The 21st Century Women Across the Globe, have been advised not to allow the socio-cultural and economic challenges pull them down but to face the future with every amount of determination and vigour as women are not second class citizens in the world.

Every member of the Buhari administration who has spoken about the current recession has assured Nigerians that the recession will end “very soon”. Unfortunately, (typical of government in our climes) no one has defined the time frame meant by very soon – leaving the officials an escape route in the event that nothing happens for a year or more.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has charged the Minister of State, (Petroleum), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to take charge of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, flaying the national leadership of the party for its tactlessness in resolving the crisis in the party.

Adamawa State government, yesterday, constituted a five-man panel of investigation to look into the activities of the Millenium Development Goals, MDGs, since 2007.

FOLLOWING the refusal of the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti to address their demands and expiration of their ultimatum, workers of the institution, yesterday, embarked on indefinite strike action.

PROMINENT members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West including the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, met, yesterday, in Ibadan, and agreed to embrace the reconciliatory moves by the national leaders of the party to brighten the chances of the party in future election.

FORMER governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, yesterday, lamented the damage caused to print journalism by what he described as the unbalanced writing of untrained internet reporters.

THE Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has said that it would commence nationwide clampdown on illegal courier operators across the country.

AS the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the 2015 and 2016 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, heads to the Supreme Court challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld the election of the incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson, the latter has raised alarm on the former’s alleged disrespect for the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court.

Lawmakers in Anambra State House of Assembly have condemned the alleged planned sale of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Nigeria Ports Authority NPA among other national assets by the Federal Government.