Yenagoa—Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has confered awards of excellence on two prominent indigenes of the state, Dr Gabriel Okara and Prof. Ebiegberi Alagoa.

Public primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa State are yet to resume for the 2016/2017 session because of the failure of the state government to settle the seven months salary arrears of teachers.

By Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT—THE Federal Government has been urged to compensate Cross River State for ceding Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. President, Rights Monitoring Group, RMG, Mr Olufemi Aduwo made the appeal in a statement, stressing that the state should be compensated for  losing the rich peninsula. He advised the Federal Government to consider the […]

The Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Worldwide, has congratulated Mr. Godwin Obaseki on his electoral victory in the just concluded Edo State governorship election, saying the victory was a testimony to the acceptability of his welfarist and grassroots-oriented programmes, as well as their belief in continuity of Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s laudable programmes.

A British man with HIV undergoing a pioneering treatment to cure him of the disease has shown “remarkable” progress, doctors have told a newspaper.

The birthplace of Islam containing Mecca – Islam’s holiest site – shifted to the western Gregorian calendar on Sunday, bringing the oil-rich kingdom in line with many of its energy customers.

Nigeria has spent 720.5 billion naira ($2.4 billion) on capital expenditure this year to help drag Africa’s biggest economy out of recession, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday. “I believe that this recession will not last. Several hundreds of thousands of (unemployed) workers will be re-engaged in the next few months as our public works […]

A suicide bomber killed at least 22 people Monday in an attack targeting a party in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and medics said.

By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA—Wife of Kogi State governor, Rashida Bello, has described as worrisome the high rate of heart failure and other related diseases in the country. Mrs Bello also called on women and people of the state to eat healthy diet and engage in regular exercises to prevent heart-related diseases prevalent in the society. […]

A suicide bomber killed at least 22 people Monday in an attack targeting a party in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and medics said.