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MUSICAL legend Mandy Brown-Ojugbana has agreed to attend this year's forthcoming Uncelebrated Nigerians Awards (UNA) UK taking place on September 30 where she will hand out awards to some of the budding artists being honoured.

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo has expressed delight at the fact that former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has joined the ranks of Nigerians asking for a restructuring of the federation.

ACTING president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed plans to start the implementation of a comprehensive rebuilding programme for northeast Nigeria to address the social problems caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to President Alpha Conde of Guinea to thank him for conducting nationwide prayers for him last week after his colleague called on his citizens to seek diving help for the Nigerian leader.

GOVERNORS of the six states that make up the southwestern geo-political zone have resolved to strengthen regional integration with a 25-year development plan as a pathway to the prosperity and economic diversification.

FIFTEEN political parties have formed a new group called the Coalition for a New Nigeria (CNN) and agreed to field a consensus candidate in the presidential elections due to take place 2019.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has warned Igbos living in northern Nigeria that they are doing so at their own risk warning that if they chose to remain there they only have themselves to blame.

KANO State police commissioner Rabiu Yusuf has revealed that one of the Boko Haram suspects who recently engaged his men in a gun battle was dismissed from the Nigeria Air Force (Naf).

Last week, men of the Kano State Police Command were engaged in a fierce gun battle with Boko Haram. According to Mr Yusuf, the dismissed Naf officer escaped with gunshot wounds from the clash which took place at Gaya in Unogo Local Government Are of Kano State.

WIFE of the Niger State governor Dr Amina Bello has called for life imprisonment for those convicted of rape arguing that it is the only way to address the widespread prevalence of the crime.

GOVERNORS of the six states making up Nigeria's southwestern geo-political zone have held a Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (Dawn) commission meeting today where they pledged to harmonise their activities to enhance socio-economic development.