A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has sentenced a 15-year-old boy to three months in prison for defiling a five-year-old girl.

Scores of labour leaders from across the country yesterday, stormed Owerri to peacefully protest the return of the embattled Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.

So you have decided that you want to have a baby; maybe you just got married or you want another kid or you have been trying for a while with no success. Whatever the reason, please know that being underweight or overweight can make conception more difficult.

THE Senate yesterday called for the reintroduction of toll gates on the nation’s highway, as part of moves to generate revenue for the provision of infrastructure.

The Ethics and Privileges Committee in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, said that former Chairman of Appropriation Committee, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC-Kano) would not be paid any entitlements while under suspension.

C-River PDP lauds Ayade’s performance in office

Print and broadcast media have been asked to step up and avail themselves of emerging technology such as the internet via social media.

STAKE-HOLDERS at a one day public hearing on a Bill for an Act to establish the Presidential programme on rehabilitation and reintegration for implementation of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta region, yesterday said the implementation and reintegration of the programme were flawed.

VANGUARD’s Kirikiri Warriors finally got into business in the ongoing Med-View/NUJ Games yesterday trouncing two of the leading national newspapers within the space of four hours.

Environmental experts have averred that improper waste disposal and management is causing devastating effects on the climate, noting that environmental pollution and its challenges pose a threat in the economic development in Nigeria.

Corporate recruitment in Nigeria is quite predictable. Most times, you need to develop a longsuffering attitude to be able to go through the nerve-racking and stressful process.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has indicated its readiness to take its financial literacy awareness campaign to schools across the country in commemoration of this year’s World Savings Day.

Nigeria’s pioneer and largest brewer, Nigerian Breweries Plc., has kicked off the Heineken global talent campaign, Go Places in Nigeria. The official announcement of the event held today at the company’s Abebe Village, Iganmu headquarters in Lagos.

THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says CBN needs an effective monitoring framework to checkmate any incongruous Forex activity in commercial banks.

Representatives of the World Health Organisation, WHO, and United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Dr. Banda Richard and Dr. Aishatu Bintu Gambo, respectively, have commended Zanna Gubio, Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, for his commitment to the fight against polio.