Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere; Yoruba Renaissance Group and Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, have flayed recent directive issued by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development headed by Dr. Kayode Fayemi calling on sand dredgers in Lagos state to ignore the stop work order issued by the Lagos State Government.

Revelations emerged yesterday that the country has lost over N11 trillion Naira to corruption in the electricity sector since her return to democracy in 1999.

ASABA—THE 2015 governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor, and a chieftain, Olorogun Jaro Egbo, have said the party will take over the state in 2019.

ABUJA—A dismissed  Police Sergeant, Mr. Musa Musa, was, yesterday, arraigned before an Abuja chief magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone over his alleged involvement in the looting of the Abuja residence of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

ASABA—The people of Tekedor-Kusimi community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have passed a vote of confidence in the Deacon Clement Tekedor-led executive, saying it is providing purposeful leadership.

Ughelli—THE Federal Government, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and other religious bodies have been urged to declare a day for national prayers to seek God’s intervention in the protracted Niger Delta crisis.

IT is the responsibility of government to provide employment and security for the people, among other things. However, since government cannot provide full employment for the people, what it does is to provide the enabling environment for non-state actors to bridge the gap. These non-state actors include small and medium scale enterprises, among others.

German police on Wednesday (August 9) discovered a group of migrants hiding on a freight train during searches near the Austrian border. Seven adults and five unaccompanied minors were found hiding underneath lorries on a train travelling from Verona to Munich. They were discovered at the train station in Raubling, near the Bavarian city of Rosenheim, where groups of German police have been using a heat-detecting camera mounted on a helicopter and conducting spot checks.

AFTER a three-week thorough process of screening and adjudication, 13-man jury of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards,AFRIMA, representing the five regions of Africa, the Diaspora and the African Union Commission, Tuesday, announced nominees for regional categories ahead of its  November 9-12, awards ceremony.

Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has released names of those that were attacked by gunmen in ST. Phillips Catholic Church Ozubulu just as it called for help for the victims some of which are in the Accident and Emergency ward in hospitals accross the state.