The minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday told the House of Representatives that marketers and cartels were to blame for the scarcity of kerosene across the country. Honouring Tuesday’s invitation by the House to...
Beyonce‘s 4 album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 this week with 310,000 records sold. 4 is Beyonce’s lowest first-week sales for any of her solo releases. Her peak was 541,000 for B’Day back in 2006 and Sasha Fierce so...
Despite failing to guide the Nigerian women’s senior national team beyond the preliminary stage of the ongoing Fifa Women’s World Cup in Germany, Eucharia Ngozi Uche has got the nod to remain in charge of the Super Falcons as head coach. Ch...
Rivers State basketball teams have won the gold medals in the basketball men and women events decided yesterday at the soon to be completed 17th National Sports Festival. In the men’s category,the host defeated the Lagos State team 75 to 63 point...
Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles John Obuh has asked his team make the most of the chances they create and score more goals. The Flying Eagles in Faro, Portugal, began intensive preparation for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia. “We n...
Former welterweight and light-welterweight world champion, Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement at the age of 32. He has not fought since he suffered a crushing IBO light-welterweight world title defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas ...
The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, is leading the Lagos State delegation to Abuja this weekend for the Veteran All stars tournament. The competition which is an annual event will consist of participants from Lagos, Benin, Onitsha,...
Fresh evidence has been uncovered in the investigation of claims of high-level corruption within Fifa, with Carlos Powell, the vice-president of Guyana’s federation, claiming “gifts” were given out at a meeting of the Caribbean Footba...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has informed an Abuja High Court that the former Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole was charged to court for acts relating to his administrative functions and not on the ba...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday suspended its governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. Giving reasons for his suspension from the party, the ANPP national chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said Audu was involved in anti-par...
A crippled beggar who attacked and stabbed an official of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) yesterday has begged for forgiveness, saying that he did not know that what started as a struggle would end up that badly. The 30-year-old beggar,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has attributed its inability to locate the missing airplane which took off from Kaduna recently to the failure of aircraft operators in the country to register their planes with the National Communication...
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel may have split up in March after four years together - but it seems their romance is heating up once more. The 30-year-old Social Network star and Biel, 29, are “quietly seeing each other again”, according...
He shot to fame as a baby-faced rapper aged 13. But BowWow isn't so little anymore, and the now 24-year-old has revealed to his fans that he has become a father. After previously slamming websites who reported the news, the Like You hitmaker has ad...
Willy-nilly, the struggle for which zone and what politician clinches the coveted position of national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has degenerated to an unseemly, fractious contest notwithstanding that the party has zoned it t...