Anglican Church faithful in the Diocese on the Niger yesterday embarked on a road show in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State to celebrate 159th anniversary of the advent of Christianity in Igboland, championed by the Church Missionary Society, CMS, led by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther.

Nigeria’s Education sector seems to have gone all topsy-turvy, with conflicting policies from authorities within a short space of time. Many in the sector – teachers, lecturers, students and parents are all confused, not knowing the next step to take.

AS the controversy that greeted the appointment of John Obi Mikel as captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics is yet to die down, the Secretary General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Comrade Tunde Popoola has stated in unambiguous terms that neither he, nor the organisation he represents, the NOC were aware of the captain’s appointment.

Osogbo—Former Head of state , General Yakubu Gowon (retd), yesterday, took a retrospective look at the situation in the country and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the country’s economy regain its strength to alleviate the suffering of the masses.

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have reached a long-awaited decision on where exactly in Chicago to build their presidential library.

ABUJA — Members of the House of Representatives, under aegis of Transparency Group, yesterday, told the anti-graft agencies to wade into alleged padding of the 2016 budget by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; his deputy, Yusuf Lasun; Chief Whip, Ado Doguwa, and Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, and ensure credible investigation.

THE people of Oghara in Delta State have protested the alleged take over of their land by the Nigerian Navy.

Unless there is a change of fortune in the camp of the Rio Olympics-bound U-23 team, international disgrace awaits Nigeria in Brazil

Governor Adams Oshiomhole says the Peoples Cemocratic Party is an anti-worker party which purged the public service of over 7,000 workers in one fell swoop, without paying their pensions and gratuities.

In 1999 after fortune shone on the ill-fated political ‘prisoner’ who was fated thereafter to be President, General Olusegun Obasanjo was as greenhorn as political rookies can get when he grappled with the task of shedding the regimentation of garrison life in order to fit into the messy affairs of the ‘democratic process’. And worse still when he faced his baptism of fire at an even messier turf, the ‘legislative arena’. This is the one arena in a democracy that fatalists describe as a mystery ‘machine’ through which members of the executive pass usually as ‘pigs’ but always come out as ‘sausages’.

ABEOKUTA—The Federal Government, yesterday, said it will commence its National Home Grown School Feeding Programme with 5.5 million pupils across the country by September .

Following their alleged involvement in the murder of two persons; Mr Ayo Jeje and Mrs Juliana Adewumi in Erinjiyan-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on March 30, 2013, a High Court in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State has issued arrest warrant against the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Jide Awe, and three other, namely Faboro John Ojo, Aniramu Basiru and Falayi Busuyi declaring them wanted.

SOME eminent Nigerians and employers of labour, yesterday, disagreed with Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic policy

Acting Public Affairs Officer, United States Consulate, Lagos, Frank Selin, has said that Nigeria has one of the biggest group of students studying in United State.

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has lent a voice to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s categorisation of Nigeria’s lawmakers as corrupt and undeserving of the honour being bestowed on them by the people.