ABOUT seven persons died, while two others sustained injuries, in a motor accident along Bauchi-Jos Road.

Five suspected cultists were, weekend, killed while scores sustained various degrees of injuries during initiation at Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State.

SECURITY operatives have recovered the decomposing body of a 38-year-old pregnant woman, Mrs. Afor Sammy, who was allegedly killed in the inter-communal crisis between Igbide and Okpolo-Enwen communities, both in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, over land dispute.

All Progressives Congress, APC, leader and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has paid glowing tributes to the late Chief Moshood Abiola for sowing the seed of the democracy Nigerians are currently enjoying.

Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson has expressed dismay over the delay in the payment of workers salaries in the state, despite his directive to that effect.

Lawyer, environmentalist and social activist, Ledum Mitee was the pioneer vice-president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, and until recently, the president of the body.

Mr. Mitee who has also chaired several civil society groups was also until recently, Chairman, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI.

Mitee in this interview in Port Harcourt speaks on burning issues in the Niger Delta, the killings in his native Rivers State and some other topical issues.

The Nigerian- Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, a pristine medical facility in Abuja is set to commence services for heart valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting otherwise known as open heart surgery in Abuja.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described as fraud, the request by the Federal Government that states should provide 40 per cent counterpart funding for the school feeding programme.

AS Nigeria grapples with the present economic downturn occasioned by sharp fall in oil revenue, Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, called for sober reflection on what should be done to put the country on the irreversible path of progress.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State,has called on African movie actors, producers, creative writers and directors to serve as promoters of the state as the investors destination of Africa with attendant economic benefits.

A major recruiter for Boko Haram Islamist extremists’ sect has been arrested in Borno State, an official of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has said, yesterday.

Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILoT, has kicked against the contract awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for the dredging of a canal to link Ogheye/Ugbege/Araromi and other neighbouring coastal communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, citing irregularities and associated dangers.

The Nigeria’s Non Performing Loans, NPL, ration stood at 10.1% as at April, 2016, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said

Customers of Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, may be faced with a new across-the counter cash withdrawal limit to be pegged at N10, 000.

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) broke into the international sponsor-ship market with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the League Manage-ment Company (LMC) and United Kingdom’s leading global sport drinks maker, iPro Sport International Limited (ISIL).