The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, yesterday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army as from 2017.

By Emma Amaize & Akpokona Omafuaire BOMADI—THE traditional ruler of Akugbene Mein Kingdom, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Pere S.P Luke Kalanama VIII, has called on the Federal Government to address the anxiety in the Niger Delta region caused by years of neglect with practical development of the area. The monarch, who made the […]

Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, led by its Chairman and governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, yesterday, commiserated with Governor Udom Emmanuel and people of Akwa Ibom State over the tragic incident of a collapsed church building at Reigners Bible Church in Uyo.

Anguish has continued to trail the attack on Goska Village, near Kafachan, Jema’a Local Government Area, of Kaduna State, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, not to sign the death warrant on three death row inmates in Benin prison, as their appeals are still pending before the Court of Appeal, Lagos.

Coach Stanley Eguma has admitted his Rivers United are in for two tough matches against AS Real Bamako of Mali in a preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Champions League.

The Federal Government said, weekend, that MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards.

Compared to 2015, the release of funds in 2016 to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatrist Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, reduced by 48 per cent for capital projects and 16 per cent for staff emoluments respectively, even as the health institution witnessed a 111 per cent increase in overall patient attendance and 59 per cent increase in number of new patients within the first 11 months of the outgoing year.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has called on leaders of Ikwerre ethnic nationality to work with other ethnic groups to ensure faster development of the state.

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has given the Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, Prof. Michael Adikwu, 21 days within which to withdraw comments made against the leadership or face its wrath.