NIGERIA’s U.N. envoy says she expects the Security Council to declare Boko Haram a terrorist group and impose sanctions on the al-Qaida-linked extremists who have carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls.

DR. Olujoke Jones is a US based Nigerian trained physician. She trained at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. With a two-year training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the United Kingdom,and Internal Medicine Residency training in New York, Dr Jones managed a rural health clinic in Mississippi as well as set up a Biametric practice before proceeding to hospital medicine. With a passion for mission work, having worked as a hospitalist for 8th years, Jones set up ‘Labours of Love Mission’, a platform through which she reaches out to people.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, asked Nigerians to join hands with government in the fight against terrorists, saying that the current insecurity in the country is caused by terrorists and their sponsors and not the Federal Government.

THE month of May has a lot of historical importance both internationally and at the national level. May 1, every year is recognised by the International Labour\ Organisation, ILO, as workers’ day – a day set aside to celebrate the unquantifiable contributions of workers to the economies of nations of the world.

A middle-aged man, Michael Oshibanjo, was yesterday arraigned before a magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta for allegedly pelting a Police Inspector, Ayeni Raphael, with stones during an argument.