The award of a last minute penalty kick in our Nigerian football competitions is capable of provoking team officials and their fans to pull down the stadium. But the award of penalty kick at the last minute is part of the game.

In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Mr. John Mayaki, Governor Oshiomhole stated that “we pray that at the end of this exercise, the objective of disarmament and amnesty is achieved.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has asked the Abuja Court of Appeal to set aside a verdict entered by an Abuja high court adjourning, sine die, the criminal defamation suit he is maintaining against Leadership Newspapers Group. Yar’Adua wants the matter to be tried while he presides over the affairs of the country […]

WHEN it comes to choices among lives, literacy and roads, the Senate, Nigeria’s highest law-making body, chose roads. Its decision to move N25 billion from the budget for education and health services to the expansion of the Abuja Airport and Zuba-Abuja expressways to 10 lanes from four lanes speaks volumes. There are no justifications for […]

How on earth can oral sex be hygienic? We’re constantly reminded to wash our hands carefully, after using the toilet. Now lovers indulge in oral sex on the spur of the moment, without washing up first. How on earth can something like that be harmless? I’m in my early 20s and in love, my boyfriend hasn’t pressurized me into giving him a blow job, but if he does. I intend to say no!

In spite of the fact that our only child together was only a month old; he left to be with her. But it didn’t work out. About a year after, he came back begging for us to start again. I eventually agreed.

By  Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—NATIONAL Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East, Mr. Olisa Metu has denied taking sides, particularly with the Uchenna Emordi faction of the party in Anambra state, saying that it was the national officers of the PDP that  gave recognition to the Emordi-led faction. Metu said that his members […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—A N1billion Electronics Academy is to be established in Anambra State by the renown giants in the industry, LG Electronics in conjunction with the state government. Commissioner for Information and Culture, Chief Maja Umeh said yesterday, that government would contribute about 30% of the total cost, adding that when completed, the Academy […]

Mr Sanusi, who was addressing the Nigerian media for the first time since his appointment, categorised the banks into two, with one group having so much liquid which they preferred to invest in the Treasury Bills (TBs) at a mere 3 per cent and the second group of those which lacked liquidity and therefore forced to borrow at very high rates.

Also participating will be basketball stars Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson; singers Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Smokey Robinson; and activists Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton, according to an announcement released on behalf of the Jackson family.

The family of the 74-year-old grandma, Mrs. Lydia Epidi, who was abducted by armed gunmen suspected to be commercial hostage takers, Sunday night, in the sleepy settlement of Tungbo in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have been thrown into confusion as her kidnappers are demanding N300 million ransom.

ABUJA — Brazilian   soccer legend and football’s world all-time great Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, popularly called Pele yesterday predicted that an African country could play in the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Pele in a chat, after presenting one of the bid documents for the Rio De Jenairo 2016 Olympic Games […]

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has blamed banks for the current challenges threatening the stability of the country’s financial system.

Pele, who was the toast of everyone at the State House, was one of the members of a delegation of the International Olympic Committee which was led by its President, Mr. Jacques Rogge, on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria leader.
Speaking at the occasion, Yar’Adua said the Federal Government would implement a comprehensive sports development programme in the country.

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC),  Enugu Command has threatened to shut un-registered Private Guard companies in the state. The Commandant of the corps in Enugu State, Mr. Raimi Adisa, said yesterday that the NSCDC would soon take drastic action against unregistered private guard companies operating in the state. He […]