THE 2016 edition of the Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz show will work in partnership with the National Examination Council to widen the reach to participants across the country.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Nigerian Shiite, yesterday asked the Chief Judge of Kaduna State and the Kaduna Judicial Service Commission to investigate Chief Magistrate Awal Umar of Chief Magistrate Court I, Kaduna.

ORANISED Labour in the hospitality industry, yesterday accused the Federal Palace Hotel and Casino of unfair labour practices, racism among others, threatening to declare a full blown industrial action against the hotel if the management fails to retrace its steps and do the right things.

With a day to the Friday date for embattled ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tomopolo, to appear or be produced before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to face charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, he is yet to get the ruling of February 8, made by the court, that he should be produced in court by security operatives in the country.

Some former officials of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and contractors are to be invited by the new management of the commission to explain their roles on some key issues.

Police detectives in Ondo State have arrested a 42-year-old man, Samuel Omosaba, for allegedly beheading his three-year-old niece for ritual.

The niece, Adubarin Kola, was murdered at Ilepa quarters in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state.

ABUJA — THE House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Swap Probe, yesterday, confirmed the receipt of illegal companies registered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, but unknown to the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated, MOFI.

LIFE is a fight for territory-the territory of the mind. The moment you stop fighting for what you want; in other words the moment you stop controlling and directing your mind what you do not want shows up. And what shows up in the domain of your mind will manifest in the domain of your life. Life is a game-a game played on the rules of giving and receiving. Whatever you give out in thoughts, words and deeds comes back to its source which is you. And the mind is the playing field for the game of life.

Two years after they were rumoured to have broken up, Nigerian pop duo, P’square are back in the news again as one-half of the singing duo, Peter Okoye yesterday moved against their management company owned by their elder brother, Jude Okoye.

Leader of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has expressed concern that Biafran people have continued to be brutalized by enemies surrounding them, even as the struggle for self determination and quest for liberation from Nigeria’s bondage remains endless.

Former Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Vincent Tenebe, has blamed issue of missing results in the institution on the students and the school itself.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday said the newly created Office of Civic Engagement, OCE, is open to all Lagosians and will on behalf of the government, listen to the people and ensure their concerns are adequately addressed.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has lined-up 15 witnesses that will testify against the Chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who was yesterday, re-arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

The Borno State government said yesterday it was working on plans to re-open major highways linking Maiduguri to other parts of the state.

The National Assembly leadership has been thrown into a quandary over allegation of plagiarism made against the head of its training institute, the National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS, Dr. Ladi Hamalai.