A Gusau Magistrate’s Court in Zamfara State, yesterday, remanded three men, Isah Garba, Rabiu Ahmed and Abubakar Muhammad in prison custody. They were arraigned for alleged rape, conspiracy and theft.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria declared its strong support for a new roadmap developed by UNAIDS, Fast Track: Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030. UNAIDS argues that the pace of responding to HIV in the next five years will be fundamental to ending the epidemic.

ENUGU—Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Enugu State Police Command, have arrested some armed robbery suspects that have been reportedly terrorizing residents of Abakpa-Nike and its environs.

It was a parade of fashion and style last Sunday, as women who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavours were honoured by Exquisite Magazine at the Exquisite Ladies of the Year Awards (ELOY). The award ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos.

Ahead of the fast approaching 2015 general elections, the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, recently engaged male leaders of various political parties, as well as human rights groups, in a summit that pursued the opening of a new vista for women in Nigerian politics.

Otan Ayegbaju, headquarters of Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State is an historic town in Yorubaland founded about 500 years ago by some of the direct descendants of Oduduwa, who migrated from Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba race.

Patrick Stewart was quoted to have said that ‘the people who could do most to improve the situation of so many women and children are in fact the men”, adding that, “It is in our hands to stop violence towards women.”

The battle to oust the incumbent governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is becoming fierce as the party has lined up an array of political heavy weights for the battle ahead of the 2015 election.

Last Friday’s Mosque bombing was one of the most bizarre we have ever seen. As over 500 worshipers gathered in the most populous mosque in Kano, Emir’s Mosque for their Friday worship, the forces of evil had other ideas; bombed the worshipers and took away many lives.

THIS week is a decisive one for the hordes of senatorial aspirants in the 109 senatorial districts of the country especially in Anambra Central of Anambra State. The leading political parties will pick their senatorial candidates this week and next week