If there is any country that should be concerned with the looming hunger crisis, it is Nigeria. The country is currently the most populous on the continent, with an increasing population expected to hit 250 million by 2030. With one in nine people across the world suffering from chronic malnourishment, it is no wonder that all eyes have turned to technology for the answer.

The race for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo state has continued to throw up several revelations, accusations and counter-accusations, with virtually all the 18 aspirants of the All Progressives Congress APC who have purchased their nomination forms accusing the incumbent, Dr Olusegun Mimiko of mismanagement of state resources.

CHIEF Whip of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, in the Second Republic House of Representatives, (1979-1983), High Chief Tom Ubiokpo Bluf Egbuwoku, has passed on, aged 78. Egbuwoku was the Okpure and Iyasere of Emede Kingdom and the Ologobosere of Egoro land. He went to be with the Lord on July 30.

WARRI—IJAW national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has said that anyone found culpable in the budget padding saga rocking the House of Representatives should be made to face the music, a it is a sacrilege.

Abuja—The Police Service Commission yesterday alerted that fraudsters have opened a fake facebook account with the name of its chairman, Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, (retd), with a view to swindling members of the public.

LAGOS— Forte Oil Plc has disclosed plans to raise N50 billion through the debt capital market in the second half of the year to finance its expansion programme.

Abuja—For Nigeria to address the challenge of shortage of teachers in its basic education sector, it would need over 1.3 million teachers in six years.

Accredited journalists working from the Main Press Centre at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games might have to go hungry and thirsty.

The Chief Executive Officer of indigenous renewable energy company, Arthur Energy Technology Limited, Arthur Anthony Okeyika has disclosed plans to invest to invest Five hundred million naira in Nigeria’s first solar powered vehicle assembly plant set to be built in Akwa Ibom.

Muslims attended Catholic mass in churches around France on Sunday in solidarity and sorrow following the brutal jihadist murder of a priest, the latest in a string of attacks.

The Nigerian football team will take to the pitch this week in their new Nike Football home and away kits featuring Dri-FIT technology.

Among the galaxy of international stars who will be competing at the Olympics, we take a look at some who are set to leave their mark in Rio.

Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said in Kaduna on Tuesday that Nigerians must stop those using religion and ethnicity to cause disunity and crisis in the country.

‘Girls Go IT’ Nigeria, a social development platform intent on empowering girls from rural and under-served communities to acquire digital and information technology skills has announced that 10 girls from 2 secondary schools are currently under-going a 12- week intensive training in front-end development and project management skills in the pilot phase of the ‘Girls Go IT’ summer boot camp in Mushin, Lagos.

SIFAX Group, a multinational corporation with diverse interests in maritime, aviation, haulage & logistics, oil & gas and hospitality, has projected an improved business performance in the country’s economy in the second half of the year.