Gareth Bale has been left out of Real Madrid’s squad to face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday. Bale picked up a thigh injury during the goalless draw with Atletico Madrid on Saturday and had to come off at half-time. He will miss the reigning European champions’ Group G game in Russia, along […]

Chief Frank Kokori, former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, who played a significant role to actualise the June 12, 1993 election, expresses his disappointment with the present state of the nation in this interview with SUNDAY ABORISADE Nigeria will be 58 years old as an independent nation on […]

ADELANI ADEPEGBA and TOBI AWORINDE Delegations from the Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States said they observed widespread interference and intimidation of voters, journalists, and civil society observers by political party supporters and security agencies during Osun governorship rerun. The observers noted that their findings mirrored those of leading […]

OLUSOLA FABIYI Fresh facts have emerged on how the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike was able to mobilise members of the  National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party to get Port Harcourt endorsed for the party’s   national convention on Friday. Investigations by our correspondent showed that two presidential aspirants in the party […]

PETER DADA As the All Progressives Congress is preparing to hold national and state primaries nationwide, there is an indication that the Ondo State chapter of the party would conduct parallel congresses for the two primaries. It was gathered that the issue bordering on the method of primary to adopt by the party had not […]

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the party’s victory in the Osun governorship election shows that democracy is at work in the country. Tinubu said this after he received the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola; and the governor-elect, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday evening. […]

Residents in states where the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party will elect their governorship candidates for the 2019 governorship election have expressed fears of possible breakdown of law and order during the primaries today Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH correspondents, who spoke with political party leaders, aspirants and some residents of the affected […]

Nigerian migrants held in Libya were rescued after releasing a video from their cell that went viral on social media and caught the attention of authorities. A group of migrants held inside a detention centre in Zawiya in Libya, risked their lives to  shoot the video in July, showing poor living conditions and people pleading […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party for its Kogi West Senatorial District ticket have vowed to work against the party in the 2019 general elections. The aspirants in Abuja on Saturday protested what they called their unjust disqualification by the party from the race. They, however, vowed not to […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja  Mr. Fela Durotoye was on  Saturday elected as the Presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria for the 2019 election. Durotoye polled 240 votes to defeat Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim who got seven votes. Speaking at the occasion, the National Chairman of the party, Mr. Emmanuel Dania, said the party was poised to […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has postponed the party’s governorship primaries in both Lagos and Imo States indefinitely. It, however, said that the governorship primaries in other states would still be held throughout the country on Sunday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said this in […]

Alhaji Abba Suleiman, a former Inspector General of Police, has described himself as not a newcomer in politics saying he is not new in politics. Suleiman, who is contesting the Jigawa Central senatorial seat, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Saturday. He urged the people of […]

Gbenga Adeniji  Ahead of tomorrow’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, 36 of the 40 members of the state House of Assembly have resolved to support the governorship ambition of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu is contesting the governorship ticket of the party with the incumbent governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. A statement by […]

Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the proposed education bank and tuition scheme by the Federal Government as a ploy to commercialise public university education and thereby encourage private universities in the country. ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Port Harcourt Zone, Uzo Onyebinama, said that the proposed scheme by the Federal […]

Ademola Olonilua and Timileyin Akinkahunsi Around 2010, King Wadada, also known as Austin Peter, was seen as the upcoming king of reggae in Nigeria and Africa. The reggae singer was so big that he won the Kora Awards as Africa’s best reggae artist of the year. Despite the high hopes his fans had for him, […]

The Elekole of Ikole-Ekiti, paramount ruler of Egbeoba Kingdom, Oba Adewunmi Fasiku, Aladesekole I, tells GBENRO ADEOYE that some cultures are dirty and should be stopped How would you describe your experience on the throne? We thank God as everything has been going on smoothly with the help of the people of the town, particularly […]

Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has explained the agreement of the party with the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Oshiomhole, who gave the explanation at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that there would not be automatic […]

Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo There are strong indications that the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, may dump the ruling All Progressives Congress to the United Democratic Party. An aide to Mrs. Alhassan, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that the former minister resigned her appointment on Friday morning. She was said to […]

John Charles, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday raised the alarm over alleged disappearance of N4bn from the final tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state. Ortom had two weeks ago announced the receipt of N14.9bn last tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state by the Federal Government. But, […]

Ted Odogwu, Kano The Kano State government and Bovine Masters, an Egyptian investment company, have concluded arrangements to establish a multi-million dollar meat factory in the state. It is expected that the first phase of the project will gulp an estimated $12m, which will entail cattle and small ruminant meats processing, sales and logistics, according […]

Jesusegun Alagbe The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy Nigeria, Mr Seni Adetu, has called on players in the creative industry in the country to develop new talents in a bid to reduce the recycle of talents. He noted the recycle of talents could hamper the industry from reaching its full potential, adding that the […]

Eric Dumo To reduce the health and environmental risks encountered by Nigerians as a result of the consumption of harmful chemicals through food, air and water pollution, stakeholders in the science and technology sector have called for safer practices to ensure the reduction of such toxicants. The experts made this call during the maiden edition […]

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has summoned the managing director of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation over shortage of equipment deployed for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail project. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, Amaechi issued the directive during the monthly inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan rail […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday alleged that some international collaborators were hiding in secret jurisdictions to encourage corruption. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke during a forum tagged, High-Level Roundtable on Corruption, Migration, Bridging Africa’s Infrastructural Gap for Sustainable Development […]

Olufemi Atoyebi, Lekan Adetayo, Success Nwogu, Samuel Awoyinfa, Simon Utebor, Mudiaga Affe, Etim Ekpimah, Jesusegun Alagbe and Alexander Okere The Presidency on Friday said it had begun moves to end the nationwide strike organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress. The Presidency in a statement said a meeting had been scheduled for Thursday. The NLC had […]

Friday Olokor and Afeez Hanafi No fewer than 15 persons have been killed after some gunmen reportedly in military uniform attacked houses on Rukuba Road, in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. While eight members of a family of 10 were killed in the first attack, two residents of an adjoining compound […]

John Alechenu, Abuja The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday said the party had to disqualify the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and his Women Affairs counterpart, Aisha Al-Hassan in order to protect the party’s core values. He said this at a press conference, in Abuja, on Friday. Oshiomhole said […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Friday to rebuild strained relations after a two-year crisis despite remaining differences on civil rights and other issues. Erdogan was on a state visit to the top EU economy, home to three million people of Turkish descent, in what German media have described as […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Friday said it has stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their ongoing strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The Senior Special Assistant to the […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria would always live up to its financial commitments to the Economic Community of West African States in order not to be seen as “big for nothing.” According to a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President […]

Oladimeji Ramon Activist lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission was sympathetic to the ruling All Progressives Congress rather than being neutral in the Osun State governorship election. According to him, the handling of the Osun State governorship poll by the electoral umpire underscored the claim that many loyalists and […]

The World Health Organization on Friday announced it had revised its Ebola risk assessment in the Democratic Republic of Congo from high to “very high”. The WHO cited transport links and population movements as potential risk factors in offering its latest assessment while stressing that the global risk remained low. “As the risk of national […]

Manchester City center-back Nicolas Otamendi was recalled to the Argentina squad on Friday but as expected, Lionel Messi was left out of the group due to play arch-rivals Brazil in Saudi Arabia. After Argentina’s disappointing last-16 elimination by eventual winners France from the World Cup in Russia, Messi was granted time off from national team […]

Diego Simeone has pledged his full support to Diego Costa, despite the Atletico Madrid striker’s La Liga drought ahead of Saturday’s derby against Real Madrid. Costa scored twice against Real as Atletico lifted the European Super Cup in August and, going further back, he hit the winner at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2013, before leaving […]