MAKURDI—The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Ibrahim Jubril, has urged the Benue State government to demolish all structures and buildings on water channels in the state to avert a reoccurrence of the flood recently witnessed in Makurdi town.

Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction

According to press  statement made available to Vanguard, and signed by the founder of Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation, Mrs. Ibidunni Ighodalo, the aim of the conference is to create awareness on the rising cases of infertility, its early detection, causes and treatments as well as alternative methods of conceiving such as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), egg donation and surrogacy.

Following public outcry, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, cancelled   September, 5 as deadline to stop tricycle operators within the capital city.

“While the buzz of local content continues to build up, the alleviation of the effects of Dutch Disease” has not been realized as expected in the Nigeria

Ghana will be desperate to keep their hopes of reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup alive when they take on Congo at the Stade Municipal de Kintélé in Brazzaville today.

RECENTLY, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, witnessed an outbreak of Lassa fever that claimed two lives and infected five doctors while hundreds were kept under surveillance.

THE Federal Government said it has created jobs for 54,680 people in the housing sector since inception in 2015. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who disclosed this at the sixth National Council on Land, Housing And Urban Development, in Abuja, noted that out of this figure, 13,680 people got direct jobs, while 41,000 got indirect jobs.

AGAINST the backdrop of colossal degeneration to which access roads in and out of Apapa, Lagos, have been subjected, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called for total regeneration of these roads and other road infrastructure such as lightings, man holes and railings in Apapa. The axis serves both Apapa and Tin Can ports, the two major ports that boost the nation’s economy.

WARRI—THE muslim community in the Warri Federal Constituency has been called upon to espouse the spirit of unity, peace and tolerance with strong prayer for the survival of Nigeria as one and indivisible entity.

Awka—THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has set machinery in motion to provide human resources, health infrastructure and quality service development in Anambra State as part of its programme to improve the standard of life in the state.

South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to come out of its closet on restructuring.

ABIA State Government is to build 136 classroom blocks across Abia state as a way of improving the state’s standard of education.

TOTAL turnover volume in the fixed income market fell by N1.09 billion at the end of July, 2017. Data from the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange showed that N11.53 trillion turnover was recorded during the month compared to N12.62 trillion in June, representing 8.6 per cent decline.

WHILE the controversy rages over the autonomy of local government councils in Nigeria, the Kwali Area Council of Nigeria’s Capital Abuja is not leaving any stone unturned in delivering democracy dividends to the residents of the area.