The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has urged Nigerian youths to ‘quit whining’ and that no body owe them anything.

UNIVERSITY of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, will on Friday award first degrees, diploma and certificates to 12, 448 students.

DESPITE the anti-corruption crusade of the present administration, Nigeria still ranks high among the corrupt countries in the world.

Rafael Nadal beat sixth-seeded Gael Monfils in four sets on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the 30th time, prompting talk of a potential Australian Open final against Roger Federer.

THE Concerned Members for Peace in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom has raised alarm over alleged attempts to increase the mandatory 289 hectares of land which is to be acquired by Delta State Government from Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities describing it as unwarranted and uncalled for.

Many children, aged between seven and 10 years, are currently being treated for snake bites in rabbit holes at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, Comprehensive Health Centre, Zamko, Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

THE leadership of The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW in Ondo State yesterday warned its members that it is not a political union.

JUSTICE J. E. Oyefeso of an Ikeja high court has ordered an estate agent, Alhaji Ola Alani Tijani, to be remanded in prison custody over alleged fraud.

IN what seem to be a rising breakthrough for Nigeria, there are strong indications that the country would benefit from the projected growth in Subsea Umblicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) market.

No fewer than 2.3 million Nigerians living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus are not on any form of treatment, even as health experts have raised alarm over the growing incidence of resistance to anti-retroviral drugs in the country.

TOGO goalkeeper Kossi Agassa can miss their must-win Africa Cup of Nations match against DR Congo today after the goalkeeper’s house was vandalised, said coach Claude LeRoy.

The Ohuru Isimiri Police Division in Aba, Abia State has arrested two suspected swindlers, Uche Uzoma and Philip Nwachukwu, for fraudulently obtaining N900,000, from a Naval officer, one Commander Benedict Nwaokorie.

THE National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, said it will undertake a verification of the capital resources of all insurance companies in the first quarter of 2017.

THE King of Abonnema has just finished a magnificent building he called his palace. The king of Okpo has done same – built a palace. But there the similarity ends. Abonnema is one of the major towns among the Kalabari Ijaws; its history is long and illustrious. It has prominent indigenes whose names are common to all Nigerians, Wenike Briggs, Ajumogobia, Graham-Douglas, Ferdinand Alabraba, W.W. Whyte, Mr. Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte (SCJ), Odoliyi Lolomari (ex M.D., NNPC), Olu Fubara, Ambassador D.D. Obunge, Admiral Bob Manuel, Chief Lulu Briggs, Dr. Dodiyi Manuel, Capt. Briggs (ex-Minister of Transport), Capt. Ajumogobia, Chief S.K Dagogo Jack (ex-INEC Chairman), Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Bibi Akpana, Tom Fabyan (former M.D. African Petroleum), L.M. Jacks (Permanent Secretary, Internal Affairs), Miss World (Agbani Darego); Miss Nigeria (Syster Jack), et

CALABAR — THE premises of the Calabar Urban Development Agency, CUDA, Cross River State, has been sealed for a month running, following a magistrate court judgment against the state government over non-payment of N12.3 million annual rent covering 2014-2016 to the property owner and octogenarian, Chief Mrs. Ekanem Oku Kurz. NDV learned that the annual rent of N4.5 million for the two-storey building located at 106 IBB Way, Calabar, known as Lirak House, has not been paid since 2014 and it incapacitated the woman, who relied on it for her upkeep.