Nigerian soldiers yesterday killed 15 Boko Haram terrorists and captured six of its commanders as the battle to clear remnants of the insurgents continued with another large-scale recovery of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs.

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has queried Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, following allegations of judicial misconduct and perversion of justice levelled against him by the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC.

INDIGENES of Atan Offot, Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom State capital who fled the community last year in the wake of the threat to their homes caused by flooding and gully erosion have commended the state government for coming to their rescue.

A NIGER Delta activist and Head, Bayelsa Field Coordinator of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Mr. Alagoa Morris has expressed concern over the indiscriminate dumping of sewage/toxic chemicals in swamps and bodies of water along the Opolo-Epie axis of Yenagoa, some distance away from the state refuse dump site in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu, has been applauded for wading into the crisis in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN.

RESIDENTS of Afaha Atai community in Eket local government area, Akwa Ibom State have decried the deplorable state of the Ikot Ibiok road and pleaded with the state government to come to their aid.

A group, Rainbow Push Coalition, Nigeria, has instituted a legal action against the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Attorney General of the Federation and Dr. Jamila Shu’ara for extending Dr. Shu’ara’s tenure as Permanent Secretary after she allegedly attained the mandatory age of 60, contrary to the Public Service Rules in force in Nigeria.

NO fewer than 2,000 cases of tuberculosis, TB, have been recorded in Anambra State, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Josephat Akabuike, has said.

RIGHTS activist, Chief Mrs. Rita Lori-Ogbebor in this interview calls on Delta State governor, Sen Ifeanyi Okowa not to append his signature to the budget of Delta State Oil Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission prepared by the representatives of the Itsekiri ethnic group on the board of the commission. She noted that any budget without the input of the Itsekiri people, would only promote the interest of a privileged few.

CHIEF Friday Nwosu, who dragged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to court over alleged forged tax certificates, has vowed to continue with the matter despite “attacks and intimidation organised against him.”

The imminent return of the immediate past speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly to the House has set tongues wagging over the prospects of a leadership tussle. Should there be?

That perhaps sums up today’s showdown talks between the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick and the Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung on whether the NFF can go ahead and hire a foreign coach for the floundering sen ior national football team, the Super Eagles or keep faith with the local coaches.

AS Nigerians come to terms with the fact that the Super Eagles would not be part of next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, the Technical and Development Committee of the NFF has denied knowledge of the search or employment of a foreign Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles.

About N281 billion or $924.2 million in revenues remain un-reconciled due to unresolved issues in the oil and gas sector, the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI reports have shown.

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is set to raise female participation in science-related disciplines with its programme, Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Sciences, GEMS.