Scores of the sick in Aboh, Ahiazu and Ezinihitte local council areas of Imo State, have benefited from free healthcare courtesy of Mbaise USA Medical Mission.

The World Bank has approved a total of $961 million credit in support of the Federal Government Economic Recovery and Growth Programme, ERGP, and Kaduna State Economic Transformation Programme.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday directed the consortium of 13 banks involved in Etisalat Nigeria’s $1.2 billion loan to suspend further action on the indebtedness, including taking over ownership or management of the company.

They do not really care if their actions result in a long traffic or notorious queue.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria has said that Aba, the commercial city of Abia state stands a good chance of turning around the economy of Nigeria and makes it great again through the ingenuity of the artisans in the city.

FEMALE Niger Delta activist, Ms Ann Kio-Briggs, has called for restructuring of Nigeria’s federalism to allow political autonomy and also grant 100 per cent ownership and control of the rich oil resources in the Niger Delta to people of the region.

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The governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately side-lining the state since his emergence.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said it has repaid its N450 billion indebtedness to the Federal Government.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved the appointment of seven Special Advisers, with the former Secretary to the state Government, SSG, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, emerging Chairman, Strategic Planning Team, Governor’s Office.

A chief in the palace of the Oba of Benin, Chief John Adun, 61, and three others have been re-arraigned before an Egor Magistrate’s Court, Edo State, on a six-count charge of forgery of documents, procuring execution of deeds by threat, destroying a building valued at N22 million and destruction of six graves/tombs, among others.

As African champions, Cameroon seek to bounce back from their opening day loss to Chile at the FIFA Confederations Cup, their coach, Hugo Broos has rallied his players to inflict maximum damage on Australia, who they confront today in Russia

For the first time, the price of crude oil has dropped from $46 to $43.90 per barrel in the international market, showing $0.60 cents below Nigeria’s $44.50 per reference price for the 2017 budget.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, remanded five persons that allegedly kidnapped some staff and students of Nigeria-Turkish International College, Isheri, Ogun State, on January 13, in Kuje Prison.

Some leading stakeholders in Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, have mourned the death of Mr Olisameka Akamukali, a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, who reportedly died during a flood in Abuja.