Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius has insisted he did not join Besiktas on loan to escape Merseyside after his nightmare in the Champions League final. The 25-year-old German made two costly mistakes in the second half of Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in Kiev last May. READ ALSO: Pogba not as selfish as people think –Deschamps […]

Oladimeji Ramon Some pirates have reportedly kidnapped the 12 crew members on a ship travelling between Lagos and Port Harcourt. The ship’s operator told Reuters that the attack happened on Saturday around 45 nautical miles South-West of Bonny Island. The abducted crew members were identified as nationals of Philippines, Slovenia, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, and Bosnia. […]

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova stunned Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka in straights sets to capture the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday. The fourth seed took just 63 minutes to complete a clinical 6-4, 6-4 victory over the newly crowned US Open champion in Tokyo, bringing Osaka’s 10-match winning streak to a shuddering halt. […]

The Nigeria Civil Society  says incidents of vote buying during the September 22 Osun State governorship election was minimal. The Coordinator of the group, Mr Clement Nwanko, said this on Sunday in Osogbo while addressing Journalists on its findings and observations during the poll. Nwanko said announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission and law enforcement […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Osun governorship election inconclusive. INEC’s Returning Officer,  Joseph Afuwape, who announced the results on Sunday afternoon, said the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, polled 254,699 while Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress had 254,345 votes. READ ALSO: Adeleke faults Osogbo, Ayedaade results Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party polled 128,049 votes […]

Local divers have recovered six bodies out of nine people involved in a boat accident at Zabarmari area in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. The News Agency of Nigeria  reports that the incident occurred on Friday during a boat journey from Zabarmari to Dusuman settlement. Bulama Maidamma, the ward Head of Zabarmari, who […]

Local Government workers in Kogi State have applauded the state government for its decision to increase their monthly percentage salary from 30 per cent to 54 per cent with effect from this month. The state chapters of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Teachers and the Nigeria Union of Local […]

Grieving families were on Sunday preparing to bury victims of Tanzania’s devastating ferry disaster, with more than 200 confirmed dead after the crowded boat capsized in Lake Victoria. Hopes were fading of finding any more survivors three days after the ferry sank on Thursday, even after rescuers pulled out an engineer who had managed to […]

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Tunde Balogun, speaks with SUNDAY ABORISADE on the rift between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the party’s primaries What are you doing to ensure that the APC win the next elections without any problem in Lagos? We are putting the […]

Sonala Olumhense On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari will speak at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, his fourth and perhaps final appearance. What will he tell world leaders? Briefing the press about preparations, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama indicated the trip would be no more than a ritual “an opportunity to engage, interface […]

JOHN CHARLES Workers in Benue State have rejected the composition of a committee set up by Governor Samuel Ortom to handle the disbursement of the N14.9bn Paris Club loan refund to the state. Some of the workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed doubt in the ability of the panel to do justice to […]

Wealthy people can afford whatever they fancy – fast cars, magnificent houses, or even beautiful wives. In this piece, we take a look at the young wives of some of Nigeria’s wealthiest men Sade Okoya Sade Okoya is perhaps the poster girl for young ladies who are married to rich men. When she got married […]

• 48 candidates battle for 1,246,915 votes • APC, PDP clash over vote-buying allegation • EU warns against inducement • EFCC monitors money transfers   Olufemi Atoyebi, Femi Makinde, Success Nwogu, Jesusegun Alagbe, Olaleye Aluko and Dayo Ojerinde As 48 governorship candidates from 48 political parties jostle for 1,246,915 votes in the Osun State governorship election […]

Afeez Hanafi A sales representative of a mobile phone firm based on Victoria Island, Adetoun Adenuga, says she has yet to get over the torture she went through in the hands of some soldiers from Bonny Camp located along Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island. Adenuga, said the soldiers, one of whom she identified as Abubakar […]

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A cleric and General Overseer of a Port Harcourt-based church, known as Lively Stone Chapel International, Pastor Olaiya Adeniyi, has explained how he escaped being assassinated by unknown gunmen, who trailed him to his house and inflicted a gunshot injury on him. Adeniyi, who spoke with Southern City News from his […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to explain to Nigerians why he failed to withdraw policemen attached to the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, like he did to the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, before the conduct of the Ekiti governorship election. […]

