GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has pledged his support for the on-going operation Restore Peace currently ongoing across the southeast geo-political zone under which the federal government is clamping down on armed gangs.

GERMANY has formally apologised to Namibia and agreed to pay $1.3bn worth of compensation for the genocide it committed against the Herero and Nama people over 100 years ago when it colonised the country.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The Nigerian Army shall undertake a five year programme to plant trees along Nigeria's borders to demarcate the nation's boundaries. Such trees shall be painted in the country's colours

[2] Nigeria's maritime borders will also be marked out with cones

[3] Each state capital shall house at least one battalion of the Nigerian Army

AS many as 20 senior military officers are expected to retire over the next month following the naming of  Major General Farouk Yahaya as Nigeria's new chief of army staff to replace Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a plane crash last week.

AFRICA'S richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has revealed that he remains confident that Nigeria can generate as much as $700m a tear in foreign exchange from the sale of sugar as long as the government sticks to its outlined policy.

SOLDIERS from the Sixth Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have reportedly killed seven Eastern Security Network (ESN) fighters during a gun battle in Agbochia Forest in Rivers State.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa has revealed that the total amount of the jewellery seized from former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke totals about N14.46bn ($35m).

SCOTTISH Premiership champions Glasgow Rangers have rejected a (€3.5m) bid from Turkish giants Galatasaray for Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo who want to snap him up in the summer.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be responsible for providing waste disposal services, fire services and ambulance services within their domains

[2] Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a federal grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure

WORLD Bank officials have approved a $700m credit for Nigeria to fund the country's Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene (Surwash) programme aimed at providing drinking water to rural villagers.