THIS was the first time that the posting of prisoners from one part of the country to another by the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) was causing such a fluster among a cross-section of Nigerians.

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has condemned the continued killing of innocent Nigerians in some parts of the north by Boko Haram in the name of fighting the course of Islam.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has faulted the call by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State for the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, saying political interference is the bane of the corporation.

Average price of fuel across the country in June was N112.13 per litre, National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, PMS Watch has shown.

OLEH—Tears flowed freely at Irri in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday, as the remains of the six victims that died as a result of the crisis in the area were released for burial.

With an estimated N13 billion monthly allocation from the federation account , Akwa-Ibom State is unarguably one of the richest and most endowed states in Nigeria.

Coach Sunday Oliseh has fired a warning he will only consider players who feature in the top leagues overseas and at home.

“Another area of my research is in the use of earthworm in livestock feed production because presently, the cost of fishmeal which is the major animal protein source in livestock feed is very high and so many people in the feed industry no longer produce feed with animal protein and that is a problem. You will discover that these days, chickens are tasteless because of the lack of animal protein in their feed.

WHEN General Muhammadu Buhari emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Alliance (APC) I had my reservations. It had nothing to do with baseless ethnic, religious or North-South sentiments. My main point of concern was that if this politician emerged as president of Nigeria, we might be forced to go back to certain aspects of our history which we thought we had outgrown since the momentous annulled June 12 1993 presidential election.

No fewer than eleven persons have been confirmed dead in Niger State, following an invasion by cattle rustlers of some villages in Shiroro local government area.

New Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Ebonyi State Command, Adeyinka Fasiu has ordered vandals to desist from vandalizing petroleum pipelines across the state as the command would no longer tolerate such act in the state.

As we look out for the moon today for new month of Shawwal, how much has Ramadan affected you positively and how have you adjusted to the requirements of the month? What have you been doing that you would not want to do again? Would you like to continue doing what you always do in Ramadan? It is indeed a rewarding time.

CHIEF Godwin Ezeemo was the Anambra State governorship candidate of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA in the 2013 polls. In this interview, he explains why President Muhammadu Buhari should constitute a unity government. He also spoke on other issues.

“Our country is in this state because we have all allowed impunity for too long. Public resources were brazenly taken by leaders and their cronies entrusted with the management of our collective interests in manners that gives all of us out as accomplices as we watched helplessly while the reign of mass looting persists.

BENIN—A woman, whose three years old daughter was allegedly defiled by a 30-year-old neighbour, has cried out for justice.