Four commercial motorcyclists, who allegedly planned to burn a police station, were on Monday brought before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

THE on-going collection of the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) being conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has run into hitch in Ika South local government area of Delta State as virus has allegedly been found to have corrupted the system thereby erasing registration data of registrants in the entire 129 existing polling units in the area.

August 4 marked the third year anniversary of the formal release of the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Program on Ogoni to the Federal government.

The new Head of Service of the Federation Mr Danladi Kifasi has pledged to deepen the on-going civil service reforms initiated by his predecessors.

The Global Environment Facility – United Nations Development Programme (GEF-UNDP) said it would spend N21 million on the provision of sustainable energy-related projects in selected communities in Nasarawa State.

Chelsea FC manager, Jose Mourinho, has maintained that Nigeria’s John Mikel Obi will be part of his team for the 2014/2015 English Premier League that started at the weekend.

Russia’s central bank announced Monday it would intervene less in the foreign exchange market to support the ruble as it works toward letting the currency float freely by the end of the year.

DR. Michael Iheonukara Okpara (1920-1984) took over as Premier of Eastern Nigeria in January 1960 from Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe (1904-1996). The old Eastern Nigeria now consists of nine states, namely Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu and Anambra states.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday said that the Federal government was withholding its approval for the Anti-Ebola drug Nano-Silver produced by a Nigerian scientist in the diaspora.

Brazilian striker Neymar has been given the all clear to play his first game since suffering a broken vertebra in his back during the World Cup when Barcelona play Mexican side Club Leon on Monday.