Mobile device maker, Infinix Mobility has launched a football tournament for Nigerian youths.

Ibadan—The Olubadan-in-Council has in a letter, warned Dr Alex C. Alozie to stop parading himself as holder of the title of Eze Ndigbo of Igbos in Ibadan and Oyo State.

lagos—Attempt by the Lagos State government to arraign Trustees of Synagogue Church of all Nation, SCOAN, and two engineers charged over the collapsed guest house that killed 116 persons in the church was stalled yesterday following a new application by one of the companies.

We are not surprised at the dust being raised in the bid by the three geopolitical zones of the old Northern Nigeria to obtain what is described as “a multi-billion Dollar” loan from the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

Benue State Police Command, yesterday said it had mobilized and deployed no fewer than 5,000 police men to the Benue South zone, ahead of tomorrow ‘s senatorial rerun election between Senator David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party and Daniel Onjeh, of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday said arrangements had been concluded to set up a Microfinance Bank to aid artisans and small business operators.

Senator Chris Anyanwu has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to be fair in his fight against corruption.

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, yesterday faulted the Federal Government’s decision to deploy more troops in the Niger Delta to protect oil installations, saying that the move would not stop oil theft, kidnapping and pipeline vandalism.

THE Edo State government disclosed yesterday that Federal Government agencies and parastatals as well as private institutions have failed to remit their respective taxes which amounts to over N2 billion to the coffers of the state government.

MORE than 700 babies die daily in Nigeria due to lack of hygiene to ward off preventable infections at birth, an official of the Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs. Evelyn Agbanyim has said.

Depression will be the second deadliest disease by 2020, and the number one killer by 2030, Mr. Lanre Olusola, a psychologist has said.

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State yesterday signed the 2016 budget of N89,932,740,000.00, into law, even as he swore in newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairmen of all the 17 councils of the state.

PROTESTERS, yesterday, barricaded the entrance to the office of Sterling Energy Exploration Company, SEEPCO, at Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, demanding the relocation of the company’s operational headquarters from Lagos to Delta State.

URHOBO Progress Union, UPU, umbrella group of the Urhobo ethnic nationality in Deta State and Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Monday Igbuya, an Urhobo son, have disagreed on the blanket endorsement of the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for the 2019 governorship election.

Managing Director of Delta Trust Mortgage Finance Limited, DTMF, Mrs. Ruby Okoro, has said that in pursuance of the SMART agenda programme of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the state government has financially repositioned the mortgage bank to support Deltans in their quest to own their homes.