The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday expressed optimism that it would win upcoming governorship election in Kogi and warned all aspirants and supporters to shun violence during the process.

“The place where the cock began the great work of spreading the sand and thus making the earth, was then called “IFE, that is, the expansive, from “where it all began”. This mythology which is strongly believed among the sons and daughters of Ife and many Yorubas was confirmed by Chief M.A. Fabunmi in his book titled: Ife the genesis of Yoruba race.

After being divorced for a while, I met up with an old flame I’d left-10 years ago.

“We have suffered in a country we are part and parcel of and the marginalization has lasted for about four decades unabated without hope of freedom and that prompted our leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike to vow that the marginalization must stop and actualizing a Biafran state is the only way it will stop” she said.

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday approved the resignation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi who has proceeded on voluntary retirement today.

Super Eagles’ Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has invited 18 overseas-based professionals for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania in Dar es Salaam.

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinabajo has reiterated his Party, the All Progressives Congress, APC is determined to work and see the country emerge as a major economic and political participant in world affairs.

The Screening Committee which looked into the qualifications of the 28 aspirants who picked the nomination forms to contest on the platform of the APC has released its result, clearing all the aspirants to slug it out for the ticket of the party on August 29, 2015 at the Lokoja Township Stadium.

Thousands of Roman Catholics from Africa and Europe are expected on Thursday to arrive at Dassa-Zoume, Benin, to participate in the 61st edition of annual pilgrimage at La Grotte Marial Notre Dame.

Peter Dedevbo, the national under-20 female football team’s coach, says the team will resume camping on Sunday ahead of their next game in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

A pastor, Tunde Adekunle, on Monday urged an Akure Customary Court to dissolve his 15 year-old marriage to his wife, Agbeke for alleged frequent nagging.

Against the backdrop of checkmating crime, and criminal tendencies among youths arising from the problems of massive unemployment in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the federal government is emplacing appropriate framework that will facilitate the employment of an extra 100, 000 Police officers.

Barely three months after he handed-over power to President Muhammadu Buhari, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to keep mum on public matters.

“Secondly, government should look into the curriculum and review it and, while recruiting, recruit professionals for different subjects. English, for instance, has different aspects – literature, grammar, poetry, etc – which one teacher ought not be teaching, but if you go to these schools, it is one teacher that does the teaching. Some private schools are doing the right thing in this area and getting the desired result”.

The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Dr. Anthony Anuforom, on Monday, declared that the agency was having an aging work-force, thus the need for conducting series of training and retraining courses for the younger work-force of the agency.