NO fewer than 5,000 indigenes of Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State and its environs benefitted from the free surgical outreach programme organized by the Family Empowerment and Youths Reorientation Programme (FEYReP) in conjunction with the Pro-Health International and the Akwa-Ibom State Association of Nigeria (AKISAN USA incorporated).

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, (Nigerian Shiite) has dragged the Nigerian Army to the International Criminal Court of justice, ICC, over allegation of genocide.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday accused Kogi State government of planning to sack no fewer than 16,000 of the state public workers.
The union claimed government had set up a parallel six-man committee aside the committee handling the ongoing screening exercise, with a mandate of reducing the workforce at all cost.

With campaigns by politicians jostling to succeed Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State getting more frenzied by the day, delegates to elect the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the September 10 governorship race in the state, have been advised to critically scrutinise the credentials of those who have indicated their intentions to govern the state.

The contention for the governorship ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State narrowed, yesterday, after Senator Ehigie Uzamere announced his resignation from the party.