Federal pensioners in Plateau are to embark on a three-day peaceful protest over the “rot in pension administration in the country’’, an official has disclosed.

Jos—Panic has gripped many residents of the Plateau State capital following Saturday’s shooting of two people by a member of the Special Task Force, STF, which left one of them dead.

Rafael Nadal showed he is back in business by clinching his first tournament title since ending a seven-month knee injury layoff, winning the Brazil Open here Sunday.

Given that the Federal Government has repeatedly been blamed for the poor state of federal roads in the country, it was remarkable that the ruling party came out yesterday to shed light on what it claims to be the successes of the administration in that sector.

Pensioners in Rivers State, have resolved to embark on hunger strike to press home their demand for the payment of their pension arrears.

First lady,Dame Patience Jonathan Sunday, said she died and woke during the period of sickness which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Arch Diocese, on Sunday urged the National Assembly to reconfirm the definition of marriage and not to waste energy deliberating on same sex marriage.

The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has attributed the growth in Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) from 6.9 per cent in third quarter 2012 to 7.1 per cent fourth-quarter of the year to the increase in the contribution of the non-oil sectors, particularly the industrial sector, as shown by the available data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Thousands of couples, friends and families who thronged the Silverbird Galleria Thursday in Lagos, to mark this year’s edition of St. Valentine’s Day walked home with several attractive gifts courtesy of leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, who mounted a memorable show for family, friends and lovers tagged Airtel Valentine Experience in partnership with the Silverbird Group.

Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Dr John Osemede has commended Federal Government’s decision to put the private sector in the forefront of economic rebirth.