Italian prosecutors are investigating the deaths of 26 Nigerian women - most of them teenagers - whose bodies were recovered at sea.
There are suspicions that they may have been sexually abused and murdered as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean.
Governor of Adamawa State, Sen Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, has congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Bishop Dami Stephen Mamza, on his election as the Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has provided some intervention projects to over 50,000 communities in the North East region.
Mr Yoshi Nugochi, the organisation’s country representative disclosed this in Gombi, Adamawa, on Friday, when a Federal Government’s team inspected some intervention projects executed by the UNDP in the state.
The Director in charge of Scholarship at the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) said N2.4 Billion is owed Nigerian scholars abroad by the Board due to inadequate or lack of budgetary provisions.
Fatima Ahmad said there was an outstanding scholarship allowance to the tune of N799.8 million, in 2015 and 2016, out of which Ñ444.2 million has been paid, leaving a balance of N355.6million.
Nigerian have urged the newly launched satellite television provider, TSTV not to renege on its promise to begin sales of its decoders by November 1.
Nigerians who took to various social media platforms urged TSTV not to dash their hopes like it did on October 1, during its official launch.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday in Abuja frowned at the use of unregistered SIM cards in the country in spite of subsisting government ban.
Burutai said the development was a major setback in the use of digital and mobile forensics by the Nigeria military in the fight against terrorism, kidnapping and other national threats.
