A 45-year-old businessman, Aliu Albobbo, was yesterday remanded to Kirikiri prison by an Ikeja Magistrate Court, for allegedly obtaining N1.9 million under false pretence.

AS the country prepares for the 2015 elections, a man has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command, Ibadan for being in possession of a customised laptop belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Engineer (Dr.) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Tuesday rewarded the two indigenes of the state in the Golden Eaglets, captain Musa Muhammad and defender Bello Zaharradine with houses, promising to name a street on their behalf at their preferred choice in Amana, Bandirawo or Kwankwasiyya city.

Despite winning AFCON 2013 and the U17 World Cup, Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi has rated Nigeria 4 out of 10 this year.

The National President of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Alumni Association, Dr. Chioke Nwanne, has stressed the role of functional education in advancing the course of democracy in Nigeria.

Advance fee fraud practitioners and their agents have hacked into the yahoomail account of President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari. Maigari, crowned the Sports Administrator of the Year at the Nigeria Sports Awards in Lagos Tuesday last week, among several honours in a truly fulfilling year for Nigeria football, said he woke up on Tuesday to the shocking realisation that his email account had been hacked.

FRESH facts have emerged from Sunday meeting President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP held that the National chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will be dropped in March next year during the mid term convention.

Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major raid by Islamists which prompted a round-the-clock ban on movements.

On Sunday, November 10, 2013, the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu, hosted a kindred meeting of a select group of leaders in Okigwe zone in his country home in Umukabia, Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.

Peter Dedevbo, the Head Coach of the national under-20 women football team, on Tuesday in Abuja said he had 25 players in camp for the team’s upcoming games against Tunisia.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday warned against any attempt to compromise the integrity of the 34-year-old Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA).

President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja tonight for Germany en-route to Paris, France where he is scheduled to participate in the Summit on Peace and Security in Africa.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, will honour the overall winner of the 2013 International Qur’anic Recitation Competition and in Sokoto on Thursday.

A former Super Eagles player, Celestine Babayaro, on Tuesday in Lagos said he was hopeful the senior men’s football team would perform creditably at the Brazil 2014 World Cup finals.