Osogbo – Moves to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in Osun State received a boost during the week as 16 communities across four Local Government Areas in the state declared their intentions to end the practice altogether in their domains.

WHAT an irony. His father died when he and his siblings were toddlers. Now he too is dead leaving behind three toddlers.

The trial of embattled chairman of Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited, Jide Omokore, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, got underway before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday.

THE atmosphere is charged in Rivers State ahead of Saturday’s rerun elections in the state. The two top contending political parties, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressive Congress, APC are flexing muscles for what many describe as the mother of all political battles.

The cashless economic policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has received a boost with the entrance of PayU, a global payment group into the Nigerian market.

Leading connectivity provider and Data Centre, MainOne has adopted two schools in its recently launched Corporate Social Responsibility program tagged: Changing Lives, Impacting the Future, CLIF.

If you’ve ever watched a Hollywood crime fighting movie, it only makes sense that you’d be enamored about the level of technology that goes into reporting incidents to law enforcement and investigating perpetrators. You probably wondered: “When will this sort of thing come to Nigeria?”

The beauty of the internet is that anybody can say anything and not be held accountable. When freedom of speech is for a good cause, this is a beautiful thing. However, when social media platforms are used to recruit terrorists and spread hatred against people-groups, it becomes a totally different situation altogether. Although advancement in technology is making it easier to track propagators of harmful information, the ugly truth remains that online terrorism is growing in leaps and bounds.

NOT many saw it coming. The electoral defeat of Yahaya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, the Gambian strongman who has ruled the country for twenty two years. A second surprise is Jammeh’s acceptance of defeat. A third issue, is the possibility of a smooth power transition in January, 2017.

Best Model Nigeria winner, Ejiro Joy Akpokiniovo emerged the winner of the 29th edition of Best Model of the World shortly after winning the Best Model Nigeria 2016 modeling contest.

US based talented singer, Perfecta Ekpo is set to storm Nigeria for a series of tours and a performance at the Akwa Ibom Carol Festival .The festival is scheduled to hold at the Uyo Township Stadium on the 17th of December, 2016.

Ibadan – Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State must be feeling the weight of leadership on his shoulders for the past six years as he publicly declared that he would retire from politics after his second term as governor.

FORMER Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme has attributed the worsening erosion menace in his community, Oko in Anambra State to lack of follow up after the initial intervention which was done 30 years ago when he was in power.

LAGOS—Two suspected drug smugglers, Itobo Egede and Munirudeen Ikumapayi, have been arrested with 1,300 parcels of substance suspected to be cannabis worth N62.4 million by Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.

LAGOS— THREE members of a family, consisting of the husband, wife and their child, were yesterday, feared drown after a boat mishap on Badagry waterways, Lagos State.