It was an evening of songs and comedy as popular Nigerian singer, Oritse Femi, on Thursday held a burial concert in honour of his late father, Mr Esanbo Majemite Ekele,whom he recently lost to the cold hands of death.

The Foundation for Passion and Genuine Hope said it has concluded plans to make life worthy for widows and the fatherless children across the country.

Victory Estate in Iba local Council Development Area of Lagos State was last Friday shaken to its very foundation following sporadic gunshots later discovered to be between pipeline vandals and policemen.

It has been discovered that cities with high concentration of people and buildings, particularly those along the coasts, including Lagos, will be more adversely affected by climate change in the future.

Barely 24 hours after a policeman killed wife, five others and self in Abeokuta, a-65-year-old retired Chief magistrate, Olufunmilayo Timeyin, was slaughtered by a house help at her residence in Laderin estate in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State.

The UK Commercial Court in London has ruled in favour of the NNPC in a suit filed by IPCO Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IPCO Group, according to a statement.

Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has pointed out that since 75 per cent of Nigeria’s population is aged between 18 and 35, young people are under-represented within the context of the National Conference.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Friday, declined to halt moves by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to declare the seats of all the fifty-one lawmakers that defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant.

Arsenal remain in contention for this season’s Premier League title despite recent setbacks, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said Friday.

Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt, who has suffered a foot injury, will not race again until mid-June at the Ostrava meeting in the Czech Republic, his agent confirmed to AFP.

A Lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs Ngala Norgu Julia was recently arrested by men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service for allegedly being in possesion of a one-week old baby girl which she claims she was delivered of by a herbalist at Okitikputa, Onda State.

Taliban militants on Friday attacked a Kabul guesthouse used by a US anti-landmine charity, killing two people including one girl as gunfire and explosions rocked the Afghan capital one week before the presidential election.

A section of Christendom celebrates Mother’s Day tomorrow, and I crave your indulgence to pay tribute to my mother.

Every situation and circumstances, no matter how bad, useless or hopeless it may seem, always has a way out of it. Let me ask you a simple question. One plus one is equal to what? You laugh and wonder why should I be asking such a simple question.

An official of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Siji Lagunju, on Friday in Abuja expressed optimism that the ongoing screening exercise for the Golden Eaglets would yield positive results.