As the World weekend marked this year’s World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has disclosed that, estimated 325 million people worldwide have viral hepatitis even as the 257 million people living with hepatitis B and 71 million people living with hepatitis C have no access to treatment.

The Federal Government has adopted the $11billion Dangote refinery, under its new National Petroleum Policy in order to add value to crude oil, reduce high dependence on imported petroleum products and conserve foreign exchange for other developmental projects.

GENERAL Olusegun Obasanjo, the first leader to preside over the Nigerian government both as a soldier and a civilian politician, will, next Sunday, August 6, tell Nigerians what influence his Christian experience has had on his military career and his journey through in the country’s political terrain.

The move to amend the Nigerian Stock Exchange Act of 1960 to enable it convert from a company limited by guarantee to the one limited by shares has received the support of Federal Government and other critical stakeholders.

ACTING President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, last night, had another meeting with Service chiefs, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; and Director-General of Department of State Services, DSS.

A Yoruba group, Yoruba Liberation Command (YOLICOM) has said that it is too late for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying what the South-Western Yoruba region needs now is Oduduwa republic.

The insistence by members of IPOB, that there would be no election in Anambra State in November this year, allegedly took a dangerous dimension with some youths suspected to be members of IPOB storming St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State where Governor Willie Obiano was worshipping and tried to disrupt the service.

TWO High Courts in Anambra State sitting in Nnewi and Awka have stopped the national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Martin Agbaso, from conducting the governorship primaries of the party for the November 18 election.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs urging them to “put meaningful pressure on the leadership of the National Assembly in Nigeria particularly the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr Yakubu Dogara to immediately withdraw the repressive bill to establish a commission that would monitor, supervise, de-register, and pre-approve all activities by civil society, labour, community based organizations, and the media, in the country.”

Deputy Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni has dragged the National Legal Adviser of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Muiz Banire before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja over forgery of his purported withdrawal letter from the 2015 election into Lagos Island Constituency 1 of the House.