Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Monday, broke his silence on his late father, saying, culture almost prevented him from recognizing him before his death.

The Bauchi State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has asked the Bauchi State Government not to give in to wrong reasoning in its dispute with secondary school teachers over deductions of their allowances in the state.

Vice Chancellor of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, has said that the application of Biotechnology on agriculture would help in tackling the challenge of shrinking resources through improved yield varieties.

Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, has appointed Hajia Zainab Abdulmumini, as the new Secretary to the State Government, SSG.

A renowned Hausa female singer, Hajiya Sa’adatu Aliyu, popularly known as ‘Barmani Choge,’ has died at the age of 80 in Funtua, Katsina State.

The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has empowered 20 youths drawn from the disputed oil rich communities of Nembe in Bayelsa and Kula in Rivers State, with life-sustaining skills as part of measures aimed at boosting capacity and increasing wealth portfolio in the Niger Delta.

Small-scale and artisanal mining, a sector that governments and development agencies often see as only a problem, could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, say researchers at the International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED.

DELTA State Government has acquired 262 electricity distribution transformers of various capacities to surmount the epileptic electricity supply in Asaba, the state capital and environs.

TRADE Union Congress, TUC, has picked holes in the discretionary powers allocated to the President and the Minister of Petroleum in Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, before the National Assembly, saying it is an open invitation for abuse.

Dozens of people were killed when a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in bad weather on Monday, police said.