American Sen. John McCain has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer, his family said, according to a report by Associated Press.

National Publicity Secretary of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Prince Kassim Afegbua has chided the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garbage Shehu for stating that the President is fit to seek another mandate after walking 800 metres from the Eid prayer ground to his Daura residence on Tuesday.

A Magistrate court  in Owerri has on Friday, released 127 Pro-Biafra women remanded in prison for engaging in peaceful protest and demanding for the release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday expressed concern about the congestion of prisons, with over 70 per cent of inmates in the state awaiting trial

Liberian President and former football star George Weah awarded ex-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with the country’s highest honour in a ceremony on Friday.

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Friday, declared his intention to seek re-election, saying his current performance would return him to the Government House.

 Mr Peter Babalola, the Chairman of Osun Local Government Service Commission,  has resigned his appointment and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday donated vehicles and other equipment to the Lagos Prison Services, stressing the need for major reforms to be carried out across the country to decongest prisons.

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Friday, declared his intention to seek re-election, saying his current performance would return him to the Government House.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has commenced allocation of shops in the newly built ultra modern King’s market in Ado-Ekiti, state capital.