Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, has charged the newly inaugurated 8th state House of Assembly members to wage total war against corruption in order to move the state forward.

A quality control operative, Mohammed Umar, attached to the Polygraph Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told an Ikeja High Court that a court registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, was deceptive during a polygraph examination conducted to determine if she lied about her involvement in a $330,000 fraud carried out on former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi.

UNKNOWN assailants reportedly kidnapped, raped and murdered a 23-year-old-woman, simply identified as Joy Okoh in Benin, Edo State, and left her body in the boot of an SUV at Upper Mission Extension in the state capital.

Out with the old, in with the new. If only it were that simple. In the field of political science, various theories and methodologies exist to advise government, thought leaders and the private sector on strategic planning; that is, how to bring about change or modernisation in any organisation. The theory of change, in particular, promotes social change by defining long term goals mapped backwards in order to identify the pre-existing conditions which enable the said change.

Though ranked 129 places below Nigeria (43) in the latest FIFA rankings, Super Eagles’ trainer, Stephen Keshi posited that Chad (172) would not be handled with kid’s gloves in their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Gabon 2017 Group G opener scheduled for 13 June 2015 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.