The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has on Sunday condoled with the family of the late retired Air Vice Marshal Mukhtar Mohammed, who died in London at the age of 73 after a protracted illness.

THE Defence Headquarters has explained that the inability of the military to rescue lecturers, oil workers and women in Boko Haram enclave was because the terrorists were using the distraught captives as human shield.

THE Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command said it has deployed uniform and plain-clothe personnel across the nation’s capital city and environs to provide security for residents ahead of the coming yuletide.

The Federal University, Dutse (FUD) says it has received the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to offer five academic programmes.

The  Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said  it would  begin the clean-up of poorly wired communities, beginning with Gishiri village in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Oct.  9.

About 3,000 people were evacuated from a shopping centre on the outskirts of Moscow on Sunday after a large fire broke out in a storage room in the basement, the TASS news agency reported.

The Scottish National Party on Sunday promised to pay any post-Brexit charges for EU citizens working in Scotland’s public sector, if they are imposed under the British government’s proposed registration scheme.

IN a bid to revive and re-enforce his cabinet for maximum impact and meet up with his electoral mandate, the serving chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon Abdullahi Adamu Candido on Friday reshuffled his cabinet.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has seized 497,279 bags of imported rice between 2015 and August, 2017 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N3.8 billion.

Over 400 participants, including the United States and Nigerian legislators, executives, heads of private organisation and Decision makers, among others, have met at the 2017 U.S-Nigeria Legislative and Executive Leadership forum to discuss Africa’s influences on global economy, arts and cultures, and entertainment through exchange of expertise and idea sharing and effective policy discussions to effect a truly restructured Africa and the world at large.

In line with the World Health Organisation, WHO, objectives on mental health, The Retreat, mental hospital Lagos, is holding a mental awareness and free mental health screening to mark this year’s World Mental Health Day with the theme, Mental Health at the Work Place.

THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC), has warned against frustrating the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, saying he whould be allowed to exercise his power as Chairman NNPC Board. The groups however claimed that the life of the Minister was under threat.

The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party is a party that is a synonym for corruption.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has seized 497,279 bags of imported rice between 2015 and August, 2017 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N3.8 billion.
The Comptroller-General of the service, Col. Hameed Ali ( Rtd), disclosed the seizures in a document released in Abuja on Sunday

Residents and other stakeholders in Apapa Local Government area of Lagos State have stressed the need for both the Federal and State Governments to earmark special funds in the 2018 budget for the upgrading and restoration of deplorable road infrastructure, as well as finding permanent solution to perennial traffic gridlock in the axis.