Igbinedion University Okada will, tomorrow, hold its 11th matriculation. About 1,400 new students are expected to participate.

STEPHEN Okechukwu Keshi requires little introduction. I suppose the authorities of Nigerian football need to know him, if they were serious about the things they should do. If not for few hitches that attended his efforts in Togo, he would have taken Togo to the 2006 World Cup as the coach. He qualified Togo for the World Cup then the troubles followed.

FORTY years today the Nigerian Civil War that set Biafra, against the rest of Nigeria, ended when Col Philip Effiong surrendered to then Col Olusegun Obasanjo. It ended a 30-month hostility that claimed millions of lives.

WIFE of Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko yesterday unfolded her pet project which would focus on breast, cervical cancer and women health care.

By Tony Ubani, Editor THE calls came in torrents! Not even when the Eagles were leading did Nigerians have faith that they would maintain the lead. At a stage, Onochie Anibeze, our Group Sports Editor told me to put off my cell phone to allow them concentrate on the match. But Nigerians did not give […]

By Yemie Adeoye & Daniel Alfred LAGOS—Following the acute petrol scarcity currently rocking the nation, the Federal Government has promised that all refineries in the country would be at optimal performance by the end of this month. This was disclosed by the Group Executive Director,  Refinery and Petrochemicals,  the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr […]

YORUBA leaders have resolved to form a non-partisan organisation “Yoruba Legacy Forum” to cater for the interest of the Yoruba nation

The Indian Government is to invest $1.5 trillion to develop infrastructure in the West African sub-region in the next 10 years just as Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan appealed to Indian entrepreneurs to take advantage of the restructuring effort of the Federal Government by investing in the Niger Delta region.

Palpable tension and uncertainty have enveloped the Ivory Coast camp, after pulling a surprise goalless draw with less-fancied Burkina Faso in their opening group match played Monday, in Cabinda.

The Senate, yesterday, resolved that the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Abuja, be named after the late former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, in memory of her contributions to womanhood.
The resolution was sequel to the consideration of a motion on her death, moved by Senator Zaynab Kure (PDP, Niger South) and 29 others.

AN Assistant Director with the Federal Ministry of National Planning, Chief Oluwole Adelana, was on Sunday night abducted by gunmen in the Garki Area 1 of Abuja.

By  Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—SOME of the governorship candidates for the February 6 election in Anambra State have promised to ensure free and fair election, saying that they were prepared to support any of them that emerges in a transparent poll. In their speeches in Awka, yesterday during a debate titled “Anambra Decides” organised by The […]

THE Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday called for the unconditional release of its leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, just as it vowed not to allow any body use its name to perpetrate evil.

Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has lashed out at critics who have questioned his place in the Nigerian team at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Trucks carrying goods across West Africa generally have to fulfill three criteria to be legal: the driver must have a proper licence that is up to date, the cargo must be documented correctly and the truck itself must be roadworthy and not overloaded