THE Congress of Newly Employed Civil Servants in Delta State, weekend, demanded a holistic probe into the state civil service with a view to flushing out corrupt management staff and ghost workers from the system and thereby open employment opportunities for Deltans.

Africa’s three leading economies, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, have recorded massive drops in their ranking on the global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development with regards to Networked Readiness Index (NRI). The index is managed by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Policemen attached to Owutu Police Station have charged a middle-aged man, Ajisafe Solomon, and his sister, Ajayi Ayomide, before an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court over allegation of wife battering and sodomy.

ABEOKUTA—Ogun State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga has cried out over alleged hacking of her facebook account by those she called impostors with intent to defraud unsuspecting members of the Public.

It is not unusual to find alliances and cliques formed between entertainers in various sectors of the industry such as in Nollywood, music, and comedy. What is however puzzling to observers is how quickly these friendships sometimes fall apart. It makes one question: was there ever any substance to the associations in the first place?

AS part of efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the victims of insurgency in Yobe State, Emir of Fika and Chairman, Yobe State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Muhammadu Ibn Abali Muhammadu Idrissa has handed over three trailer-loads of relief materials to the Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Emergency Relief Management Agency (SEMA) for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, denied ever betraying the political interests of President Muhammadu Buhari even as he vowed to steadfastly remain loyal to him.

ALTHOUGH they have survived breast cancer, one of the most debilitating disorders in the world, the pains and agony of undergoing treatment continue to haunt them.

Pandemonium broke out at Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, in Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state as hundreds of students of the school embarked on protest which forced the rector, Dr. Funke Akinkuolere, into hiding.

The issuing authority for National Identity, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has directed that all transactions involving the identification of individuals must be done with the National Identification Number (NIN) beginning from 1st September this year.