Dutse—The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have arrested one Zakari Imam, 41, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl (names withheld) at Hadejia City of Jigawa State.

WARRI—Trouble looms in Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, as the chief promoter of Warri Carnival Enterprises and initiator of the carnival, Sunny Nikoro, has petitioned Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to ask chairman of the commission, Mr. Oritsuwa Kpogho, to account for the N20 million allegedly disbursed to yet-to-be-identified individuals for the hosting.

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Mr. Beks Dagogo-Jack, has faulted recent statements credited to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, allegedly inciting the Kalabari people against President Goodluck Jonathan.

LAGOS—Public and private primary and secondary school students across Lagos State resumed academic activities for the 2014/2015 session, yesterday, with the first day of resumption dedicated to sensitising them on the preventive measures of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Following the outbreak of the the Ebola Virus Disease imported into the country by American-Liberian diplomat, […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned in strong terms the detention of a journalist, Mr. Amechi Anakwe of the Africa Independent Television (AIT) on the orders of Assistant Inspector General of Police in Abuja, Mr. Jospeph Mbu.

LOYALISTS of Rivers State chapter of All of Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday described the last six years of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan as the most disastrous in the country’s history

The family of the late Dame Oluremi Oyo has released the burial arrangements for the deceased who died recently at the age of 62.

As discourse over the purported $9.3 million arms deal continues to rage, a diaspora group, the Nigeria Unite Group, NUG, has petitioned the office of the Secretary General of the United Nations on the alleged $9.3 million arms deal, demaning for proper investigation.

Lagos—The Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, has faulted Ebonyi State Government and the state’s Commissioner of Police over the arrest and detention of Mr. Abah Thomas, and Mr. Henry Amah, the state Chairman and Secretary of the party, respectively.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has described the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan as a sham, saying poverty still pervades the society.