KADUNA—Three days after two men were killed in Golkofa village, Godogodo District, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State by alleged armed herdsmen, another man was killed in the same village, yesterday, said a local source.

THE National leadership of KOWA Party has sacked the party’s candidate, Mr. Thompson Osadolor for his alleged endorsement of the PDP, candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu.

THE  Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, NAN , Bayo Onanuga has been bashed on social media by cross section of Nigerians including the 95% that elected President Buhari into office in 2015. Mr. Onanuga is rebuked after his defense of President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC administration’s handling of economy leading to recession […]

LAGOS—The Central Bank of Nigeria through the Nigeria Customs Service has slashed the exchange rate for duty calculations from N316 Per dollar to N306 per dollar.

ABUJA—SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, advocated for teacher’s salaries to become an item in the capital expenditure in the budget of states and the federal government in order to ensure prompt payment to beneficiaries.

LAGOS—Policemen attached to the Pen Cinema Division of Lagos State Police Command have arraigned a 46-year-old pastor, Archie Morrow, before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, over allegations that he duped 499 women of N3.5 million.

Democratic presidential candidate HillaryClinton is suffering from pneumonia and was overheated and dehydrated when she quickly left a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York on Sunday, her doctor said. The incident at Ground Zero, in which the 68-year-old Clinton seemed to lose her footing as she was helped into her vehicle, sparked new questions about her health — and offered Donald Trump a new opening to attack his White House rival.

KADUNA—Org labour weekend in Kaduna, contended that prompt payment of existing salaries by state and local governments and urgent wage increases in both the private and public sectors, linked with productivity improvement, were the quickest ways to stimulate and rescue the nation’s economy from recession.

ABUJA—The latest audit report prepared by Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has said the National Assembly management failed to account for a total expenditure of over N9.4 billion in 2014.

THE Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has faulted the Federal Government’s 2016 budget that allocated only eight per cent to the education sector against the stipulated 26 per cent approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO for the sector.

LAGOS—Several persons were, yesterday, injured in multiple accident on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos.

he ancient city of Oyo will shake to its foundation next month as the maiden “Alaafin of Oyo United Boxing Champi-onship” holds from October 7th to 15th, 2016 at the Oyo Township Stadium. The boxing tournament is being put together by the Universal Boxing Council, UBC Super Middleweight Championship, Mojeed Okedara.

A 42-year-old mother, Mrs. Blessing Arigi-Osakwe, lost her life yesterday to injuries sustained while attempting to save her two children from an inferno in Sokoto State.

Five Nigerian male football referees have failed the FIFA Physical Fitness Test held at the main bowl of the National stadium Abuja on Saturday. The match officials are among the 16 ungraded FIFA referees invited by the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) for a possible upgrade.

There was drama, yesterday, at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State as aggrieved passengers reportedly prevented a Lagos bound Arik aircraft from taking off for about 30 minutes.