An economist, Prof. Ben Aigbokhan says Nigeria is gradually exiting recession with the growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and slight improvement in job creation.

All commercial and vehicular activities in Imo state, Friday, came to a halt, following the visit of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

LAGOS—THE Police, yesterday, charged three commercial cyclists, Koffi David, Hakimi Adamu and Saidu Ibrahim, who allegedly abducted a housewife and threatened to kill the husband, before an Igbosere magistrate’s court, Lagos.

Germany warned Friday that it would not accept any new US sanctions against Russia that targeted European companies at the same time.

ABAKALIKI—ONE person was, yesterday, reported dead, while several other persons sustained injuries in a motor accident that occurred along the ever busy Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway.

The parents of a terminally-ill British baby whose plight has drawn sympathy from Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump were preparing on Friday for their child’s life support to be withdrawn.

Mrs. Bimbo Olajumoke, 49-year-old dealer on fabrics, on Friday, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught another woman cooking for her husban

Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC -Sokoto North) has said that the Senate has amended the Universal Education Act to ease pressure on states in accessing funds for infrastructure development in schools.

As part of its continued efforts to support local football in Nigeria, premium beer brand, Star Lager brought world class technical coaching home to Nigeria’s local first team coaches, for a 3-day coaching clinic this week at the Abuja National Stadium.

Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria Assem Hanafi says the Federal Government and its security agencies in Nigeria have shown exemplary courage in the fight against terrorism.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland led a team of the State Executive Committee members to sign an agreement with Bühler AG (“Bühler”), a leading rice-mill producer in the world, for the acquisition of a 32 tonnes per hour Rice Mill.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks across the country.

A driver, Sunday Lawal, 33, who allegedly obtained three bottles of Hennessy and food valued at N75,000 from a bar attendant under false pretences, was on Friday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

Rev Fr David Ajang on Friday urged his fellow priests to cater for the poor and indigent persons in their various parishes and communities.

A 30-year-old Civil Servant, Muhammad Kurna, was on Friday brought before a Kano Magistrates’ Court over alleged cheating.