In a bid to underscore the importance of diversifying the economy and attracting more industries to Anambra state, Chief Willy Obiano has confirmed that the concise Economic Blueprint, made up of The Four Pillars of Development; including Agriculture, Industrialization, Trade and Commerce and Oil and Gas he developed on assumption of office has started yielding dividends.

The whereabouts of a young boy has become an issue between a businessman, Victor Asiegbu, and his ex-wife Ngozi, as they are both pointing accusing fingers at one another over the disappearance of their son.

Controversial Pastor of The Key Joy Celestial Church, Francis Taiwo, who chained his 9-year-old son for several weeks, has confessed the reasons behind his action.

Football loving Nigerians have been promised a huge prospect of the Spanish La Liga big guns, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid visiting the country on a playing tour in a no distant time.

It was a most rewarding gesture to a Nigerian fan who travelled from Nigeria to see his music model perform live on stage. It came as a surprise when the English singer and songwriter, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, popularly called, Adele suddenly kissed him on stage and later said to him, “thanks for the kiss!” then laughed as the concert-goer got down on one knee in a mock proposal. She then added: “I love you too, thank you for coming to my show.”

Ado-Ekiti—Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to make public the statement it extracted from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in its ongoing probe of money meant for the purchase of arms and the funding of the last general elections in the country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared as “inconclusive,” the Okigwe senatorial zone re-run election, which took place last Saturday.

A former Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa of Peoples Democratic Party, Party, PDP, was, yesterday, been declared winner of Kogi East Senatorial re-run election held on Saturday with 57,575 votes to defeat five other candidates.

The Pension Reform Act, 2014 mandates employers of three and above to have in place employer’s liability, (group life) insurance for employees. Unfortunately, a lot of employers are yet to comply with this law.

ABUJA—AHEAD of the establishment of the proposed Nigeria Peace Corps, the Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari the power to hire and fire the National Commandant General of the corps.

IN 2014, Cuba officially became the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child. Cuba has gone down in history as the first in the world to be validated by the World Health Organization, WHO, for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Feelers from last week’s foreign investment road-show by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicated that Nigeria’s finances and the economy as a whole may be headed to its worst external sector positions.

THE embattled former chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, yesterday, gave a startling revelation on how 10 standing committees allegedly inserted constituency projects worth N284 billion into the 2016 budget without the knowledge of their members.

Thirty one years after his administration was toppled in a military coup, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally opened up on why he was sacked.

I know I get on well with my boyfriend’s family. We’ve been an item for a few years now, but at a recent party, his dad tried to kiss me after giving me a playful smack on the bum. We’d all had too much to drink but I told my boyfriend about it right away. In the morning, I didn’t make an issue of it as it looked as if both father and son had forgotten an about the incident.