ABUJA—Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, has vowed that the Nigerian Army will not rest on its oars until terrorism, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country were eliminated.

There has been notion among Nigerians that Malaysia came to Nigeria some years ago to get seedlings for oil palm which has placed the country as number one oil palm producing country while Nigeria lag behind in ranking. But this assertion was debunked recently by crop scientists when some select journalists, fellows of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA,) were in the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR). JIMOH BABATUNDE captured the presentations of Dr. (Mrs.) Christy Okwuagwu, the most senior crop scientist at the institute. Here is an excerpt.

Yenagoa—The leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, yesterday, said it had alerted law enforcement agencies over the activities of the loyalists of the former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, on the alleged formation of a faction of the party in the state.

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ABUJA—WORRIED by the activities of members of Boko Haram, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, yesterday, said it had repatriated over 2,000 illegal immigrants to four neighbouring countries.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that the Federal Government was winning the war against insurgency and other security challenges in some parts of the country.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said that deposits from some government institutions are excluded from the reporting of public sector deposits in line with its circular to banks operating in the country.

ABUJA—The Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, Thursday, said he was not afraid of stepping on toes to achieve the needed transformation of the education sector.

ABUJA—OUTGOING Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, Thursday, said he secured the appointment of 22 Nigerians into international positions in two years.

OUR Nigerian showbiz stars are not only in the business of making money and making music, they are also in the business of making babies – some of them out of wedlock. Here are some with children out of wedlock

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, has okayed a new practice direction that will fast track trial of offences involving terrorism, rape, kidnapping, corruption, money laundering and human trafficking.