An NGO under the agies of ‘The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC)’, has called on African leaders to stand in defence of the right to water and reject privatisation scheme.

More than 800,000 asylum applications have been filed in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland this year up to October.

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has urged the Federal Government to provide a window of “special funding” for operators of local airlines in the nation’s aviation sector.

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has offered a permanent and pensionable appointment to a casual worker at the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dayyabu Haladu, who returned missing $16,000 during the last Hajj operation in Saudi Arabia.

Wife of the Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate, Mrs. Teslima Eradiri, has commenced campaign to mobilise women for her husband, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, in the Nov. 11 election in Bayelsa.

The Kebbi Government has extended its hand of fellowship to the opposition parties in the state particularly the PDP, stressing the need for mutual understanding and unity to ensure Gov. Nasiru Idris’s administration.

The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences.

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Sunday, said his administration would continue to invest in the judiciary to enable it meet up with its obligations of dispensing justice speedily.