JIGAWA state government as well as the host communities has thrown their weight behind the Dangote Rice project expected to be the largest in Africa and with prospects for creation of thousands of job opportunities.

Tragedy struck yesterday at the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos after a three storey building went up in flames, burning a 55-year-old man to death.

In recognition of its role and contributions to the development of healthcare sector in Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s foremost Health Fertility Clinic, The Bridge Clinic has won the best “IVF Service Provider “award in the Nigerian Health Excellence awards, NHEA, held recently in Lagos.

Worried about the prevalence cavities of among Nigerian children, dental health experts have kicked off a behavioural change programme for students to achieve better oral health.

RESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, implored his United States counterpart, Barack Obama, to assist Nigeria in locating and returning about $150 billion looted by corrupt government officials.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has challenged members of the legal profession on the need to uphold the ethics of the profession.

Union Bank Nigeria Plc lent about N193.6 billion to energy firms in two years, 2013 and 2014, amid fears by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN that Nigerian banks are in danger of capital erosion due to falling oil price in the international market.

Nigeria’s representatives in the men’s team event of the international Table-Tennis Federation Sanctioned African Club Championship holding in Younde, Cameroon from July22-26, Union Bank Table Tennis Club of Lagos, will depart the country tomorrow with on an Arik Air flight.

Satguru Maharaji ji, the founder of One Love Family, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use traditional means to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency.

Fourteen suspects have been arrested by Benue State Police Command for alleged involvement in last week’s assassination of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and elder statesman, Chief Atoza Ihindan, in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Monday, refuted reports that he has within this month, hosted the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom‎ Wike, twice in his chamber at the Supreme Court.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has warned that it will soon start impounding articulated vehicles and prosecuting truck drivers over improper container-laden articulated vehicles on Nigerian roads.

The African Union (AU) international conference on Ebola kicked off Monday in Malabo to share experiences in Africa’s fight against Ebola and discuss post-epidemic recovery and reconstruction for Ebola-affected countries.

NIGERIA’S hope for an immediate recovery in the global price of crude oil may not be achievable in the foreseeable future, as a result of the return of Iran to oil export, after reaching a historic agreement with six global powers on its nuclear programme that would pave way for the lifting of the western sanction on its country.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Washington DC said that the continued pressure on the immediate past administration by the United States and some European countries made the general elections in Nigeria to be free and fair.