Embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing trial over alleged N400 million fraud, yesterday, prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to allow the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to stand surety for him.

The project was not captured in 2016 budget; but I am here to see what is left to be done so that I can seek funding for it in the 2017 appropriation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has assured prompt and quality medical care to the 21 released Chibok girls and any other subsequent release.

Residents across Lagos waterfront communities yesterday stormed the Lagos State Government House in Alausa, Ikeja, to protest against their forceful eviction from the areas, calling for the retraction of the seven-day notice to all waterfronts by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.

Did you know that some skin diseases can be contracted through simple hair cut? Do you know that razor bumps on the face and head, remain one of the biggest concerns when it comes to grooming? A Consultant Dermatologist, from the College of Medicine University of Lagos, CMUL, Dr. Aisha Akinkugbe says barbering with unsafe clippers could expose individuals to several skin diseases.

THE youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo under the aegis of Ohanaeze Youth Vanguard has petitioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara over the alleged exclusion and marginalisation of the South East officers in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in its promotions.

IN line with the anti-corruption stance of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari, will today declare open a two-day seminar aimed at formulating a legislative framework for the anti-graft fight in the country.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria under the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) Project in Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to increase the Health sector budget in 2017.

FIVE foundations across five states in Nigeria are championing early cancer detection and treatment, and have urged the Federal government to set up more breast cancer screening centres along with creation of cancer registries to help reduce the burden of cancer in the country.

SECOND Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme has reiterated the need for Igbo people to unite and trust one another as they were doing in the past, arguing that it is only by so doing that their region would move forward in the Nigeria project.

THE Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has continued its crackdown on organizations with tax liabilities by shutting the premises of defaulters in Lagos, Ibadan and Port Harcourt yesterday.

CO-ORDINATOR of Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp at Ohogua, near Benin, Edo State, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, has appealed to Nigerians and corporate organisations to assist in the provision of food stuff and other essential commodities to save the lives of persons in the camp.

NO less than 250 million young children across the world are unlikely to fulfil their potential as adults because of stunting and extreme poverty, according to a new Lancet series just released.

No fewer than 112million Nigerians now live below poverty level as global poor hits one billion mark. According to the latest poverty report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, about 112 million Nigerians (representing 67.1 per cent) of the country’s total population of 167million.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said yesterday that Nigeria was able to secure a profound commitment of international investors as a result of the specific requests presented by the Nigerian delegation to the meetings.