ENUGU—ENUGU State Police Command has promised to investigate the circumstances under which about N3.6 million out of over N8 million recovered from a bank thief allegedly disappeared in police custody.

SUPER Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa has said he hopes to justify the big money Saudi club Al Nassr paid to snap him up from Premier League Leicester City after he scored again and provided an assist in the league.

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has urged the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Musiliu Smith, to abide by the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, restraining the Commission from demoting officers promoted for their performance in combating crime.

Are you a Nigerian woman? When was the last time you screened for breast or cervical cancer? Do you know that 10,000 new cases of cervical cancer are recorded in Nigeria annually? 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, weekend, picked the presidential tickets of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, respectively in style. While President Buhari was affirmed as the ruling party’s flagbearer at the party’s convention in Abuja, Atiku won the PDP primaries in Port-Harcourt.
Currently, the duo remain frontrunners in the 2019 race for the presidency. This piece examines their strengths, weaknesses, and what stand them out in the race.

PORT HAR-COURT— Senator Magnus Abe has dared the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, stating that the battle for who remains the candidate of the party for the 2019 governorship election in the state has just begun.

CONFUSION, over the weekend trailed the primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State as parallel National Assembly candidates emerged in the party.

Dr. Philomena Bivese-Djebah, a certified marriage counsellor and founder of Joyful Tears Initiative, recently launched her first book titled: Ofunneka. The event took place at the Governor’s Place, Omole Phase 1, Ikeja Lagos, before friends and family members who had come to show their love and support.

All Progressives  Congress, APC, candidate in Warri North state constituency election in the 2019 general election, Mr Wilson Alatsha, has reiterated the preparedness of the party to win the forth coming governorship election in the state, saying, “The prosperity slogan of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa- led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government in the state runs contrary to the current high poverty level in the state.”

A University don and Professor of Otolaryngology at the  University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Ezeanolue Basil has urged government to pay health workers based on the quantum of job they are allocated as a way of forestalling incessant strikes in the health sector.

THE Emir of  Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has said except proactive steps are taken to change the current trend, Nigeria may still remain the poverty capital of the world for many years to come.

FORMER Governor of  Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu will grace the Second Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers.

NNEWI—THE Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Rita Maduagwu has lost her bid to recontest to represent Nnewi South II Constituency for the third time in the Anambra State House of Assembly.

Federal Government, weekend, disclosed that the new terminals in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport would be opened for flight operations by the end of October this year.

VICE  President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, yesterday, urged Nigerians to shun corruption and ethnic bigotry.