ABUJA — The federal government has assured Nigerians that there will ‘never’ be a prison break in Nigeria again. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, stated this at a world press conference held at the Radio House Abuja on Monday. No fewer than 14 prison breaks have occurred since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power in 2015, with over 6,000 inmates escaping from various correctional centers across the country, according to a tally by The Africa...

By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter)   The leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MCBAN), South East zone, has appealed to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, not to enforce the ban on the movement of cattle by foot in the state. The association says if enforced eventually, it would affect its members’ source of survival in the state. It gathered that Governor Soludo, during a meeting with members of Anambra State...

The National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) has said just four centres across the country will be used for its computer-based postgraduate fellowship examinations scheduled for September. This was disclosed in a memo issued on Wednesday. According to Oyenike Ekekezie, the deputy registrar of the college, the development is as a result of a marked decline in applications for the fellowship. However, in the recent memo, the college said only four centres would be...