Some 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia Monday for the high point of the annual hajj, praying for an end to disputes and bloodshed.

Following the preparations for the Eid El Kabir Sallah celebrations an intelligent report made available to the men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has averted what could have been a twin coordinated attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in Konduga and Bama Local Government Areas of Borno state

By Charles Mgbolu Actress Funke Akindele played a powerful role in the drama movie ‘Maami‘ which won the ‘Best Indigenous Movie’ at the just concluded Nollywood Movie Awards 2013 but it was Rita Dominic who stole the night with her role in ‘The meeting” earning her the ‘Best Lead Actress award’. Up and coming screen […]

Regarding the November 16, 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra, I am rooting for APGA; and I am rooting for Anambra North to produce the State’s next governor.

A powerful car bomb killed at least 20 people in Syria’s Idlib on Monday, a day after gunmen abducted seven Red Cross aid workers in the northwestern province.

Nigerians across the country have continued to hail the Super Eagles 2-1 victory against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on Sunday.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the if the  current security challenges in the country were external, the country would have been embarrased because of the inadequacy of the nation’s security forces in tackling the emerging terrorist threat.

ANOTHER plane crash was, yesterday, averted in Kaduna as IRS Airline plane with 89 passengers on board was assisted to land in Kaduna after it developed mechanical problems. The aircraft was said to have had hydraulic problem and on landing at the airport had to discharge its passengers on the runway instead of taxiing to the parking lot.

The London Southwark Crown Court has been told that the abrupt manner the asset confiscation hearing of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, ended in London after the prosecution and defence had closed their cases and filed their final briefs, and the order for retrial will have cost implications for the court and the British taxpayer.

THE House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, CVFF, has queried the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, over the $326million payment to Global West Specialist Vessels Limited, a company purportedly owned by ex- militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo.

Against the background of incessant kidnappings and other violent crimes in EdoState, members of various cult groups in the state came together in Benin, weekend, in a move they said was to tackle insecurity in the state.

SENATOR Iyiola Omisore, weekend, described as regressive and confusing the merging of schools in Osun State by Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

The former senator from Osun East in the National Assembly, said the action was a reflection of lack of administrative qualities.

STRONG indications emerged yesterday that the Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been infiltrated by the Presidency as part of moves to cause friction among its members and leadership, just as crisis looms in the fold of the new group following some irreconcilable differences.

AS attacks on defenceless civilians go, the one launched against students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, in the early hours of Sunday September 29, was one of the goriest. Innocent students were woken from their sleep, assembled in groups and then cut down in a barrage of bullets.

THE controversy that trailing the September 1 election of a new Methodist Church of Nigeria prelate continued yesterday, as the man that picked holes in the electoral process, Prelate-Emeritus, His Eminence Sunday Mbang, says he had no choice than to leave those who endorsed the election to God.