– The Federal government, yesterday, alerted a plan by Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to radicalise Nigerian youth, who were schooling abroad, calling on parents and guardians to monitor their wards closely.

The Northern Elders Council, NEC, has described ‘’media reports credited to some politicians of the existence of a fake Boko Haram leader whom the military will produce to discredit some other politicians,’’ as ‘’a fairy tale’’ which should ‘’be discountenanced.’’

AHEAD of the Presidential and general elections slated for March 28 and April 11 respectively, former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark claimed yesterday that the All Progressives Congress, APC was formed with the sole aim of installing a northerner as the president of the country.

LAGOS — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, refuted allegation of proposed plans to convert domiciliary accounts deposits of banks’ customers to naira.

Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Akabuike yesterday announced that the state had recorded 110 cases of leprosy in different parts of the state.

Cynthia Shalom has only appeared in a few Nollywood movies but her quality performances in them have proven that she is one to watch out for. She revealed to us in this interview the trouble upcoming actresses go through to make it in the film industry – plus more

Bauchi State’s knack for betraying even accomplished political leaders is legendary. It is thus no surprise that ahead of the forthcoming general elections that many voters and political leaders are keeping their intentions close to the chest

ABUJA — The on-going pensioners verification exercise by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has revealed 15,000 ghost pensioners, an indication that massive frauds still exist in the Defined Pension Scheme of the Federal Government.

ABUJA — A coalition of civil society organisations under the auspices of Citizens Wealth Platform, CWP, yesterday, warned that the challenges currently facing the Nigeria economy will persist for a long time to come unless the wastage associated with governance and the frivolities, wasteful and unclear expenditures in the 2015 budget presently before the National Assembly are addressed.

Maritime lawyers are divided over the refusal of terminal operators to obey the ruling of Justice C.N Buba ruling of December 17th2014 asking the concessionaires to stop the collection of unapproved port charges and refund over N150billion illegally collected from port users in last three months.