African governments and the International Monetary Fund on Friday agreed on the urgent need to harness the continent’s rapid economic growth, as unrest and a plethora of challenges temper exuberance about the continent’s rise.

THE National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has called on the Federal Government to ensure the release of the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram, warning that if the spate of organised protests and politicisation of the abduction were not properly managed, the girls may not be found.

Malaysian police have arrested at least 13 people, including a father and his two sons, over the alleged gang-rape of two teenage girls, an officer said Friday.

IF there is one thing that terrorist organisations crave most, it is the publicity their violent actions generate.

A man and his mother both died trying to retrieve his wife’s new mobile phone from a toilet septic tank in China, reports said Friday, with four other people also entering the cesspit.

he leader of #Bring Back Our Girls Campaign group , Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday, said the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to visit the family and relative of abducted 164 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State shows insensitivity to the plight of the people in the community.

PRESIDENT of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, said the country has reasons to celebrate, as she still remains indivisible in spite of insecurity challenges.

Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, yesterday said they will offer medical assistance to the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by members of Boko Haram sect after their release to wean them off the psychological effects of the incident.

THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has challenged GSM service providers in the country to provide functional and accessible customer care help lines which would enable customers to effective lay complaints on services rendered by them.

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has signed into law the Amended Pension Bill for Ex-Governors (spouses) and Ex-Deputy Governors (spouses) in the state, which is to take effect June 1.