Most African footballers who go to Europe fail and become prey for child traffickers, the president of a solidarity association said on Tuesday.

Defunct Nigerian Telecommunication, NITEL building in Lagos Island local Government was yesterday gutted by fire, damaging property which worth could not be ascertained.

THE House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services Wednesday said that over eighty per cent of the Public Health Centres, PHC, in the country were not functional.

ENUGU—An undergraduate of Geology, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Paul Chidozie,26, last Sunday, bagged a PhD scholarship following a text message he sent to the Leader, Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Ikechukwu Ezugwu. In the last three years, Ezugwu had marked his birthday on November 24, with award of scholarships to indigent students of various tertiary institutions in the country.

THE coinage, godfatherism, is perhaps one of the most popular and self explanatory adjuncts in the world today. It has a dual meaning, one being religious and seemingly harmless and the other political and sometimes dangerous. In the sphere of religion, a godfather is supposed to be a guardian that undertakes to teach a child (grandson) Christian values. In politics, however, godfatherism connotes favouratism, undue advantage, tyranny, suppression and even treachery.

Mavin Records artiste, Korede Bello and Songstress, Yemi Alade are the early front runners on the ongoing MTV Base special, #BaseNaijaHottestArtist, which ranks the ten hottest performing artistes in Nigeria for the year 2015.

The Bayelsa state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement (‎PDM), Moses Siasia, has called on Bayelsans to let peace reign in the state following the declaration of the governorship election inconclusive.

In its efforts to rid its prisons of the dreaded Islamist insurgents, the Niger Republic is set to transfer about 500 Boko Haram prisoners back to Nigeria.

THE umbrella body for senior public servants in the country, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday in Lagos, accused the state governors of using the threat to reduce the N18,000 minimum wage or reduce the workforce to avoid entering into negotiation with organised labour for the upward review of the National Minimum Wage as required by law.

The Nigerian Navy has impounded six badges and two ships for offences bordering on illegal bunkering activities in Rivers State.