Six people, including two soldiers, died in an overnight Boko Haram attacks near Lake Chad, security and army sources said on Saturday, saying Chadian troops had killed 17 assailants in a counter-offensive. Three forestry officials and a customs officer and two soldiers were killed in attacks on Moussarom and Ngueleya located in the Lake Chad […]

A decision on whether Cameroon can go ahead with hosting next year’s Africa Cup of Nations has been postponed until the end of November, the Confederation of African Football said on Saturday. Cameroon’s hosting of African football’s showpiece event has been in jeopardy for months since the decision to increase the tournament from 16 to […]

Prestige Otaben Enyimba  face  tough fixture in the quarter-finals of the 2018 Aiteo Cup after they were drawn against Kano Pillars. In the fixtures released on Friday by the Nigeria Football Federation, Kwara United face Katsina United in Lagos while Nasarawa United battle El-Kanemi Warriors in Aba and Rangers play Akwa United in Kano. The  […]

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Secretary to Cross River State Government, Tina Agbor, has said that nearly 1,000 children die each day all over the world due to preventable water and sanitation-related diseases. Agbor stated this on Friday at the celebration of Bekwarra Local Government Area Open Defecation Free Status held at the council headquarters in […]

Jesusegun Alagbe After using your money and strength to cook some food or buy fruits to store in the fridge, your nightmare would be to see the foods get spoilt. However, your fear can actually become a reality if your fridge decides to frustrate you. As soon as your fridge stops cooling to around 37ºF […]

Former world number one Andy Murray has brought his season to a premature end, pulling out of the China Open in Beijing after reaching the quarter-finals at the Shenzhen Open. The 31-year-old Briton is battling to regain top form and fitness following hip surgery in January but British media including the BBC said that he […]

US President Donald Trump ordered a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court pick Friday, as the Senate delayed a vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to make way for the probe. After a dramatic day-long hearing at which a university professor accused Kavanaugh of pinning her down and assaulting her at […]

Elizabeth Badejo An unhappy marriage is like something toxic. When living with a spouse who has several complex characters, it makes it extremely difficult to enjoy a good marital relationship. Below are five common characters which can ruin your marriage. Criticism No one deserves to feel humiliated, especially when it is coming from your spouse […]

Temilolu Okeowo  Dear Ma, I have taken interest in your column because I have two teenage daughters and I find your articles quite instructive! I love what you are doing. The words are bitter but true – especially in this age where many parents have abdicated their roles as ‘teachers of morals,’ and some mothers […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated the All Progressives Congress and the Governor-elect of Osun State, Adegboyega  Oyetola, for winning the state governorship election which he described as keenly contested. He said the people of the state had shown that they are supporting his administration’s good governance agenda by voting for the ruling […]

Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A speaker at the Women in Management, Business and Public Service summit in Abuja, Dr Mairo Mandara, has revealed how some of the rescued Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State were taken through intensive school classes and thereafter sat for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. Mandara, a former Country Director of […]

• Thugs set campaign vehicle ablaze in Ondo Simon Utebor and Peter Dada Suspected thugs on Thursday unleashed terror on Brass Island in Bayelsa State, attacking the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in the area and opening fire on security operatives. This is just as suspected political thugs attacked some supporters of an All […]

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri THE Imo State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old-man, Victor Onumajuru, and his 25-year-old accomplice, Chibyke Chikere for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl.  Parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, revealed that the suspects abducted and raped their victim on August 29 at their hideout.  The police boss disclosed […]

Chux Ohai It is unusual, especially in this part of the world, for an entertainer to attribute his success or popularity among fans to his looks or a natural endowment, but comedian Woli Arole (real name is Toyin Baiyegun) hardly thinks so. Clearly relishing the popularity and goodwill that he has been enjoying, barely three […]

Results from the polling units involved in the Osun rerun election have revealed that the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, may be declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election. The rerun took place in seven polling units in four local governments areas in the state. The electorate in Osun State voted on […]

  Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on Thursday met some labour leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was called to resolve the issues that led to the ongoing warning strike by workers. Kyari said he summoned the meeting with a view to ascertaining what stalled the […]

