My boyfriend of over a year was so unreliable that I called off the relationship. It was after we split up that I heard the rumour that most of his exes complained of being infected by him. I was so scared that I went for a medical check-up and the doctor told me I had herpes.

The embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, Monday, failed to persuade an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama to quash the 19-count money laundering charge that was preferred against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

PROFESSOR Femi Osofisan, a playwright, director, actor, critic, poet, novelist, editor and newspaper columnist, has been named winner of the coveted Thalia Prize 2016, which was announced by the Executive Committee of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC/AICT). The Thalia Prize is meant to highlight the work of those who have helped critics around the globe to understand new ways of seeing and appreciating the performing arts worldwide. This was announced by the President of IATC-Nigeria, Professor Emmanuel Dandaura.

ACTING Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, Monday told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Financial Crimes that the commission will soon take the ongoing anti-graft war to the petroleum and other unspecified sectors of the nation’s economy.

The Federal Government, yesterday, stated that officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) across the country would, from March 2016, begin to receive their salaries promptly.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has noted that the increase in electricity tariffs is the first major policy the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is coming up with, describing same as “a painful pill,” which consumers have to “swallow.”

The organised labour on Monday paralysed activities in nearly all offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies nationwide, following its protest over increased in electricity tariff.

An Ikeja High Court on Monday dismissed the two separate applications filed by the two engineers, who constructed the collapsed six-storey guest house owned by the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN) on September 12, 2014, seeking to stop their prosecution.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has disclosed the country’s willingness to invite former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini to the 2018 World Cup finals.

On the 4th of February 2016, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, Founder/President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and Wife of the Nigerian Senate President, joined Mrs. Aisha Buhari – Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to flag off Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week in Kebbi State, Nigeria; as well as empower expectant and newly delivered mothers with health-seeking incentives.

NIGERIAN-born/British artist, singer and actress, Patti Boulaye , on Friday 29th January, become a recipient of one of Britain’s highest honours – Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

I love African Literature. I have a Ph.D in literature and one of my dessertations was on African literature. I did my masters in Journalism before that. When I was doing my masters I was going to the university library thinking that I was going to research for my thesis and I ended up in the African literature section, reading everything there because it was interesting and the story telling was the best. I love Nigerian literature and oh!, I’m biased. I love Nigerian writing, by definition its always good from the classic to the present, its always good.

As Tesla Cancer Hospital’s technology partner, GE Healthcare will provide the latest GE imaging technology, which will help doctors and patients with confidence in diagnosing.

The Naira on Monday remained stable, exchanging for N310 to the dollar at the parallel market.