John Alechenu, Niyi  Odebode  and Leke Baiyewu Some All Progressives Congress senators and aspirants have opposed the Wednesday decision of the party, which granted the request of the APC governors on the mode of primaries for choosing candidates for the 2019 elections. The APC National Executive Committee, after its meeting last month, had announced the […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Friday organised a prayer session for the governorship election holding today to be credible and violence free. The service, which started by 6am, was presided over by the Resident Pastor of the church in Osogbo, Mr. […]

Ramon Oladimeji A popular Catholic religious group, the Knight of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, has advised registered voters to reject any bid by selfish politicians to lure them to sell their votes, saying doing so will be tantamount to mortgaging their destinies and those of their children. It also urged voters not to allow themselves to […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The APC Campaign Council for the Osun Governorship election has described the allegations and accusations emanating from the camp of the PDP ahead of Saturday’s polls as a manifestation of the fear of impending defeat. In a statement in Osogbo on Friday, the Council’s Media Committee Chairman and Minister of Information and […]

Ahmadu Musefiu, welder, Ede I expect the new governor to provide good environment for market men and women, small and medium-scale entrepreneurs and artisans. He should provide good road network to ease movement. The incoming governor must be able to provide credit facility for artisans and traders to grow their business. He should get supervisors, […]

John Alechenu,    Adelani Adepegba and Olaleye Aluko Groups, including the Campaign for Democracy and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, have scolded the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, for not participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme. They noted that the minister’s public service life without an NYSC certificate must be investigated. An […]

Umar Muhammed, Lafia A former Senate President and federal lawmaker from Benue State, Senator David Mark, has said he and others vying for political offices will abide by the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party on all matters as the primary elections approach. Mark, who said this while addressing Nasarawa State PDP delegates in Akwanga […]

Kayode Idowu, Damaturu One person was reportedly killed and three others injured during a clash between the military and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Potiskum, Yobe State. It was gathered that the fracas ensued shortly after the IMN members rounded off a procession with prayers around 8:30am near Central Hotel, Potiskum. The […]

Friday Olokor, Jos Over 2,000 Christians have been killed by Fulani jihadists alone since January 2018 with no fewer than 250 casualties recorded between July 15 and September 15, 2018, a human rights organisation, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has said. According to the group, at least 120 persons were killed […]

Success Nwogu, Ilorin Three governorship aspirants from Kwara Central have disagreed with nine emirs from Kwara North and some governorship aspirants over the demand for power shift to the northern part of the state in 2019. Those who disagreed with the demand are Alhaji Ibrahim Ajia and Alhaji Ladi Hassan of the Peoples Democratic Party […]

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘B’, Kaduna, has announced a total seizure of over N123m contraband between August and September, 2018. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Friday, the National Coordinator of the Federal Customs Strike Force, Alhaji Abdullahi Kirawa, warned smugglers to change their ways. Kirawa, a deputy comptroller […]

•Renames it Polaris Bank Nike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday revoked the operating licence of Skye Bank Plc. Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, made the announcement at a press briefing in Lagos. He also said a bridge bank known as Polaris Bank had been created to assume the assets and liabilities […]

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta An expatriate, whose name was given as Ehisan Fahed Johari, has reportedly died while his personal assistant was injured in a multiple auto accident which occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The operatives of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps said the accident occurred around Danco Filling Station, on […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have stressed the need for Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel  to implement a unified approach in the fight against terrorism and radicalism in the region. They agreed that the […]

John Charles, Makurdi Gunmen on Friday attacked Tse Vue community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, killing five people in the process. The police in the state told our correspondent that they received a report of the attack at about 9:00am, promptly deploying men to the area. According to the spokesperson for the […]

The Sasere of Ondo Kingdom, High Chief Johnson Adeduro, has empowered and trained 104 youths in the state in different vocations. The youths under the aegis of Ondo Ekimogun Youth Congress, on Friday assembled at the Ondo Civic Center for their graduation ceremony, appreciating the kind gesture of the traditional chief. Speaking at the ceremony, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Bamigboye family on the death of retired Brigadier-General David Bamigboye, the first military governor of Kwara. The president’s condolence message was made available in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. The president affirmed that Bamigboye, who […]

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday said he had ordered the arrest of “all those involved in the management of the ferry” which sank on Lake Victoria, claiming 131 lives. “It appears clear that the ferry was overloaded,” he said in a speech on TBC One public television, also referring to “negligence”. “The arrests have […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says it has no hidden 470.5 million dollars and N8 billion in any commercial bank as alleged by the Nigerian police. The NNPC in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Friday, explained that the allegation was not only misplaced […]