GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has commended the Nigerian Army for its effort towards restoring normalcy in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas that were invaded by militants and violent cult groups ,expressing the belief that such efforts would have sent signals to criminals in all parts of the state.

Legendary England and Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes said even Lionel Messi would struggle to shine in the current United team and that the struggling club are being laughed at by their rivals.

ABUJA- FOR more than twenty- five minutes Wednesday, the Senate plenary was held amidst rowdiness over sitting arrangement

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his policy document targeting at creating an enabling environment for the youths and women to return to the path of wealth creation and gainful employment would soon be unveiled.

Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalise and regulate its sale and recreational use.

The arraignment of Christopher Andekin, a director in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and two other officials of the Federation on a 5-count charge of fraud to the tune of $$9.5million scheduled for today, October 15, 2018 could not hold after all.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, in keeping with his administration’s commitment to facilitate the speedy upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for safety and security of lives and property on Tuesday, inaugurated an action committee.

MINISTER of Communication, Adebayo Shittu is among cabinet members attending the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Former Vice President of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2019 election Atiku Abubakar has said that under the current President Muhammadu Buhari’s government Nigeria has become the world headquarters of ‘extreme poverty’

WHEN former President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria was rich because of the number of private jets owned by Nigerians, the political class was silent because many of our leaders, irrespective of party, are quite comfortable with the status quo whereby wealth is owned only by a tiny percentage of the population based on no business acumen or production of goods and services but government proximity and patronage alone.

 Some residents of Iseyin council area of Oyo State have criticised governments of Oyo and Osun over the increment in the tuition fees of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.

A court in the northern Indian state of Haryana on Wednesday sentenced a 57-years-old godman and his 13 devotees to life in jail over the murder of a woman in 2014.

The Kano state Police Command has warned the National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) to desist from its plan of staging a protest march on the 29th of October to call on the Kano state Governor Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje to resign to allow for complete investigation into the allegation of receiving bribe from contractors labeled against him in some video clips released by an online news publisher Jafar Jafar, or face the wrath of the Command.

 A coalition of leaders from nine states of the Niger Delta on Wednesday criticised ongoing smear campaign targeted at Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

A Thai Criminal Court on Wednesday found a jet-setting former Buddhist monk guilty of statutory rape, an Official told dpa.