The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Lulu Louis Mnguni, was originally from an Academic background until he made a detour into the Diplomatic Corp following the invitation from late President Nelson Mandela.

The NLC in Oyo State on Thursday called on its members to continue with the ongoing strike action as the peace parley between it and government failed to resolve the impasse.

The National Organising Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Osita Izunaso, on Thursday said 2,873 delegates would converge on Benin on Saturday to elect the party’s candidate for the Edo elections.

The Director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, says the military will rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram members through its “Operations Safe Corridor’’.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has said that lawyers and judges are frustrating efforts of the Federal Government to fight corruption and impunity.

The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Friday said it foiled an attack on Agip’s oilfield and arrested 19 suspected vandals in several operations in May and June 2016.

Former Argentinian football star Diego Maradona on Friday accused FIFA’s former president, Joseph Blatter, of stealing while at the helm of the international football association.

The U.S. government’s climate agency on Friday said earth’s record monthly heat streak has extended to an unprecedented 13 months.

Tens of thousands of Nigeriens who fled a deadly Boko Haram attack are in “great distress”, with many lacking food and healthcare, Niger’s interior minister said during a visit to the displaced Thursday.

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has stressed the need to mainstream the delivery of primary health care solutions as key performance indicator in assessing governments and governance.