AS Nigerians join the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Kidney Day, today, the Federal Government has been urged to regulate the activities of dialysis centres across the nation to prevent avoidable deaths in renal clinics.

ABEOKUTA— No fewer than 20 armed men allegedly invaded Kajola Estate and Alarugbo communities area of Bode Olude in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, sacking the residents.

The Rising Star Leadership initiative has toured six schools in Lagos in February alone with the objective of teaching students vital lessons on Leadership, Personality Development, Career Choice and Academic Excellence as they prepare for the forth-coming Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).

Rangers International FC of Enugu on Wednesday joined other clubs calling for the relocation of El-kanemi Warriors home matches from Maiduguri to a safer centre.

Director of Organisation for the annual Okpekpe 5 kilometre road race, Zak Amodu has revealed that the body has secured the sponsorship of Linkage Assurance plc as the Official Insurer of the second edition slated to hold on May 3.

he Catholic community in Benue State has asked President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Gabriel Suswan to find solutions to the on-going killings of innocent people by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the state to prevent further loss of lives and property.

The traumatic traffic gridlock in Apapa axis of Lagos, the leadership of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, said yesterday, that it had commenced move to check movement of tankers, especially from northern parts into Lagos.

With less than a week to the inaugural sitting of the national conference, a civil society group has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to stop the planned confab, arguing that the Federal Government had no constitutional powers to convene such a gathering.

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, yesterday, described as reckless, provocative and misleading, the claim by former National Secretary of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Alhaji Usman Bugaje, that the country’s oil belongs to the North.

AN Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Funsho Adebanjo to arrest the state Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Mr. Joshua Ibine, for allegedly releasing accused persons on bail, while their application for bail was pending before the court.

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Wednesday tasked British entrepreneurs to take the lead in investing in Nigeria and identify many areas of strategic partnership between both nations.

The Federal Government has demanded for appropriate administrative and legal action from the South African government against two of its officers from the Police Service in Cape-Town over an assault on one Nigerian, Mr Clement Emekeneh.

Head Coach of the U-17 Women National Team, Bala Nikyu has picked Azerbaijan 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup silver boot winner, Chiwendu Ihezuo and 20 other players to represent Nigeria at this year’s finals starting in Costa Rica on Saturday

The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Wednesday says it is mobilising Nigerians in that country to sign a petition against police brutality on Nigerians.

Ranti Lajide, Secretary, Nigeria Table Tennis Umpires Association (NTTRA), on Tuesday said that he received the news of the death of Demola Alli, a former sports administrator with shock.