The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said no fewer than 40 terrorists died while trying to free their captured members in an encounter with troops in the outskirts of Bulanbuli, Borno.

The Surveyor-General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo, on Friday identified usage of the mapping and imagery surveying techniques as major tools in curbing terrorism.

Western powers led by US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia faced fresh sanctions over Ukraine as Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a “third world war”.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday said that Herbal Medicine would be introduced as a course of study in Nigerian universities.

TEN Armed robbery suspects including three blood brothers and secondary school dropouts have been arrested by police detectives in Ondo State. The suspects who were arrested and paraded by the state Police Command following a tip off by some personalities in the area.

In a bid to beat smugglers at their game, the Seme Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) and its Benin Republic counterpart on Friday established a new vehicle transit regime.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said that the cement industry had attracted six billion dollars about N960 billion local and foreign investments into the country.

All is set for this year’s Upgrade conference scheduled for May 10 & 11. A platform where visionaries meet with luminaries without protocols in order to chart a way forward for the advancement of young professionals in their chosen careers.

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, on Friday in Abuja enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan to contest for the 2015 Presidential Election to enable him continue his good work for the country.

FW de Klerk, apartheid South Africa’s last president, hailed Friday the successes seen in two decades of democracy, but scolded the ruling ANC for gross mismanagement and “increasingly aggressive” racial discrimination