Cross River state governor,senator Liyel Imoke wants the Super Eagles to remain focussed on the qualification job for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil following the draw Monday that pits the team against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia.

The World Editors’ Forum (WEF) has urged South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to re-consider the Protection of State Information Bill, which has sparked controversy.

THE crisis ravaging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bared its fangs in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, as members of the old PDP disrupted a scheduled meeting between the leadership of the House and the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led new PDP (nPDP) and the G-7 governors

Marseille may be the outsiders in a testing Champions League Group F, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger knows his team cannot afford to underestimate the French club on Wednesday.

Heartland attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu has promised to dedicate his side’s anticipated win against 3SC to his newly-born child, Chimamanda.

The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed three policemen for killing a pastor’s son in Gwoza, the headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state Tuesday reiterated the commitment of his administration to reduce the housing deficit in the state, saying “not less than 1, 200 high-rise buildings will be erected in the ongoing Eko Atlantic City.”

Gareth Bale has been dropped to the bench by Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti for his side’s Champions League Group B opener away to Galatasaray.

Ex-Internationals, Adokiye Amiesimaka and Garba Lawal have charged the Super Eagles not to lose focus in the final stage of the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier which pitched Nigeria against Ethiopia.

US banking giant Citigroup has appointed Ade Ayeyemi to head its Johannesburg-based sub-Saharan Africa division, the company said on Tuesday.

A university graduate, Terna Tarka, on Tuesday filed a suit at a Federal High Court, Lagos, challenging alleged denial of mobilisation for national service by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Whenever we take a cursory look at democracy, we hardly fail to see the visionary import of the philosophy and precept of liberal democracy which makes it tower above other models because of self-evident advantages. It is indeed a credit to the clairvoyance of the originators who fittingly gave the legislature a prime position as the first arm that is pivotal to the optimal functioning of democracy. What probably makes it so critical is that when it efficiently performs its constitutional duty, the legislature could provide the compass to the executive and judicial arms of government.

THE Senate, Tuesday, approved eight persons as career and non- career ambassadors as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The development followed the successful screening of the nominees by the Senator Mathew Nwaogu’s led Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Odogbo, Ibadan, on Tuesday handed over a 16-year-old boy, Jamiu Memudu, to his family after he escaped from suspected ritualists.

The Federal Government has approved N6 billion for the rehabilitation of technical colleges, the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said.