narrated their ordeals to Saturday Vanguard

For okada riders in Lagos, the Governor Fashola has drawn the battle line as he eventually ordered enforcement of the law, banning commercial motorcycle operators from plying major highways.

Former General Officer Commanding, GOC, Third Division of the Nigerian Army and ex Minister of Communications, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, has called for an immediate declaration of a state of emergency in Borno State in view of the revelations involving the immediate past governor of the state and two serving senators over Boko Haram activities that have dragged the progress of Nigeria especially the Northern part of the country in the mud for over two years.He said Nigeria risks losing 19 States to Boko Haram.

In an apparent response to incessant complaints by subscribers over billing irregularities, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has directed all telecommunication operators in the country to provide instant SMS service to all phone users at the end of every call, and to provide full details of the cost of each call, and available balances to the subscriber.

A trip to the National Orthopedic hospital, Igbobi, Lagos will reveal a pathetic situation of victims of Okada accidents. Destinies altered as many on clutches cried in pain as a result of severe orthopedic injuries, while others with spinal cord injuries groan helplessly on wheel chairs.

A monumental fraud involving billions of naira meant for the rehabilitation of several Police dilapidated barracks across the country has been uncovered with a furious Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, setting up a Special Task Force at Force headquarters to unearth those behind the fraud.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, have decried the nation-wide scaricity of petrol and asked the Federal Government to remove the obstacles standing on the path of making petroleum products available to Nigerians.

The Special Task Force on governance and control of the petroleum sector yesterday recommended that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should be broken into several companies in order to ensure greater efficiency and transparency.

The general challenge experienced by virtually all states in the federation remains the undaunted task of how best to tackle security.

Chairman of Gabros Football Club, Chief Gabriel Chukwuma, has said that Super Eagles’ performance in the African Cup of Nations in South Africa next year will be dependent on the quality of players the chief coach, Stephen Keshi is able to assemble.

Communication, Innovation, Education & Development Consultant and Career Strategist as well as NIPR ACT Programme Administrator & Authorized Manager (Nigeria) of Oxford College of Marketing(UK), Peter Ogudoro in this interview opined that ban on Okada operators in the State is not well thought-out.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the state government is not hostile to the return of mission schools to their original owners but that some knotty issues must be resolved before that is done.

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, called on the chambers of commerce in the country to work closely with the National Competitiveness Council to improve Nigeria’s business environment.