A 13-year-old girl (names withheld) has been kidnapped in Ekete, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State and held for eight days by suspected kidnappers over the title documents of her late father’s property.

Angry youths, members of a vigilante group, lynched a policeman and threatened others, Saturday, in retaliation for the killing of one of their members in Borno State, causing further friction in an area tense with violence from Islamist militants.

Fresh accounts of a 40-yr old war
A fresh account of the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War, by a major actor, beginning with the question: Why the Army for a career? In this first instalment of our serial of this book, Brigadier-General Godwin Alabi-Isama tells his own story, in his own words of how he got attracted to the Army, the recruitment process, training here in Nigeria and abroad, and more. Enjoy his memoirs….

Police in Nasarawa State said, yesterday, that three people were killed, while many houses were burnt during a fresh communal crisis in the state.

Enyimba International of Aba yesterday won the 68th edition of the Federation Cup final held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

1984 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Paul Okoku has met with the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye over the redemption of the scholarship pledge made by the Federal Government to the 1983 Flying Eagles squad to the FIFA U-20 World Cup I Mexico.

All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for the last week’s blockade of the Rivers State Government House.

ISSUES around the lopsided appointments in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been long lasting, and also long-ignored, but they persist because they are not simple matters. They would not go away by being ignored.

There is a touch of cruelty developing among political chief executives in Nigeria. I am referring to governors and presidents of Nigeria whom the Constitution gives the power to hire and fire political appointees. The governor or president begins by floating rumours of impending cabinet shakeups.

The office of the First Lady has denied reports in an online publication that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was behind the crisis in the sale of Enugu Distribution Company, saying it is ‘speculative journalism at its worst’ and should be ignored.

Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria captured 11 suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and handed them over to the army, a military commander said Sunday, adding that four of them have since died in custody.

INDICATIONS have emerged that jamboree trips by the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and infighting within the National Administrative Council, NAC, are tearing the NLC apart.

For the Super Eagles, the road to the 2014 FIFA World Cup gets clearer today as they get to know the country they will confront in a two-legged playoffs to qualify for the Brazil showpiece.

Former referee Mark Halsey has lifted the lid on John Obi Mikel’s infamous race row by claiming the Chelsea midfielder yelled ‘I’m going to break your legs’ at Mark Clattenburg.

Peter Utaka out shone compatriot Yakubu Aiyegbeni in a China Super League match when his brace helped Beijing Guoan beat Guangzhou R&F 6-0.