Barely a week after the announcement of a terror threat on Uganda, security has stepped up operations throughout the country to prevent any attack.

A former detainee at Guantanamo, Mr Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa, who was released after seven years, has told of the suffering that he faced at the notorious prison after his arrest in Pakistan in 2001.

President Yoweri Museveni yesterday confirmed reports that security organisations are on high alert to tackle terrorist groups believed to be planning attacks in urban areas.

An $8.6 million grant to enhance agricultural production and provide food security for poor people in rural areas of the Republic of Congo was announced today by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Nyatike Member of Parliament Mr Edic Anyanga Omondi was on Thursday charged with assault after he was involved in a scuffle with a security officer at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

There were indications yesterday that the embattled Acting Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Dr Yakubu Sankey may have run into troubled waters with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), as the

District officers and chiefs have been ordered to stop charging fees for services to the public.

The ghost of the controversial sale of Grand Regency Hotel has returned to haunt Parliament, this time taking with it the conduct of a member to a powerful disciplinary committee.

The conservator of the Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Taraba State, Deacon Okeyoyin Agboola, has decried the killings of two rangers at the park recently.

Matatu operators and traders in Nairobi's Kayole estate protested against a police operation on suspected Mungiki sect members Thursday.

Various police formations around the country are trying too hard to get the attention of the authorities.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned the incumbent Chief of Staff of the River State Government, Mr Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, before an Abuja High Court sitting at Gudu for allegedly stealing, N3.7billion belonging to the state government

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned former Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borishade and the former Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, Roland Iyayi before an Abuja High Court, for allegedly taking bribes and forging documents

Three prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo state chapter were yesterday arrested by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the bombing of the official residence of the Chairman of the Edo state Local Government Appeal

Owerri-Imo State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 18 suspected armed robbers, including a police constable serving at Ogwa Police State, Mbaitoli local government area of the state,

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro, over the alleged arrest of personnel and confiscation of drugs worth over N6 million belonging to two pharmaceutical companies in Kano.

The Resident Judge of the Circuit Criminal Court "B" at the Temple of Justice says that he has found no legal grounds and legal reasons to conform to an earlier request of the State prosecutors to disqualify him from presiding

An associate pastor of The Overcomer Church in "Gobacchop" Market, Redlight has seriously wounded a woman believed to be in her early 30s with a cutlass as stated by bystanders.

Chief of Staff to the Governor of Rivers state, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before an Abuja High Court sitting in Gudu for allegedly converting over N5 billion belonging to

THE Government has challenged people with information that it plans to rig the forth-coming October 30, elections to come out in the open and provide evidence.