A 45-year-old trader, Sunny Onugu, on Friday appeared in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly touching a woman’s breast without her consent.

Natures Gentle Touch, owned by Recare Cosmetics International has announced the appointment of international African model and Miss Universe 2011, Leila Lopes as her brand ambassador. This is building on the brand’s global vision and strategic expansion into African countries.

The Federal Government, on Friday, opposed a fresh application by Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, challenging the powers of the Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute him over the allegation that he falsely declared his assets.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonaya Onu has appealed to Nigerians to patronise Made in Nigeria goods, saying, that would be only way to boost the economy and ensure the country develops.

The immediate past Director-General of the National Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Emeka Mba; the Managing Director, Technology Advisor, Mr. Basil Udotai, and four companies said to have been used in diverting money meant for digital television broadcasting have denied allegations levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

As the country celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, Nigerian women yesterday emphasized that there is need for urgent action to accelerate gender parity.

SENATE leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to go after former President Goodluck Jonathan to explain his role in the on – going investigation into the $2.1 billion arms deal.

Trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast that killed twelve persons at the Eagle Square in Abuja, Mr. Charles Okah‎, resumed yesterday, with one of the witnesses, Ishaka Abba, admitting that he was the one that sold the car that was used ‎for the terrorist act.

THE House of Representatives yesterday gave the Bureau of Public Enterprises ,BPE a clean bill of health over the sale of ,NITEL, and it’s mobile network, Mtel to a consurtium of seven foreign and local firms NATCOM.

The oil price may have finally bottomed out after an unprecedented drop over the past 18 months, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday, noting oil’s “remarkable recovery” over recent weeks.