Monday

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a bloc of eight East African countries, has called on warring parties in northern Ethiopia to  immediately cease hostilities.

Prof. Cyprian Edward-Ekpo, the Registrar, International Institute for Humanitarian and Environmental Law, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s five-point agenda stands out as credible and pragmatic.

The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has setup a reform Agenda for the Maritime industry, saying the critical areas that the NNPP led government will focus on include transport logistics and freeing of port access roads among others.

UNICEF says children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in devastating numbers unless urgent support is provided, as severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease collide.

Some lawyers in Lagos on Monday expressed different views on why court orders for the execution of convicts who are sentenced to death were hardly carried out across the country.

The Federal Government says the newly completed Terminal Two of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos has the capacity to process 14 million passengers per annum.