“Let me again warn criminals and kidnappers to get out of Imo because this is not a place for you. We are ready for you,” Okorocha was quoted as saying. He recalled that four years ago before he assumed office as governor, kidnappers and other criminals traumatised the state until his administration brought it to a halt.

The Nigerian Police has boasted that it has secured the Ikorodu area of Lagos where daredevil robbers raided banks in the area

Bauchi-The Bauchi State police command on Tuesday paraded an 18 year old man for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 8 year old boy.

Medical marijuana shows some effectiveness in helping treat chronic pain but there is less evidence of its success in warding off nausea or helping ill patients gain weight, researchers said Tuesday.

The mother-in-law of one of Australia’s most notorious Islamic State fighters has pleaded for the government to help her “desperate” daughter and five grandchildren flee the Middle East, saying she made “the mistake of a lifetime”.

Sierra Leone has announced the return of Ebola to its capital Freetown, dashing hopes that health authorities in the densely-populated city of 1.2 million had beaten the deadly outbreak.

Somalia’s Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Wednesday in a suicide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the largest sponsor of environmental initiatives, has allocated 23.35million US dollars to Nigeria to implement climate change, biodiversity and land degradation projects.

“Visitors and tourists do visit the country day by day to see if there is a new thing, new place and a development in the tourism industry. “Adequate funding would facilitate foreign exchange earnings, “ the monarch said. He noted that Eredo, Epe local government area has vast land for government to build a mini zoo, relaxation centre and parks.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the largest sponsor of environmental initiatives, has allocated 23.35million US dollars to Nigeria to implement climate change, biodiversity and land degradation projects. Mr Festus Eguaoje, GEF’s Desk Officer in the Federal Ministry of Environment, made this known at a two-day National Steering Committee Meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.