Dutch police arrested seven men suspected of plotting to carry out a “major terrorist attack” at a public event using explosive belts and an AK-47 assault rifle, on Thursday, the public prosecutor’s office said. “Police arrested seven men on Thursday… suspected of being at a very advanced stage of preparation for a major terrorist attack […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Returning Officer in Osun State governorship election, Prof Joseph Fuwape, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party candidate to seek redress in court if he has noticed any errors in the results already announced. Fuwape, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, said this when the PDP […]

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration on Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole mediator in the Middle East conflict, a day after Donald Trump promised a “very fair” peace plan. The 82-year-old Palestinian Authority president used his address to the UN General Assembly to lambast the United States […]

The People’s Democratic Party in Kaduna State has said that it would soon make public the names of the 2,677 delegates to participate in its party primaries. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 220 aspirants in Kaduna state are seeking the PDP’s ticket to run for the governorship and 53 various […]

Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than the rival Turkish proposal. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced the winner following a campaign that saw politics and concerns over human rights in Turkey play a central role. READ ALSO: No, Nigeria is in trouble […]

Tony Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has asked those residing in flood-prone communities of the state to relocate. The warning came following increasing havoc being wreaked in such areas. On Wednesday, a nine-year-old girl, Benedict Izuchukwu, a primary three pupil of Light International School, Okoti, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of […]

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has extended his contract until 2023, the Spanish champions announced on Thursday. Busquets’ deal had initially ben until 2021, and under the new contract, his buyout clause has been increased from 200 to 500 million euros ($234-584m). The contract extension for the 30-year-old, 2010 world champion and Euro 2012 winner, follows […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police have arrested a People’s Democratic Party House of Representatives’ aspirant in Orolu Federal constituency, Osun State, Moshood Adejare, and 15 others for allegedly being in possession of customised Independent National Electoral Commission tags. They were also found with face caps and jackets with the inscription, ‘INEC Osun 2018 Election Observer’ […]

Civil servants, the business community and parents in Damaturu, Yobe, condemned the Nigeria Labour Congress warning strike which began on Thursday,  describing it as grossly unnecessary and counterproductive. A cross section of the respondents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, noted that schools and other public institutions in the state were still providing […]

La Liga champions Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling Leganes and Real Madrid were resoundingly beaten 3-0 by Sevilla on Wednesday. The shocking results meant Spain’s two biggest clubs lost on the same day for the first time since January, 2015. Philippe Coutinho gave Barca the lead against bottom-of-the-table Leganes in the […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo Three members of the Nigerian Bar Association Observer group have been arrested by policemen at Ifon on their way to monitor the rerun election in some of the polling units in Orolu Local Government Area. One of the lawyers, Mrs Abibat Oriekun, told our correspondent that policemen stopped the car she and […]

Comrade Iboro Ibara, the Akwa Ibom State Vice Chairman of the  Nigeria Labour Congress has described the situation of workers in the country as that of being under slavery. Ibara said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria  in Uyo on Thursday while monitoring the ongoing warning strike declared by the NLC. […]

The two gates to the premises of Ikeja High Court in Lagos were closed as organised labour began a nationwide strike on Thursday following the inability of the Federal Government to meet the demands for a new minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and […]

• N741.8bn allocated to FG, states, LGs Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mahmoud Dutse, on Wednesday said that the Federation Account Allocation Committee did not discuss the issue of the reversal of the Paris Club refund made to some states. Dutse said this while responding to questions raised by journalists shortly […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to show his zero tolerance for corruption by allowing for an open inquest into the alleged N2.5bn scandal, in which it said his wife, Aisha, has already been entangled.  It said this was the best way to get the clear picture of the […]

‘Tana Aiyejina Former Flying Eagles and Stationery Stores defender Ebitimi Collins slumped and died on Wednesday in Lagos. Family sources said the deceased, who was nicknamed Barbwire by fans, slumped in the early hours of Wednesday close to his house in Ikorodu. He was aged 54. “Collins slumped and died around 5.30am on Wednesday. He […]

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed plans to unveil the first modular refinery in the country in the first week of November. The refinery, owned by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, in Ogbele, Rivers State, is expected to refine 10,000 barrel of crude oil daily. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on […]

Nike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday gave a notification to revoke the operating licences of 182 other financial institutions in the country. According to the list released by the regulator on Wednesday, 154 of the affected institutions are microfinance banks; six are primary mortgage banks; while the remaining 22 are finance companies. […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has written to the international community alleging threat to his life and his supporters ahead of the rerun governorship poll holding on Thursday. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Wednesday […]