ABUJA: Ahead of the next general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has debunked allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that it was working in cahoots with security agencies and fifth columnists to destabilise PDP-controlled states and gain electoral victory in such states.

Morocco will not be a candidate to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Cameroon was stripped of the tournament, the country’s sports minister Rachid Talbi Alami said on Wednesday, while Egypt expressed an interest in hosting the finals.

The Police in Borno said its men had successfully foiled a lone suicide bomb attack on Wednesday night in Maiduguri.

Hip hop artist, Simisola Ogunleye, a.k.a. “Simi’’, ace rapper Folarin Falana (Falz) and Super Eagles Stand-in captain, Ahmed Musa, are among the nominees for the 2018 The Future Awards to be held in Lagos.

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, United Nations, and other members of the international community to urgently call President Muhammadu Buhari to order over his incessant intimidation and harassment of opposition figures in the country ahead of the 2019 general elections.

AS widely acknowledged, budget is a financial plan for a defined period of year. It may also include planned sales, volumes and revenues, resource quantities, costs and expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows. Companies, governments, families and other organisations use it to express strategic plans of activities or events in measurable terms.

Some participants rose from the just concluded capacity building initiative aimed at promoting Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) among African countries, with a call for the annual organisation of the event.

The great fortunes of Camp 74 Fish Farm popularly reckoned as a major hub for Cat Fish production in Nigeria may be consumed by sustained internal crisis arising from the alleged diversion of funds, grants and other forms of subsidies donated to it by various levels of government and foreign organizations.

The African Energy Chamber has endorsed the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) to be held in Abuja’s International Conference Centre on January 27-30, 2019.

 Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick, requiring specialised care to survive beyond the first month of life, according to a new UN-backed report.

WHEN  the presidential flag-bearer of  the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku nominated Mr. Peter Obi as his running mate, joy was universal. In the political history of Nigeria, no such nomination was greeted with the type of elation with which Nigerians received it. From North to South and East to West, the citizenry proclaimed Atiku’s choice as the best Nigeria has witnessed preparatory to general elections.

The Federal Government is seeking ways to improve efficiency in the operations of public hospitals and re-equip them to save foreign exchange drain arising from medical tourism.

NATIONAL Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has declared as null and void the letter of compulsory retirement dated June 23, 2016 but with effect from June 8, 2016 issued to Mr Vincent Omosigho by the authorities of the University of Benin, UNIBEN.

Former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has commended aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress, APC,  who lost out in the last primaries for not decamping to the opposition parties in Akwa Ibom State.

ALL things being equal,  physically challenged persons in the country may have reasons to smile as efforts are on to convince the Federal Government to raise the recruitment of persons with disability to 10 per cent from the present 2 per cent and equally increase their working allowance.