Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas believes Fernando Torres has finally rediscovered his confidence after the Spain striker scored twice in a 5-0 demolition of Genk.

Mutassim Gaddafi, one of the ousted Libyan strongman’s sons, was found dead in Sirte on Thursday, a commander of the new regime forces told AFP.

Veteran Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi has been killed by new regime forces in their final assault on the last pocket of resistance in his hometown Sirte, a National Transitional Council spokesman said.

New regime troops captured Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday as they overran the last pocket of resistance from loyalists in his hometown Sirte, bringing their seven-month uprising to a triumphant conclusion.

WE are convinced beyond all reasonable doubts that the Federal Government must have been listening to Mr. Ogidigan. There is also no doubt that the Federal Government’s hearing must be partially impaired. Otherwise, the lessons of Ogidigan’s full experience would have been very instructive.

 Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi  has been captured.  According to Mahmoud Shamman, NTC Information minister, in an interview with CNN, said , althought the information is not confirmed yet, ” ‘a  big fish’ has been captured.” He said they are expecting a statement from Benghazi. However, despite wild jubilation on the streets of Tripoli  over the fall of Sirte,  there […]

IRRESPECTIVE of what happens on October 24, 2011, Bayelsa State will be one of those states where governorship elections will take place some time next year. If the Supreme Court affirms the extension of the tenure of Governor Timipre Sylva, he will simply hunker down to prepare for the polls.

HISTORY is both the account of events and the role of prominent actors in these dispensations. Every nation or state will always have its defining moments. At such critical junctures, we may encounter a protagonist whose fortunes interweave with those of the larger society.

Lagos State University students, LASU, protesting the proposed hike in tuition fees, recently announced by the insitution, have barricaded the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

Three persons, among them an Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, youth leader, were swept away by flood, during Tuesday’s downpour in Agbado-Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Their bodies were yet to be discovered.

One person was shot dead and another critically injured, yesterday, by policemen in Ikom Local Government Area of Rivers State over traffic offence. The incident resulted in widespread protest and restricted the movement of policemen in the area.

Major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, yesterday, vowed to join forces with the National Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the Federal Government from its planned removal of fuel subsidy.

EBONYI State Government yesterday disclosed that of the 494 illegal and substandard schools identified by the committee set up to flush out such schools from the education sector, only 328 would be closed down for their inability to either upgrade their standards or follow laid down rules and regulation.

Students of the Lagos State University Ojo, have Thursday morning, embarked on a protest over the planned increase in tuition by the authorities of the school.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has suspended further deductions from the Federation Account in the name of subsidies for petroleum products which the state governments described as illegal and vehemently objected to.