The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said it would deploy over 100 officers and 15 patrol vehicles for APC National Convention in Lagos.

FORMER Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has appealed to aggrieved aspirants who lost out in Monday’s governorship primaries.

The people of Adamawa have commended the military for curtailing the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the state.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said national food production increased by 21 million metric tonnes between 2011 and 2014.

A lawyer, Mrs Florence Adeoye, on Tuesday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her marriage over threats to her life.

Beneficiaries of the Presidential Scholarship Scheme studying in the U.S. and UK have been rated among top grades by their various universities.

Incumbent senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Pwajok has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial primary election in Plateau state.

Chief Nyesom Wike, the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Rivers on Tuesday, said that he would embark embark on economic and infrastructure reforms if elected.

The Police in Lagos State on Tuesday said there was no casualty from the mayhem at the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries on Monday.

Federal government, as a way of attracting investment into the telecom infrastructure business has announced a seven-year tax holiday to interested companies to be licensed soon.

Interior minister, Comrade Abba Moro has ordered the suspension of the Niger State Controller of Prisons following the jailbreak that led to the escape of over 300 inmates.

THOSE of us who were already adults when, in 1986, Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka won his Nobel Prize in Literature, knew very well that he won the laurel, not so much because of his literary prowess but for what he did as a political activist. So extreme was Soyinka’s radicalism that as far back as the 1960s he seized a radio station at gunpoint in Ibadan during the political crisis in Western region. To be honest, although Wole Soyinka is a scholar by profession, he is more known for his extreme political views. And, sadly, he has always been partisan and biased.

Saudi Arabia beheaded on Tuesday a convicted drug trafficker, the 77th state execution in the oil-rich kingdom this year despite international concerns.

IN Nigerian politics, it is a waste of campaign efforts to try to canvass for the votes of some categories of the electorate. The first category comprises voters who have firmly made up their minds concerning whom to vote for. Given the nature of their support, nothing can possibly change their choice.

The General Secretary of Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria, ISAN, Mr. Adebayo Adeleke, has condemned the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, over non-inclusion of investors the its Capital Market Committee, CMC.