A royal father in Kogi State, the Oba of Apaa Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, HRH Oba Adebisi Obademi was today kidnapped by unknown armed men at Akiso Aba Ebira, near Agbadu Bunu.

Kogi State government has announced its intent to commence the process of evacuating people living in flood prone areas in the next 48 hours.
This came at a time victims of 2012 flood disaster in the cried cried out that they had been schemed out in the allocation of the post-flood estate built by the government for their relocation.

THE Leadership of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, in Ekiti State yesterday accused the Ekiti State government of side lining its members in the payment of outstanding salaries from the bailout package released by the Federal government.

Ondo State civil servants yesterday began a two day warning strike accusing government of insincerity in the payment of their two months salaries arrears despite receiving N14 billion bail out from the Federal Government.

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, former Anambra governor, Mr Peter Obi and Abia Speaker, Martins Azubike said Nigeria ought to be celebrated at 55, for remaining united despite the myriad of challenges it has faced over the years.

ABUJA—Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has described late Deacon Gamaliel Onosode as a man who breathed life into businesses and a deeply religious man.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari made a highly commendable call on the international community to strive towards the total dismantling of safe havens for looted monies around the world in one of the most important speeches he has ever made as Nigeria’s leader.

THE Onikoyi Family, Lagos has instituted a suit against the Federal Government before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos asking the court for an order directing the government to include them in future transfer of land and meeting pertaining to the return of properties to the Onikoyi Royal Family.

FORTUNES of the nation’s health sector have slumped following long years of decay and decadence, and there is no doubt that a repositioning is overdue. The transformation to a sector that gives reason for hope and cheer is desirable. There is a plethora of expectations Nigerians want from a health sector rife with tales and expressions of fear, sadness and death. Nigeria currently has some of the poorest health indicators in the world and attention should be more focused on improving these national health indices. Change must begin with the leadership through increased political commitment at all levels, enforcement of professionalism and a defined framework for health practice that clearly defines roles and responsibilities within the system.

Despite the looming feud between the opposition parties and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, over the outcome of the April 11, 2015 governorship polls, Obong Paul Ekpo of the PDP, has been re-elected chairman of the state’s chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC.