Chelsea ended a run of four winless games to beat Fulham 2-0 and move to the top of the Premier League on Saturday, after Southampton stunned previous leaders Liverpool.

The eerie calm in the security and socio-political space of Kaduna State, on Monday, burst into cataclysmic political excitement never seen since the death of its former governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, and the swearing-in of his deputy, Alh. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, last December, to succeed him.

IF the on–going crisis in the Anambra State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over who should be its flag bearer for the November 16 election is not resolved in the next few weeks, the party would have made itself a less contender in the impending governorship race. For now, supporters of the party in Anambra State are confused and it is therefore not surprising that many of them have become willing tools for swelling campaign rally grounds of other political parties. A typical example was the flag off of the LP governorship campaign in Onitsha on Thursday where many former members of PDP were seen adorned in Ifeanyi Ubah’s uniforms and caps and directing affairs.

THESE are not be the best of times for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the self acclaimed largest party in Africa and its managers following the lingering crisis and the in-house bickering.

In the last couple of weeks, the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee, NWC, has been entangled in a debacle in which some party leaders try to outdo one another. At the heart of it all is the issue of who controls the machinery of the party ahead of the 2015 general elections.

Did anybody recognize Hon. Binta Garba last week? She was unmistakable. You couldn’t have missed her in the recording which revealed her wrestling and hard-hitting abilities. Ask Hon.Hafiz Adenowo from Oyo State: He not only got his cloths torn by Binta, a few slaps were added.

In the aftermath of the bloody conflicts of 1991 – 93, the bloodiest in the country’s more than 3,000 years of recorded history, the people of Ethiopia faced the fundamental issue squarely, and the solution they worked out at meetings of the ethnic nationalities, based on the tragic lessons of the bloody conflicts, was embodied in the 1995 Constitution, which is still, 17 years after (1995 – 2012), the basis of the continued corporate existence of the diverse “Nations, Nationalities and Peoples” comprised in Ethiopia.

Russia may change its position on Syria if it sees any “cheating” by the regime, a senior Kremlin official said Saturday as Damascus disclosed details of its chemical stockpile in the first step of a disarmament plan.

Oil and gas workers in Akwa Ibom have given notice to begin an indefinite strike on Monday over plans by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to sack them.

People may have their different views about the action of the 13-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel Oikhena, but he has become some sort of a super star, going by the attention being paid to him by security agencies and the Edo State government. Daniel, on Saturday, August 24, stowed away in the wheel well of an Arik aircraft from Benin-City to Lagos.

The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) says it is hopeful the introduction of a Beach Soccer League in the country will enhance its chances at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Cross River – Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Saturday lauded the peaceful conduct of the Sept. 21 Local Government elections in the state

The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Saturday called on troubled regions across the world to embrace ceasefire in celebration of the World Peace Day.

To provide a platform to uphold their cultural heritage, Yoruba in the United Kingdom have launched the Oodua People’s Union (OPU), an organization for Yoruba people in the diaspora.

Masked gunmen stormed a teeming upmarket mall in Nairobi Saturday, sprayed gunfire and killing around 20 people before holing themselves up in the complex with hostages.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned that the state government will apprehend and prosecute any person or group of persons found hawking drugs on the streets.