A UN staff member in Sierra Leone has died from Ebola, the third employee from the world organization to succumb to the deadly virus, the UN spokesman said Monday.

Nigeria’s government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has said, as violence continued unabated in the far northeast.

THE House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development has endorsed the N4,000 for the online registration of members of the National Youth Service Corps ,NYSC

Omenka Gallery supported by Nikon is to present an exhibition of recent photographs by leading contemporary Nigerian artist, Uche James‐Iroha. The exhibition tagged Power and Powers calls for a self-exammination and an introspective of 54 years of epileptic power supply in Nigeria.

A Kano based Human rights activist and immediate chairperson of International Federation of Women Lawyers, Hajiya Hussaina Aliyu weekend survived attack by unknown gunmen who snatched her car at gunpoint.

As the World Health Organization, Monday, declared Nigeria Ebola Virus Disease, EVD,-free officially, after 42 days of two incubation periods without any new confirmed cases of the deadly virus, Lagos state government also, on Monday, disclosed various plans to nip in the bud any likelihood outbreak of EVD, saying the state is not out of the wood yet.

The Secretary of the Nigeria Boxing Federation, Olusola Luke, said on Monday that the ongoing renovation at the boxing gym of the National Stadium, Lagos would be completed soon.

The highly contagious Ebola virus, which has killed more than 4,500 people in west Africa since December and has fueled global alarm, is among the most dangerous ever identified.

The Anambra Government said it sealed off no fewer than 59 residential buildings and business premises since 2011, over default in payment of taxes by property owners.

President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that Nigerians must remain fully alert and vigilant against the re-entry of the Ebola virus Disease into the country following the declaration by the World Health Organisation that Nigeria is now Ebola-free.

The big TV reality show “Big Brother Africa (BBA)’’ has evicted one of the vibrant Nigerian contestants in the house from its ‘Hotshot’ show, “Season 9’’.

Pope Francis on Monday in Vatican City appealed for the protection of Christians in the Middle East.

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Aminat Akanni, rescuing a seven-year-old boy from her.

The Borno chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday advised the Federal Government to continue with the ceasefire agreement with the Boko Haram.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned till Feb. 10, 2015 hearing in a suit filed by seven persons deported by the Lagos State Government over alleged breach of their fundamental rights.