By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

Save the Children International (SCI) has revealed that Nigeria records one of the highest rates of child marriage globally.

• * Describes Him As A Worthy Son Of Gombe State

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kano Electricity distribution Company KEDCO, Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, has felicitated with Senator Muhammad Danjuma Gone as he clocks 69 years.

By Cecilia Ogezi

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for improved welfare for health workers around the country as it flags off the 2021 Annual Physicians' Week in Abuja two months after the industrial strike.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The battle over the successor to the late Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Saidu Namaska has taken a legal dimension as Justice Abdullahi Mikhaliu of Minna High Court, Niger state, on Wednesday, granted an interim injunction restraining the newly appointed successor, Alhaji Mohammed Mu’azu Barau from parading himself as the 7th Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) has assured the international community of Nigeria's preparedness and determination to go after the assets of drug barons and traffickers in any part of the country.

By Nahum Sule Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Taraba State Governor, Arc Darius Dickson Ishaku, has expressed shock and sadness on the passing of His Royal Majesty, Dr. Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi, Aku Uka of Wukari, and chairman of the Taraba State Council of Chiefs.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

The paramount ruler of Jukun, Aku Uka, Dr Agyu Kuvyon Masa-Ibi II is dead. He passed on at 84 years.

• * Arrests 110 Dealers, Intercepts Australia-Bound Meth In Soles Of Ladie's Shoes, Body Creams

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

No fewer than 110 drug dealers were arrested in nine states across the country when their hideouts were raided, dismantled and assorted illicit substances seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the past week.

• * Says Gov's Comment Accusing Non-Anambra Persons For Sponsoring Unrest Vindicates Uba, APC Guber Flagbearer

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO) has asked the Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, and his APGA supporters to immediately tender an apology to Senator Andy Uba, the governorship flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly maligning him on the issue of current insecurity in the state.

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief South East, in Enugu)

A former member of Federal House of Representatives for Nkanu East/West in Enugu state, Hon. USA Igwesi, has condemned the threat by the federal government to impose a state of emergency in Anambra State.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has commended South-East Governors for condemning the killings in the South-East and for their decision to take more proactive actions to stem the tide.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of the Taraba State University (TSU) to peg the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into the university at 130.