The Chairman of Senate Committee on the Nigerian Army, Ali Ndume, said on Monday the force would recruit 8000 soldiers for counter-terrorism and anti-banditry campaigns. Ndume, who disclosed this to journalists in Borno, said the army’s operations would be improved to combat the Boko Haram activities and other security challenges …

A research team, led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), has discovered 591 high velocity stars from the Large… The post Chinese Astronomers Discover 591 High Velocity Stars – 43 of Them Can Even Escape From the Galaxy appeared first on SciTechDaily. Read More

Editorial   DURING his fifth meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated the need for Nigerians to go back to agriculture, a sector which had been badly neglected and abandoned with the discovery of oil. The return to agriculture, he …

Lai Mohammed By Dapo Akinrefon The Federal Government has accused the International Criminal Court, ICC, and Amnesty International, AI, of becoming part of the country’s security challenges by attacking the country’s security forces and threatening them with prosecution. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the accusation …

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal will lead the field at next month’s ATP Cup, but Great Britain have not qualified.Read More

Editorial   ALTHOUGH the prognosis by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on the economy are somewhat familiar, the Federal Government can ignore it only at a great peril to the nation’s economy. According to the manufacturers’ body, the business milieu is not only “becoming more hostile,” the escalating costs …

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Monday that President Trump’s legal team ‘misled’ voters with unfounded accusations of voter fraud.        Read More

Manchester City consider Real Madrid stalwart, De Bruyne set to reject new deal, Tottenham to keep Alli, plus more.Read More

Mr Barth Ugwuoke, National Director, Research and Strategy, All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed happiness on decision of party members in Enugu North Senatorial District to bury their differences and work in unity for party progress. Ugwuoke, who is from the district made the commendation in Nsukka on Monday during …

 Mark Longyen   “THERE is need for a well-structured institutional arrangement for the synergy between civil society groups, government agencies, and departments at all levels” in efforts aimed at peacebuilding, was the thought expressed by Dr Bakut Bakut, Director-General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) when he spoke recently …