The last Sunday bombing of a church in Suleja, has been described as an attempt to pitch Christians against Muslims in another round of religious war by some individuals masquerading as Muslims.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has accused the federal, states and local governments of allegedly playing politics with the new salary scale for civil servants in the country.

Member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mr.Yakubu Nkom Bityong has been arrested by the State Security Services, SSS, in Port Harcourt over alleged involvement with Boko Haram Islamic militants.

ESTHER SALAMI, a beautician, came to my house last Sunday to do a pedicure for a member of my family. When she had finished, I handed her a small wad of folded naira bills and she dropped it into her handbag without counting it.

AN issue that is generating so much interest now in Edo State is the Oba of Benin’s purported endorsement of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for a second term as the Governor of Edo State. While the ACN machinery and the Governor himself are going the whole length to drive the point home by articulating it in as many print and electronic media as they possibly could, the opposition, it seems, is waking up to check them in their strides.

David Beckham says he’s chomping at the bit to finally face his old club Saturday when the Los Angeles Galaxy host Real Madrid in a football friendly at the storied Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Former Brazil international Roberto Carlos has his sights set on becoming president of Russian Premiership side Anzhi Makhachkala after hanging up his boots in 2013, local press reported Thursday.

EACH time political campaigns and elections visit Nigeria, the nation’s media are thrown into hyperactivity. The same is true of other democracies. What might be different is this country’s apparent inability or unwillingness to use the opportunity of extraordinary exposure to gauge the worth of its news organs.

Striker Abby Wambach has said her USA team are prepared to go the distance to beat Japan in Sunday’s final of the women’s World Cup as the Americans bid to win their third title.

rsenal boss Arsene Wenger on Thursday demanded Barcelona players stop making public comments about Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas wanting to leave for the Nou Camp

Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said yesterday there would be structural changes in the ministry to ensure the success of the transformation agenda of the government, especially with regards to economic growth.

“I have never seen anything remotely like this before” –Lt. Amelia Huffman, Minneapolis Police Dept.
“There was a very eerie silence right after the collapse. It was 5 to 10 minutes before I heard any sirens…” –Joe Costello
“I got out of my car and the first thing I heard was [were] the kids screaming on the bus. I called 911. I didn’t really know what else I could do.” –Flip Saunders

France World Cup-winner Patrick Vieira has retired as a player to take up a new role of football development executive at current club Manchester City, the English Premier League side said Thursday.

Despite the intervention of the House of Representatives in the dispute between the organised labour and Federal Government over the non-implementation of the minimum wage law, there is no silver lining yet in the horizon over the impending general strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

The Muslim Congress (TMC) has joined other sister Islamic organisations, civil societies and advocates of Non-interest/Islamic Banking in Nigeria while also condemning the campaign against the planned introduction of it by some Christian groups.