The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on Nigerians to utilize the ongoing broad-based coalitions and platforms to rescue the country from the prevailing bad governance being witnessed at the federal level.

HUMAN rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, Monday, unveiled his interest to contest the 2015 governorship elections in Delta State, saying it was time to unshackle the state from the dynasty of thieves.

Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday fixed May 24 to begin the trial of two oil marketers, Aro Bamidele and Abiodun Bankole, accused of N1.3 billion fuel subsidy fraud.

Catholics gathered from the early morning in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday for the first full day of a conclave to elect a new pope, saying they wanted a compassionate leader who would bring hope to the world.

The overwhelming majority of the Togolese media on Tuesday observed a blackout to protest against the law strengthening the administrative and disciplinary powers of the Supreme Audiovisual and Communication Authority (HAAC), the media regulatory body.

NINE gunmen, suspected to be members of a kidnap gang, in an audacious rescue operation, Wednesday, in Warri, Delta State, ambushed a Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS, Hilux van, and shot dead three warders.

THE General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency [ASEPA], Mr. Ikechukwu Apugo, has faulted his father, Prince Benjamin Apugo, over his recent media attack on Governor Theodore Orji, on the development of the state, saying his father was not objective in his criticism.

The police in Benin, Edo State have launched a manhunt for some group of Eiye cultists who attacked and burnt down a house in Amagba in protest against the killing of their leader by the police after their futile search for a young man Osagioduwa Osaghae John, who blew the lid off their nefarious activities […]

IF you are observant enough, you will notice him in markets – an ageing, cosmopolitan gentleman haggling with the market woman pricing pepper, fish, okro and vegetable oil. His age, generally 50 and above.

Not even die-hard Barcelona fans would have believed that their darling club would turned the tie around in their favour – not with that number of goals. But it happened. Barcelona have risen above their previous defeats particularly by Milan and Real Madrid to put up stunning performance against AC Milan Tuesday night at Nou Camp.

Reactions have started trailing the decamping of 2013 Batch A, female corps member, Ms Tolu Ekundayo, by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Ogun State for wearing skirt at the Shagamu orientation camp.

Two goals from Lionel Messi led a stunning Barcelona fightback as they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against AC Milan with a 4-0 demolition of the Italians at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night.

Cardinals prepared for a second day of conclave behind the Vatican’s walls to elect a pope on Wednesday, with all eyes on a chimney that will signal when there is a new leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.

MANY may be wondering what governments do. They have every right to do so following various failings of governments, including basics like paying salaries they prescribed for their own workers.

No fewer than 57 persons, including women and children, have reportedly been murdered in the clash between Christians and Muslims in Lantang community in Jos, Plateau state. The recent clash is coming barely a few weeks after the bomb blast at St Finbar Church, where over 30 Christians died as Islamic Insurgents were said to […]