Advertising income for newspapers in Nigeria hit N143.1 billion between 2006 and December 2016, revealing a pattern that reached its peak in 2014 with N25 billion; and declined to 23.7 billion at the end of 2015.

Traditional leaders in Lokoja, Kogi State, have maintained their ground that it was miscreants and not youths of the town that stoned Governor Yahaya Bello at a Jumat prayer, penultimate Friday.

As part of his plans to foster a rewarding relationship with his community, Agege Chairmanship aspirant under the aegis of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sola Osolana hosted constituents to mark Sallah celebration.

MAKURDI—A 19-year-old Junior Secondary School, JSS, 2 female student, Jessica Beer, has reportedly committed suicide in Makurdi, Benue State, after allegedly being impregnated by her estranged boyfriend.

A syndicate has successfully used the name of the Head of Service of the Federation to seamlessly defraud unsuspecting victims.

Thousands of cancer patients are currently facing death nationwide, following a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines at treatment centres in the country.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), a 7-day ultimatum to begin the prosecution of the former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan over allegation of $15m unexplained wealth “frozen in four companies’ accounts.”

LAGOS—Damilola Taju, 20, member of a three-man robbery gang, arrested by policemen attached to Ikorodu Division, Lagos, for allegedly attacking market women, has blamed his criminal tendencies on frustration.

THE Presidency, last night, declined to join issues with the Senate over its threat to quiz the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her Budget and National Planning counterpart, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on the state of the economy.

Nigeria’s innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has boosted the fight against malaria with the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to residents of Owutu community, in Ikorodu, Lagos State and Enuwa Square, Ile Ife in Osun State.

Penultimate Friday, 14 Nestoil company staff were reportedly abducted in their company bus around Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area, Rivers State.

Angered by the denial of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung over a recent report credited to him in Vanguard and Brila Fm that athletes didn’t need training to win medals but a winning mentality, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Abuja chapter has described the Minister’s denial as ‘’unfortunate’’.

THE Federal Government has been urged to reduce the criteria given to universities for accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETfund which runs to billions of naira lying fallow in the bank due to stringent pre-requisite outlined for possession.

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that eating one egg every day is not associated with an elevated risk of incident coronary heart disease.

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