GLOBAL COMMUNITY REPORTERS

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has disclosed that it intends to set up specialised farm centres so that prisoners will be able to feed themselves.

By Robert Egbe The Lagos State Government yesterday allayed the fears of residents on a substance suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which was allegedly dropped in a manhole in a street in Agege. It said that there was no cause for alarm.

The Federal House of Representative  Member, representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency has kicked off his maiden edition of a unity football cup for all communities under his constituency.

A strange and beautiful sight greeted locals in the Gulf of Ob, in northwest Siberia, after thousands of natural snowballs formed on the beach.

The Abia State Executive Council has approved #10,000 reduction of the Abia State University (ABSU) school fees for Abia indigenes in ABSU.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook – the largest social media network – yesterday paid his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria, his destination, has the largest mobile and internet market on the continent.

A young woman recently gave birth to premature twin boys in Xi'an, northwestern ‪China‬'s Shanxi province. But to everyone’s surprise, there was a third baby in the belly of one of the twins.

More than 160 couples in a village in eastern China have decided to divorce in order to get more compensation after the forced demolition of their homes.

A self-professed Chairman of pickpockets, Ibrahim Kasali, fondly called Ibrahim Babangida of Oshodi in Lagos State was weekend arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS of the state Police Command.

Gov. Ambode inspects ongoing projects across the state as Bus Reform Project kicks off in March with 820 buses Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said plans have been firmed up to roll out the Bus Reform Project of the State Government in March with 820 high and medium capacity buses, saying that the initiative would redefine public transportation and make the State to be globally competitive. The Governor, who said this during an extensive inspection tour of ongoing projects across the State which lasted from morning till late in the night, said the initiative was basically designed to inject 5,000 buses, modern terminals, facilitate ease of mobility for residents and also rev up Lagos economy, among others. While inspecting the assembling plant at Awoyaya in Ibeju Lekki area of the State which is also serving as the temporary holding bay for 500 out of the 820 buses, Governor Ambode expressed optimism that the buses would be rolled out after th...