MAKURDI— The Benue State Police Command has arrested 15 suspected robbers, including a woman.

Port Health Services, a division of the Ministry of Health, has intensified the screening of passengers aboard foreign airlines entering Nigeria through the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.

Last week the richest black man in the world, our own Alhaji Aliko Dangote, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Federal Government of Nigeria for the establishment of a $1 billion integrated rice-producing company in Nigeria

THE sour point of the just concluded 62nd annual convention can be described as the over zealousness of some ordained ministers in the church. Just as the MOG declared, in the gathering of sheep there would be goats to give the rest bad image

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State, yesterday, enjoined Nigerians to support and encourage People Living With Physical Disabilities, PLWD, to meet their aspirations and become active members of the society.

Government agencies in Nigeria and the officials that run them either have short memories or they are simply indifferent to the feelings of Nigerians.

Over 3,000 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members posted to Plateau State have been advised to ensure their safety by adhering strictly to the instructions given to them in camp.

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Kaduna State Commander and his two deputies over allegations of official misconduct.

PROPERTY worth millions of Naira were, yesterday, destroyed at the Federal Low Cost Housing Estate, a suburb, of Bauchi State by downpour, which flooded streets and houses.

As the Roman historian, Plutarch (AD 46-120?) had noted: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Given their corrupt and greedy lifestyles ,Nigeria’s leaders do not seem to care about integrity or moral values. They are good at predicting the future without creating it. As Peter Drucker has observed; “If you want to predict the future, create it.”

ABUJA — The Federal Government said, yesterday, that over 1.5 million people have so far been displaced by the insurgency in the Northern Eastern part of the country.

Forte Oil Plc has recorded an increase of 152 per cent in Profit before income tax for the first six months ended June 30th , 2014, from N1.66billion in the corresponding period of 2013 to N4.19 billion. Other performance indicator shows that revenue grew by 33 per cent to N79.61 billion compared to N59.96 billion recorded in the same period in 2013.

THE Coordinator of Team Nigeria track and field team at the 19th African Athletics Championships, Marrakech 2014, which began yesterday, Yussuf Alli is double sure that Nigeria will successfully defend the title it won two years ago.

Falconets striker, Courtney Dike is still shocked at the feat she achieved at the Fifa U20 World Cup in Canada.Players of Nigeria pose for a team photo prior to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 group C match between Korea Republic and Nigeria at Moncton Stadium on August 9, 2014 in Moncton, Canada. (Photo FIFA)

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that the southern coastal town of Calabar will stage next month’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda.