About 18 persons were killed by suspected cultists in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area on Friday night.

“Akwa Ibom State will become the hub of agricultural activities in Nigeria and the entire West African sub-region by 2020, when the efforts of the current government in developing agriculture begins to yield positive results within the medium term and in the long-run expectation. Also, output optimisation in agriculture in the state will translate into job creation for the indigenes, especially the youths”, said, an entrepreneur, Princess Gladys Assam.

Nigeria Football Federation and the Kaduna State Football Association are taking advantage of the postponement in date, to get the Ahmadu Bello Stadium ready for the Africa Nations Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and the Pharaohs of Egypt on March 26.

Romantic St. Valentine’s stories of Nollywood damsels

Ever since Channels TV made its foray into the United Kingdom broadcasting industry via Sky, I have been hooked on it. I am not the only convert for this station, as many Nigerians in Diaspora tune into Channels TV to keep abreast of events in motherland. The quality of programmes, video, audio and balanced news reports compared with other Nigerian TV stations have endeared diasporans to the station.

If the postulation of Governor Abdul fatah Ahmed is anything to go by officials of Kwara State government collecting it’s internally generated revenue (IGR) before now have been doing serious disservice to the government by diverting it’s money to private pockets.

The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has queried the Minister of the FCT, Muhammed Bello, for spending N55 million to build gate house in the official residence of the Vice President.

THE Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has said that the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, registration will afford the country the opportunity of knowing the exact population figures of its citizens.

Rose grew up in a devout family home – an upbringing that had guided every part of her life. When she was in secondary school, her parents joined a religious group that forbade television and radio – the devil’s ‘ work the weired-looking-beared leader of the sect roared. Naturally, all the usual teenage vices – smoking, drinking and illicit gropes with the opposite sex-passed her by. Instead, her teenage years were spent at prayer meetings and monthly vigils. It was expected that she married a member of the sect and a ‘fiance’ was rammed down her throat when she went to the university. Yomi, her ‘brother’ had already graduated and a part-time pastor. “What’s the point in furthering your studies?”, he wanted to know. “When we are married, you will have to give up whatever job you would be doing so that we could have a family. “

As the economic crisis facing Nigeria and other West African countries deepens, financial experts and policy makers within the sub-region have been trained to build solid macroeconomic fundamentals to drive the economies for optimum productivity.