Emerging reports revealed that officials from the Ministry of Finance have arrived Kano to commence payment of compensation to poultry farmers who suffered colossal losses following the outbreak of bird flu in 2014.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for London to see her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in London for a follow-up medical checkup. The wife of the President made this known in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Office of the Wife of the President, Suleiman Haruna.

Following several calls and agitations for the restructuring of the Nigerian state, the Ruling, All Progressive Congress party agrees to set up a technical committee to handle the restructuring process. Nigeria’s ruling party, APC has agreed to address the issue of restructuring currently being demanded by many political groups and prominent individuals.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) may be perfecting plans to resume indefinite strike any moment from now following the nonpayment of salaries by some states and the federal government. The National President of ASUP, Comrade Usman Dutse made this known in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Abuja.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claimed the anti-graft agency secured a record 113 convictions nationwide between January and June, 2017. The above disclosure was made on behalf of the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, by the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, at an interactive meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday.

A two-day dialogue on Niger Delta affairs has ended in Calabar with a resolution for the implementation of a regional integrated Master Plan and robust engagement of stakeholders for its review, update and re-validation. The 7th Niger Delta Dialogue with the theme: A Revival Dialogue for the Niger Delta, was held on Saturday and Sunday at Tinapa Hotel, Calabar.