The Yobe Agency for Community and Social Project on Friday launched a Programme to construct 20 houses for 20 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kukareta and Bulturam villages to support their resettlement process.

DELTA State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr. Kingsley Emu, yesterday, disclosed that 539 Cooperatives Societies, comprising 6,252 beneficiaries in the 25 Local Government Areas of the state have benefited from N835, 700, 000, disbursed from September 2015 till date.

The first ladies of West Africa have called for an end to the age-long tradition practice of female genital mutilation because of its  negative effect on women and image for the sub-region.

The number of patients reported to be receiving treatment for the communicable monkey pox, which broke out in Yenagoa,  has risen from 11 to 13, newsmen report.

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the state will not be forced by criminal elements and organised crime overlords to the negotiation table, stressing that law and order, as well as the liberty of the ordinary law-abiding Edo citizens and residents, are not for sale.

Hundreds of protesters stormed the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Port Harcourt demanding the redeployment of the Commander of Special Anti Robbery squad,  SARS,  in the state, Mr Akin Fakorede. 

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to extend their activism to the issues of affirmative action for women in appointed positions and government’s anti-graft efforts in the country.

YENAGOA IJAW youths from the Niger Delta region have kicked against the decision of the Nigerian Military to commence the second phase of the security operation known as Operation Crocodile smile in the region.

The Vice Chancellors and their principal officers across all the universities in Nigeria,under the aegis of Conference of Association of Vice-Chancellors will converge on Kwara state University(KWASU),Malete in Moro local government area of the state to discuss the way forward for the nation’s universities.

FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George has expressed his readiness to deliver the presidential seat in 2019 if given the mandate to lead the PDP.

The National Insurance Commission (NACOM) is seeking collaboration with the Kaduna State Government to facilitate the adoption of compulsory insurance policies in the state.

The  Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has so far recovered N16 billion of legacy pension funds and assets  in the last one year, the Executive Secretary, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, has said.

The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has assured investors of his undivided attention in making sure that Memorandum of Understanding signed with Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency (ONDIPA) would be strictly adhere to.

The people of Oshodi-Isolo Counstituency II, Lagos State, have called on the government to come to their aid by fixing the deplorable roads in the area.

An NGO, Mother and Girl-Child Protection Initiative (MAGI) based in Ibadan, says it has so far trained more than 75 youths seeking admissions into higher institutions of learning in different vocations.