China, the second largest economy in the world, now has the most accredited laboratories in the world, an economic enabler many have not noticed. But the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, under the leadership of Dr Joseph Odumodu has taken a leap in this direction with the acquisition of two food accredited laboratories, creating a pathway for the future China in Nigeria.

Sexting is described as the act of sending sexually explicit messages mainly through mobile phones. A 21st century innovation that became popular with the advancement in technology on internet communication, involving  not only text, but pictures and videos of subtle sexual innuendoes to outright sexual acts.

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels “agreed in principle” on a ceasefire in one separatist province and were working to conclude a broader truce on Tuesday that would end nearly eight months of bloodshed.

FORMER Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope has taken a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan,accusing him of being antagonistic to the government of the day.

Major political stakeholders and youths groups in Southern Kaduna Zone have risen against the purported adoption of a governorship aspirant in Kaduna State, Senator Aziz Zego by some elders in the zone under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

Former Crown of Ogbomosho coach, Lawrence praised the efforts of Aba s, Enyimba to participate in ts edition of Copa Lagos.Akpokona said in Benin that it took a lot of cofor Enyimba to accept play Beach Soccer this year.”We have always known Enyimba as a team that plays on normal pitch.

An experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has provoked only mild side effects in volunteers in Switzerland, a Geneva hospital said Tuesday.

Ado Ekiti—No fewer than three nurses, a Director of Administration, DA, in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Mr. Tayo Olawuyi, and two others were abducted at two different locations in the state in the last one week.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, asked the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to compel the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, to declare himself as unfit to represent Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency.

Gunmen have massacred at least 36 quarry workers in a fresh attack in Kenya’s northeast, police and the Red Cross said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of strikes in the troubled region bordering war-torn Somalia.

President Goodluck Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after Nigeria crashed and burned at the World Cup due in large part to the incompetence of one Lars Lagerback and a small helping hand from Sani Kaita, Jonathan imposed a two-year international ban on the Super Eagles.

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN on Monday signed an Executive Order to provide for compulsory reporting of actual and suspected Child Abuse and Establish a Sex Offenders’ Register in the State, stating that the case of Child and Women Abuse would only disappear by the collective actions of all stakeholders.

Lebanese forces have detained a wife and son of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the Syrian border, security and military sources said on Tuesday.

Operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, Adeniji Adele, Lagos, have arrested an upcoming Nollywood actor and gospel musician (names withheld) and two others in connection with the alleged kidnap of a female banker at Mile 2 area of Lagos.

Stakeholders in some tertiary institutions in Lagos have agreed to stem the tide of unwholesome developments on their campuses so as to return them to their pride of place.