EU leaders agreed at an emergency refugee summit Thursday to boost aid for Syria’s neighbours, including one billion dollars through UN agencies, as well as strengthening their borders to deal with a wave of migrants.

Farmers in Ondo state have given a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government for the release of former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae, who was abducted last Monday, in Akure, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The Ondo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, blamed Governor Olusegun Mimiko, for the abduction of former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae, even as it also berated former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, for blaming the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government for Falae’s kidnap.

By Emmanuel Elebeke Stakeholders yesterday gathered in Abuja to validate the draft policy thrusts and identify priority programmes for the successor plan, 2016-2020 Medium Term Successor Strategic Plan. The Secretary, National Planning Commission, Mr. Bassey Ekpeyung while addressing the participants stated that the stakeholders meeting was significant in that the identified priority programmes aligned to […]

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva has described as a deliberate “act of mischief” and “lies” the claims by the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that he truncated the electoral process during the disputed governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress APC in the state.

THE office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, has issued a security alert on the likelihood of Boko Haram attack on Lagos seaports.

Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs (A.Y.E) on Saturday inaugurated an Economic Development Team as part of the efforts to improve the economy of African countries.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, disclosed that the death of the matriarch of Awolowo family, Mrs. HID Awolowo, has ‘forced’ him and his wife out of their ‘hiding place’ since he had resolved not to go out for one year.

LAGOS—A couple and a trado- medical practitioner have been arrested over alleged sale of a two-week and four-day- -old baby for N136,000, at Ipaja area of Lagos.

Lagos—The owner of the truck that fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba area of Lagos State, on September 2, Kilani Ojo Adesanya, alongside the driver of the truck, Wasiu Adeleke, are to spend another 20 days in prison.

Nasarawa State Government has denied allegations that it has refused to pay salaries to state workers until the ongoing biometric exercise was completed.

Kidnapping as a crime made a bold return to the centre of prime media attention when, within the past three weeks, two females, one a journalist were snatched from their homes. On 30th August 2015, Donu Kogbara, a columnist with Vanguard Newspapers, was forcibly taken away in Port Harcourt and it took about two weeks for her to be freed.

As Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, adjusted monetary policy released about N767.4 billion into the credit market yesterday, interbank interest rates crashed from this month’s high of 50 percent to about 6.5 percent.

Minna— No fewer than 35 persons, including the district head of Allawa, his brother and a police Inspector, were killed in a midnight raid in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state by unknown gunmen on Tuesday.

As muslims across the globe celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, the lawmaker representing Ojo Federal Constituency at the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, Mr. Tajudeen Obasa, has urged muslims to remain peaceful, law abiding and uphold the tenets of Islam.