Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has summarily sacked scores of the workers in 19 parastatals, agencies and departments, even as their salaries had been stopped with effect from Monday, January 4, 2016.

Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, on Sunday, led the Eagles for a light work out, ahead of their opening match against Niger Republic in a Group C fixture at the 2016 African Nations Championship at the Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali on Monday.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Dambatta, says the Commission had no intention whatsoever to join issues with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the controversial 700MHz spectrum sales by the NBC.

SOLDIERS, last night, invaded Okpelama community, Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, in search of militants, who commenced bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines in state, few hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos issued a bench warrant for the arrest of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, last Thursday.

Udoka Enohuean (not real names) is a self-confessed human trafficking survivor. According to her, in a bid to get a lucrative job and make life meaningful for her family, she ran into trouble as she became a prostitute in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the job did not give her the money she craved for.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. George Moghalu, has urged leadership of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to embrace dialogue in their agitation instead of violence.

As the controversy and allegation of smuggling of a fake version of the 2016 Appropriation Bill into the National Assembly, especially in the senate, continues, the House of Representatives is claiming ignorance of the existence of any such document in its possession.

They emerged from a closed door session last Tuesday, the first day of resumption without saying a word. Even several efforts made by journalists covering the National Assembly to get them to speak on what transpired during the one-hour long session could not convince the senators. They maintained sealed lips as if they had taken oath in a shrine and were afraid of violating the oath so as not to incure the wrath of violation.

Former Vice President Alex Ekwueme has warned that unless Nigeria learns from the mistakes of the past, it would continuously go down the hill.

Worried by the controversy dogging the 2016 Budget at the National Assemble, there were indications at the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to decontaminate the odium of the situation.