Conscious of the need to assist Nigeria to defeat the surging Boko Haram scourge, the British Government, yesterday, announced the immediate increase of its military experts to Nigeria to help sharpen the Nigeria troops to tackle the insurgents.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says the much anticipated elections into the boards of the leagues will now take place next year.

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, signed the N307 billion 2016 budget passed by the state House of Assembly.

Governor Samuel Ortom has assured that workers in the state would receive their salaries before the Christmas festivities.

BREAST cancer is the leading cancer in women, it is very deadly and has tasked medical science. A mastectomy is the surgery to remove a breast that is under attack.

Medical doctors working at th Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, yesterday dared the sack threat by Osun state government, describing it as a huge joke.

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, wielded the big stick on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, management with the sack of the Managing Director, Mr. Bassey Dan-Abia, and the two Executive Directors for Finance and Projects.

SINCE last Friday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal quashing the election of Mr. Udom Emmanuel of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as governor of Akwa Ibom State on the basis of irregularities, fraud and violence, the party appears to be gripped by the fear of the unknown.

Participants at the just concluded Computer Village expo held recently in Lagos have said that the IT vendors must retool their businesses online to remain relevant in the new economy, Speaker after speaker at the three-day maiden Expo organized by Technology Times agreed that technology retailers in the market must leverage the online space so as to remain relevant in the new economy.

The Ogun Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr Bimbo Ashiru, yesterday said that the ministry generated N197 million between January and October.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose yesterday, advised the 16 newly elected Local Government Chairmen in Ekiti State to erase the thought of going to steal in the councils, saying there is no money in their coffers.

GOVERNORSHIP aspirant of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mr Kenneth Imasuagbon, disclosed, yesterday, that but for God and the prompt attention given to him by the management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, he would have died in 2013 after a ghastly motor accident involving his vehicle and a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company.

LAGOS — Nigerian banks are struggling to meet $5 billion foreign exchange obligations to importers and correspondent banks, reflecting the worsening foreign exchange situation in the country.

Rivers State Police Command has assured the people of the state of adequate security during and after the yuletide period.