THE Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons, PRESCOM, has commenced a four- week national survey on the proliferation of illicit arms in Anambra State.

lagos—Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, yesterday, supported the proposal by the state Assembly for the relocation of the popular Mile 12 market which witnessed isunderstanding between Hausa and Yoruba traders last week.

THERE is high tension in the Ministry of Petroleum following one year tenure extension granted to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Jamila Shu’ara, by the Federal Government.

A 3,000-year-old Chinese board game was the focus of a very 21st century showdown Wednesday as South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol kicked off his highly anticipated clash with the Google-developed supercomputer, AlphaGo.

Thubelihle Dlodlo would not have made it to university in South Africa this year as her family could not afford the fees, but virginity brought her a lifeline.

A Judge of the High Court of Oyo State, Ibadan Division, Justice Ladiran Akintola, has approached the court to be recognized as one of the sons of the late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola.

ABUJA— THE Senate, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts to ensure the release of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents 690 days ago.

Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades, on Tuesday, repelled a daring attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest, according to a statement by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,
Acting Director Army Public Relations.

A yet-to-be identified middle-aged man has been reportedly killed, while three others were injured during a minor fracas at Berger Suya area of Lagos State, yesterday.

LAGOS — The Federal Government and 36 states governors will soon hold a retreat to consider alternatives to devaluation of the naira.

ABUJA — THE House of Representatives, yesterday, condemned the planned unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as proposed by the Minister of State for Petroleum and Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, this week without following the constitutional process.

The International Women’s Day first emerged from the activities of Labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe. Since those early years, the Day has assumed a new global dimension.

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has unbundled the organisation into five Business and two services components

Here is a state-by-state list of the winners of Republican and Democratic presidential nominating contests held so far in the 2016 race for the White House:

OPEC member Nigeria is “at the forefront” of the push for a global agreement to freeze the level of oil production, Energy Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Tuesday.