The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Saturday said that the 2016 budget was not padded because the total figure voted for all ministries had not exceeded N6.08 trillion.

Two traditional rulers in Lagos State are being investigated for their roles in bloody clashes in their communities, the State Police Commissioner, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said on Saturday.

Mrs Blessing Ameh, Health Educator, Kogi State Ministry of Health, said on Saturday that the state was free of polio for upward of six years without new cases.

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state will soon implement the one teacher one subject policy in public primary schools in Akwa Ibom.

A social media storm was kicked up when one-half of one of Africa’s finest pop duo, P-Square, Peter Okoye, recently took to his Twitter page to announce that their elder brother, Jude, has been sacked as the group’s manager.

English FA Cup results on Saturday:

Former Senate President, David Mark, has won his polling unit, according to the result declared by the INEC official.

There was controversy over the alleged attack on a party agent, Agbo Icha Emmanuel at Idabi Polling Booth, Otukpo.

The race to the White House entered its third round Saturday as Republicans began voting in a South Carolina primary and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders faced off for the Democrats in Nevada caucuses.

Mr Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Benue South Senatorial Re-run, has cast his vote at his Orokam Ward in Ogbadibo LGA.