IT has become necessary for all lovers of democracy and haters of autocracy to beam their searchlight on the unfolding events at the National Assembly, particularly the Senate. Even before the inauguration of the Eight Senate, controversy had been thick in the air and there was plenty of jockeying for power, supremacy, and control of […]

Politicians and public figures from around the world have reacted with horror after a truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 as they watched a Bastille Day fireworks display.

Coalition of Civil Societies and Media Executives for Good Governance, COCMEGG, has condemned Senator Dino Melaye for disparaging and casting aspersions on a woman of substance and beacon of hope to the womenfolk across Africa, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

France declares three-day national mourning after truck attack: PM

Students led by National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, yesterday shut Lokoja, Kogi State capital, protesting the industrial action by lecturers of the State University since May.

THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, yesterday claimed over 2.5 million Nigerian children were suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM, warning that 20 percent of the number could die if urgent steps were not taken address the issue.

Like most well-meaning Nigerians, we are worried at the upshoot of violent activities in the Niger Delta.

Ibadan—Meanwhile, the APC members in the South-West said, yesterday, it felt scandalized and traumatized that they were in the same political party with Senator Dino Melaye.

For an administration and a legislature looking for every opportunity to embarrass the other, the issue of constituency projects seems to be a readily available issue for dispute.

LAGOS—A widow, who was paraded by Lagos State Police Command alongside some criminals for allegedly recruiting young schoolgirls as commercial sex workers in a hotel in Surulere area of the state during school hours, has denied the charge.

THE Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has raised alarm over what it described as the deplorable condition of public libraries in the 36 states of the country.

The Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that Nigeria must begin the process of diversifying the source of energy needs of the county in order to achieve meaningful industrialization.

One of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirants in Abia State, in the December 8, 2014 primaries, Mr. Friday Nwosu, has filed a notice of appeal over the judgment of the Federal High Court, Owerri, which dismissed his suit against Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu.

ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, approved N241,455,285,471 for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, administration for the 2016 fiscal year.

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on recently said it was in receipt of a circular from the Government of Saudi Arabia prohibiting the importation of kola nuts, popularly called “goro”, “obi” in hausa and yoruba parlance into the Kingdom during the 2016 Hajj.