Residents of Onitsha and its environs have expressed concern over the resurgence of armed robbery in the commercial city.

The armed robbers, it was learned, have now adopted the strategy of laying siege on unsuspecting bank customers.

International Master, Bunmi Olape has beaten some of the best players in the country to emerge winner of the maiden Millionaire Chess Festival that was rounded up in Lagos early in the week.

Four students of Nigeria Metallurgical Training Institute, NMTI, Onitsha, Anambra State, Thursday, sustained various degrees of injuries as the students went on rampage in protest against poor hostel accommodation, rejection of the school’s diploma certificate by other Federal Government institutions, among other agitations.

HE recent appoint- ment of Prof. Luke Anike as the new Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, has raised some dust, following complaint that it was characterized by foul play.

BEFORE now, the perception that kidnapping is more prevalent in the South East and South South geo-political zones, was perhaps not in doubt.
But there seems to be a paradigm shift as the trend is tilting towards the South West than any other region in Nigeria.
Kidnapping in the region, prior to now, was alien.

IN compliance with his promise of rebuilding Aba, the commercial capital of Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has issued notice to commence demolition of illegal structures in to make way for the city’s the regeneration.

Former Plateau State governor and Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Jonah Jang has described the statement credited to the National Secretary, Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’a Wa’ikamatus Sunna, JIBWIS, Mr. Aliyu Sangei, that he was the cause of crises on Plateau as “a betrayal of crass ignorance.”

Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has embarked on a reconciliation drive aimed at appeasing aggrieved members of the party.

THE Edo State Election Petition Tribunal, headed by Justice A. Ozoemena, has upheld the election of the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akoko Edo House of Representatives seat, Mr Peter Akpatason, in the March 28, National Assembly elections, after it struck out the petition against Akpatason by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Oladele Bankole-Balogun, for lack of merit.

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Tam Odogwu, has expressed confidence in the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led government in the state, assuring Deltans that they would not be disappointed by the governor.

Sweden coach Pia Sundhage has declared she is “not good enough” to handle African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria as her team sweat to know if they will qualify for the knockout rounds of the Women’s World Cup.

Assailants suspected to be Fulani herdsmen hacked to death eight farmers inTaraba state, police said on Thursday.

National Under-23 coach, Samson Siasia has invited five members of the Flying Eagles squad to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup to fortify his team ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier their counterparts from Congo next month.

Brazilian star Neymar has been provisionally suspended for one match and could face a harsher final punishment, officials said Thursday after the striker received a red card during a fracas in Brazil’s Copa America loss to Colombia.

An attack by Boko Haram militants in southeast Niger, which occurred overnight Wednesday, killed 38 civilians, most of them women and children, the country’s interior minister said.