Senators said Tuesday they will meet with President Goodluck Jonathan to press him to declare “total war” on Boko Haram, in a sign of frustration and concern over worsening security.

I refused to tell Mba about the birth of Oghenemega and instead requested for the envelope I gave him to keep for me. He thought it contained some important documents and had diligently hidden it far away.

THE bickering between carriers and defence forces on Benin Republic roads, seems to be going in favour of the carriers. The head of state, Boni Yayi, last Saturday held a work session with the factions.

THE power supply around Lagos is particularly worrisome. From time to time, there have been pockets of protests over epileptic supply or outright outages within the Lagos area. Often, protesters moved in droves from one street to the other in the areas affected, carrying placards expressing the problems and the challenges to their businesses. Lagos is not the only state where power outage or poor supply is enshrined.

Mr Muyiwa Owolabi, 43, on Tuesday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court, seeking dissolution of his 11-year-old marriage to his wife, Tinuola, on the ground of adultery.

Nearly $1.0 billion dollars is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that 20,000 could be infected by year end.

Italy on Tuesday admitted paying ransoms to obtain the freedom of some hostages, saying it approached negotiations on a case-by-case basis

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of engaging in a systematic harassment of members of the opposition party, while at the same time shielding accused Boko Haram sponsor Ali Modu Sheriff from the law.

SENATE President, Senator David Mark Tuesday told the Federal Government to demonstrate strength by confronting and defeating terrorists and insurgents especially the Boko Haram sect that had unleashed terror on the three states of North East, saying that Nigerians were frustrated and helpless.

Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Tuesday , directed it members to ignore the 22nd of September, 2014, resumption of primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.

Jose Mourinho has hailed Cesc Fabregas as the driving force behind Chelsea striker Diego Costa’s blistering start to the season.

In what could apparently be considered a daring move, leader of Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo-Asari yesterday exploded, saying that former President Olusegun Obasanjo connived with Boko Haram peace Negotiator, Mr. Stephen Davies to name Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and Senator Ali Sheriff as sponsors of the deadly sect to embarrass President Goodluck Jonathan.

Prof. Chukwunenye Anene, on Tuesday advised Nigerians to harness insects as alternative rich sources of protein to other sources of protein or `bush meat’ causing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

The Zamfara Government has further extended the resumption date for schools from Sept. 22 to Oct. 13, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Lawal Talata Mafara, said.

Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has condemned the resignation of members of opposition political parties from the country’s newly constituted Independent Electoral Commission