The UN food agency said Monday it was preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, with a first plane set to arrive Tuesday. “This will be a large, massive operation,” Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN’s World Food Programme, told pressmen.

Britain’s first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent accuracy rate. Developers hope the BioSure HIV Self Test will help identify the estimated 26,000 people in Britain who have HIV but do not yet know.

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed, the state Police Command said. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen.

The Ondo state commissioner for Agriculture Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo has been nominated as the new deputy governor of the state.

SOME years ago, Friday May 14, 1999 , I wrote an article along this line and it was published in Vanguard newspaper. As a result of the present political situation, it is necessary to reflect extensively on the content and spirit thereof, vis avis the current political situation. After much deliberation, one has come to conclusion that our politicians have not changed really in character and actions.

Justice Abdul Kafarati‎ of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed June 3 to deliver ruling on contempt charge against the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Rap mogul Jay Z has defended his Tidal streaming service as viable and a boon to artists after a much-criticized start to the revamped company and he is shopping for new talents in Africa mostly Nigeria.

Ondo state Deputy governor Alhaji Ali Olanusi was impeached Monday morning by the Members of the state House of Assembly.

THE Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, has passed a vote-of-confidence in its Founder and President, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, saying there was no crisis in the organisation.

Since his assumption into office in June 2014, Governor Ayodele Peter Fayose and the lawmakers elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been locked in a battle of wits.