Vivid details of the role played by the police in Rivers State during the aborted arrest of a judge of the Federal High court in Port Harcourt, in the early hours of Saturday emerged yesterday, after sources disclosed that the Directorate of State Services, DSS, in the state informed the Commissioner of Police about the operation before it started.

THE traditional Urho-Okpota ground located at Ring Road, the heart of ancient Benin City, Edo State, has been condoned off, following on going work ahead of the October 20, 2016 coronation of the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, Ehenede Erediauwa, as the new Oba of Benin.

FOUNDATION for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, in collaboration with the Imo State Government and Market Development for the Niger Delta, MADE, is set to hold the fifth edition of the Niger Delta Development Forum, NDDF, in Owerri, Imo State.

Following the frequent bombings and destruction of oil and gas installation in the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the intention of the militants allegedly behind the attacks was to colonize Nigeria economically.

Activities at the courts in Aba, Abia state, were on Monday, halted as judicial workers in the city embarked on industrial action over non-payment of salaries and granting of financial autonomy to the Judiciary in the state.

THE United Kingdom, UK, yesterday, appealed to the federal governmment to end death penalty in the country. A statement by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, on the 2016 World Day against Death Penalty, said the British government believed death penalty had no place in the modern world and that its use undermined human dignity.

Few weeks after the dismal and embarrassing parallel elections by members of the Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, a new State officers Committee have emerged following the intervention of the National body of the Association.

The joy of every parent is to see their children walk and grow up with their peers, but the reverse is the case with six years old Kehinde Abdur Raheem Yusuf. Kehinde whose head is bigger than his body was diagnosed of Hydrocephalus ailment (water in the head) at six months.

Subsidised treatment for cancer patients in Nigeria has been described as non-negotiable if the war against cancer is to be won.

AFTER years of failed attempts and missed opportunities, Nigeria may be on track towards the elimination of malaria following signals showing that effective case management could be acheived with prompt diagnosis with the recommended Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) /microscopy before use of antimalarial medicines.