Recently, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Ooni of Ife, the Chairman and Co-Chairman, of the National Council of Traditional Rulers Of Nigeria (NCTRN) receptively converged no fewer than 200 traditi...
Chief Albert K. Horsfall is the former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Chairman of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC). In this interview with Lawson Hayford, he shares his views on the ...
It is a new song and of course President Goodluck Jonathan bared his fangs when he commenced the process to re-jig his security apparatchik last week. George Agba reports that the security chiefs’ sack signalled an emerging new strategy in the wa...
Many would have thought that the contest to pick the governorship ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State for the October polls would be tough and acrimonious. Rather the process that threw up a one-time president of the Nigerian B...
The Iberian derby takes centre stage in the European Championship as Portugal takes on defending champions Spain in the semi final today. Portugal is chasing its first ever international title while Spain is gunning for its third consecutive internatio...
One of the main features of the 18th African Athletics Championship (AAC) which kicks off today at the Stade d’Lamite in Port Novo, Benin Republic will be the rekindling of the age long rivalry between Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya in the track...
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria will step out of their intense commercial rivalry to embrace each other in another competitive atmosphere filled with passion, fun and thrilling excitement of sports at the University of Lagos Sports Complex from ...
History was made recently with the commissioning of a modern computer Laboratory. The event took place at Government Junior Secondary School Kana Agwada, Kokona Local Government area of Nasarawa State. The computer laboratory was a project which was bu...
Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Akande is an elder statesman, former governor of Osun State and presently the National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He recently met with journalists in his country home, Ila-Orangun, Osun State, where he d...
Following the crash of the high profile marriage between Pastor Chris Okotie and his wife, Stephanie, less than four years after divergent views have been expressed by Nigerians, especially Christians on the development. While some described the ...
A Federal High Court in Ikeja, yesterday granted an interim injunction restraining the federal government from renaming the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan had on May 29 announced in a na...
The military Special Task Force (STF) said in Jos yesterday that two explosives planted in a residential area in Tudun Wada Area were discovered on Sunday. This is contained in a statement by its Media and Information Officer, Captain Salisu Mustapha. ...
The proposed merger talks between the two leading opposition parties, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (ACN) is progressing and very soon it will be formalised. The two parties have been meeting at the topm...
As the rainy season reaches its climax, the Tin Can Island Port-end of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, main access road to Nigeria’s major seaports, has returned to its usual nightmarish state, causing more pains and distress for motorists and commu...
Nsukka United FC yesterday emerged overall champion in the Enugu State 2012 football league after humiliating 2nd placed team, Ingas FC of Enugu 2-0. A total of 16 teams participated in the well organised grassroots soccer tournament put together by th...