ABUJA- In what appears to be a mini state of emergency for Plateau State, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin “to take full charge of the security situation in Plateau State”.

Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor celebrated his Tottenham debut with the first goal in a 2-0 English Premier League triumph against Wolves at the weekend.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney’s new-found maturity has been key to the striker’s lightning start to the season.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been singing the praises of new signing and international team-mate Andrea Pirlo following a stunning debut against Parma.

Itsekiri-born Pastor (Mrs.)Ruth Nick-Essien is a minister of exceptional appeal who believes that women should never be seen as a subservient creature; not even in the church. Ordained by Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Int’l in 1998, Ruth Essien is the Founder/Presiding Pastor of Exodus Evangelical Ministry in Lagos. Right from inception, she has stood radically by her mandate which is to raise true worshippers for God by helping man restore his relationship with Him, and also within the family by redeeming lost family values.

Andy Whitfield, the British star of US TV drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has died at the age of 39.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insists he is not overburdened by pressure as the Premier League side prepare to begin their latest tilt at Champions League glory on Tuesday

Nigeria is still down more than one week the 10th All Africa Games kicked off here in Maputo, Mozambique.

Some 1,400 people, including 700 army and security officials, have been killed in the violence in Syria, a top aide to President Bashar al-Assad said Monday.

More than 100 people burned to death in a fire on a fuel pipeline in a slum area in the Kenyan capital, police said Monday.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Oral Health Day, the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, has blamed the poor oral health status of the average Nigerian on inadequate workforce available to meet the dental needs of the population.

Arsene Wenger will be looking for Arsenal to deliver a performance against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday which can lift the gloom surrounding the club.

Following the persistent traffic gridlock at Ijeshatedo area of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, the Lagos State Government has issued a warning to administrators of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church to call their members to order or be sanctioned.

Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic said his side must step up for Tuesday’s opening Champions League clash against an Arsenal team on the rise after a poor start to the season.

The construction of roads, infrastructure and housing is reeling again under a vicious resurgence of cement prices. Reports have it that in many parts of the country, especially the Lagos metropolis, where development of housing projects is proceeding at a frenetic pace, a bag of cement now goes for as a high as N2,800 per bag.