OWERRI—Palpable fear of an imminent epidemic of unimaginable proportion, has gripped residents of Owerri municipality, over the uncleared mountainous refuse along Douglas Road, Owerri.

A Media advocacy group, the Journalists Alliance for PMTCT in Nigeria, JAPiN, has been awarded the Defender of the Girl Child Award.

THE Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, and PZWilmar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, towards the country’s self-sufficiency in oil palm production in Abuja.

A witness in the ongoing trial of a former personal assistant on Domestic Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Warimpamoowei Emmanuel Dudafa Monday told the Lagos Federal High Court presided by Justice M.B. Idris how he received a total sum of N1,667,162,800 from the former presidential aide between 2013 and 2015 through five different companies.

The Arewa Youth Leaders for Development and Change has expressed concern over what it described as targeted attacks against senior officials of the Federal Government and associates of President Muhammadu Buhari.

THE Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Peterside Dakuku, yesterday, said that the agency would be restructured to empower its three zones to ensure efficiency in the performance of its core functions.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has withdrawn the certificate of recognition of Eze Anthony Owabie, as the Paramount Ruler of Rumuepirikom community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

Former governor of Kogi State, Capt. Idris Wada (retd.), has congratulated the incumbent, Yahaya Bello, on his Supreme Court victory last Tuesday.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has ordered the freezing of all the accounts of Imo State Government and the confiscation of all monies domiciled in them.

ABOUT N30 billion is needed to complete the ongoing rebuilding of residential houses and public structures destroyed by insurgents in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.