The second phase of the training camp by the Flying Eagles, Nigeria under-20 male football team, will begin in Abuja on Monday, March 17 with 55 players.

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State is a leader, who believes that there is no justification for anyone to talk about dismembering Nigeria after we have lived together as a nation for over a century. In this interview, Yuguda, one of the governors honoured last weekend in Ghana for educational development, speaks on contemporary issues, among them, his relationship with his predecessor, Ahmed Mu’azu, who he nominated as the PDP National Chairman and how to check rising terrorism in the North.

The princely amount of N46 million in the dormant bank account of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, was simply irresistible for the young female banker.

They are no doubt a part of the social infrastructures built for one purpose: to link one point with another. Be it in the air, on the land or across the lagoon, they connect towns and decongest junctions to ensure free flow of traffic. In places with features of urbanity, they are a common sight. Thus, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, still counting, are some major towns that boast of them. They are bridges.

Over 125,000 applicants in Abuja and Lagos alone chasing 4,500 jobs! 16 feared dead in the scramble. Thousands fainted from stampede and exhaustion.

Last Wednesday, at the Murtala Muhammed Square, Kaduna, an army of urchins, among others, converged.
Dressed in and what looked like hurriedly made Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) T-shirts and caps, their dusty feet, thread-bare trousers and the liberty with which they smoked and screamed obscenities , reminded one of the “toxic waste of human society”.

The media was set alight last week with a suspicious photo of Nollywood actress, Biola Ige, and actor, Muna Obiekwe, seemingly smooching, with the actor kissing her boobs.

Politicians from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State may have issues with Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the urban Benin-City due to political interests, but people in the rural communities, particularly in Imeagbe, Imiakagbu, Okpekpe and many other communities in Etsako West, East and Etsako Central Local Government Councils all in Edo North see Oshiomhole as a messiah due to what they described as the miraculous jobs he did in their areas. The people go to the mosque, church and shrine praying for the governor to become the President of Nigeria.

Senator Ahmad Zannah Khalifa represents Borno Central Senatorial District in the Senate. In this interview, he tells the story of Boko Haram from his own perspective, saying over 100, 000 people have died as a result of the insurgency in his state and accuses government of complicity on the killings. Excerpts:

Nigeria sprint star, Blessing Okagbare is hoping to get one more shot at world glory at the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics in Brazil in her elusive search for her first international gold medal.

Barely four days after suspected Fulani herdsmen struck in Benue State killing 37, three villages in Kaduna State, yesterday, suffered another attack, allegedly by Fulani herdsmen in which about 200 were feared dead.

Tope Oshin Ogun is presently one of Nigeria’s fastest rising female directors in the make-believe industry. Also a producer, actor, dialogue coach and casting director, the lovely mother of four boys was for five years the only female director on M-NET’s multiple award-winning ‘Tinsel’. Tope’s movies have received several nominations and awards from reputed bodies like African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA), TAVA (Television and Audio Visual Awards) and more. The year 2000 graduate of Theatre Arts, TV and Film Production from the Lagos State University currently owns Sunbow Productions Limited and she is happily married to Yinka Ogun, a screenwriter, content provider and developer. Enjoy our chat with her.

FACED with debilitating socio-economic, ethno-religious and political challenges worsened by the Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives in the last five years, 496 wise men and women will tomorrow be saddled with the onerous task of hammering out solutions that will save Nigeria from the precipice.

Immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe (CON) has disclosed that the game of Golf is not only designed for Men of high class alone but for responsible and well respected Men in the society also designed for every lover of PEACE and UNITY. He made this disclosure during the just concluded Orubebe Golf Championship held in Sapele Athletic Club, Delta State.

This is not the best of times for the people of Benue State who have been traumatized by attacks from people suspected to be Fulani mercenaries.