Professional women groups in Kano pourer out in their dozen defied early morning downpour Tuesday to staged a protest rally against rampant cases of rape in Kano and environs.

The army on Tuesday confirmed that seven civilians, including two young children, were killed by a car bomb that exploded at a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday.

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has urged civil society organisations (CSOs) in the South-South to closely monitor contract award and execution by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

No fewer than 60 volunteers in the Federal Government’s job creation scheme for youths are on payment hold and may be prosecuted for fraud, the Presidential aide on Job Creation, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, said on Monday.

DR. John Danfulani, a social crusader and activist from the embattled Southern Kaduna has said that the people of Southern Kaduna would prefer and be comfortable to go with the Biafra Republic rather remain with Nigeria where the people were being killed on daily basis with any adequate protection from the Government.

AS the August date for the governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, draws near, the expected step down by some of the aspirants considered to be cronies of the more serious ones had begun in the party, with a former member of House of Representatives, Chief Ralph Okeke dropping his ambition to support Senator Andy Uba.

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, expressed concern over the rising volatility in the global crude oil market, stating that the days of zero oil, where the commodity would become irrelevant, were clearly around the corner.

Enugu—Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, vowed that there would be no elections in Anambra State until a date for referendum on Nigeria is approved by the Federal Government.

I SHOULD have been having a belly laugh by now but for the tragic occurrence that the All Progressives Congress APC, just set up a committee headed by an opponent of the concept, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, to define what the all important demand in Nigeria today, restructuring, means? I thought the party should just have bought a copy of Chambers dictionary to check the meaning of the word instead of setting up this needless committee which at best is a mockery. Or has Mallam Shekau mopped the bookshops to give practical effect to Boko Haram?

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has projected that Nigeria’s economy will grow at a faster pace than South Africa’s in 2018.

The hope-lifting picture of President Muhammadu Buhari dining with chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, turned into a political storm, yesterday, after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, described it as a collective insult on Nigerians.

South West Governors yesterday met in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, where they expressed their resolve to forge ahead with the regional integration plan, especially in key sectors such as agriculture, security, economy, among others, in the overall benefit of the Yoruba nation.

THE Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria declared, yesterday, that the action of those behind the imbroglio in the Ahiara Diocese had put the church to shame.

THE forthcoming election is one that is bound to sadden advocates of women participation in politics. The sad commentary on women involvement in the 2017 contest is evidenced by the fact that no woman has been mentioned among the about two dozen aspirants who have shown interest in the office.

CATHOLIC Archbishop emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, and other eminent Christians have welcomed recent directive by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, to make the Christian Religious Knowledge and the Islamic Religious Knowledge distinctive subjects in the basic education curriculum.