ENUGU—President Goodluck Jonathan has given the final approval for the establishment of the Enugu Free Trade Zone. Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State who disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of Sunrise Flour Mlls Enugu at the weekend said that the President is expected to commission the project on 21st of this month in Enugu. He noted that the project when fully operational , would go a long way in alleviating poverty and enhancing the economy of the state and that of its residents.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja presided over the National Council of State with Vice-President Namadi Sambo and all former Heads of State and Presidents in attendance. Those present at the meeting, include President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Gen. Yakubu Gowon.

FORMER Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Broderick Bozimo, has said that Nigerians will value President Goodluck Jonathan later for his love and sacrifice for the country, insisting that the outgoing president is a hero.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended its leader, President Goodluck Jonathan for the mature and timely intervention in ending the bickering among leaders of the party as a result of the outcome of the 2015 general elections. PDP National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday said the National Working Committee will absolutely abide by the counsel and has instructed all the executives of the party at all levels to comply accordingly.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the security agencies and the telecommunications service providers to help fish out those who have being seeking to defraud Nigerians by asking them to apply for federal appointments under the incoming APC federal government through a non-existent APC Screening Committee.

Following the recent attacks, killings and other acts of violence in some local government areas in Plateau state, the State government has ordered the restriction of movements in seven out of the 17 local government areas in the state.

Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin colour.

An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Emmanuel Afanda, yesterday told an Ikeja High Court that his team found a document which emanated from a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, in the residence of a court registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, who is facing trial over alleged involvement in defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi of $330.000.

Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he had chosen Chicago’s troubled south side as the location for his presidential library.

For the second time in three months, President Elect, Muhammadu Buhari is in attendance at the National Council of state meeting.

Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Global oil prices rebounded sharply Tuesday on the falling greenback, which makes dollar-priced crude cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies.

Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned Tuesday.

TENSION is mounting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka following a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Ahaneku by the president of the Students Union Government, SUG, Mr. Noble Eyisi over some perceived anomalies in the institution.

The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja over “immense suffering of Internally Displaced Persons across the country.”