Mourinho irked by plan for new touchline rules
Jose Mourinho believes there is no need to change the regulations governing coaches' technical areas in the wake of Alan Pardew's clash with Hull's David Meyler.
Lawyers call for reform in Nigerian sharia justice system
Two Nigerian men sentenced to have a hand amputated each for theft have had their convictions overturned, in the latest acquittals to raise questions about standards in the Islamic justice system
We are committed to ending insurgency – CDS
Against the background of questions by Nigerians about the resolve of the armed forces to checkmate the marauding attacks and killings of Boko Haram terrorism in the North East, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday insisted that the military was doing everything possible to end the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
FG hands over Olorunsogo Power to new owner
The Federal Government has has formally handed over Olorunsogo Power Plc to SEPCO Pacific Partners Ltd, bringing to 16, the total number of power assets handed over to the private sector in the last four months.
Yobe Govt. donates N100m to victims of Boko Haram in Buni-Yadi
The Yobe Government on Thursday donated N100 million to assist victims of Boko Haram attack at the Federal Government College in Buni-Yadi
Civil War: Ohanaeze demands N2.4trn reparation, state apology for Ndigbo
The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, yesterday, demanded from the Federal Government N2.4 trillion as reparation and compensation to Ndigbo in the five South East states and Anioma in Delta State, who lost their loved ones and property during the civil war as well as those still suffering dislocation and seizure of property in the country.
We’re not happy with this carnage—Sultan
His eminence, Alhaji Saad Abubakar has called on government to rise to the challenge of insecurity bedeviling the country saying that Muslims are not happy with the carnage going on in the country.
Everybody Wants University Place
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has decided that candidates in the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, would compulsorily register only one university, one polytechnic, one college of education and one innovative enterprise institute. It is considered a solution to challenges with admissions to higher institutions.
2114: When OBJ, Atiku, Jonathan’s heirs met
It was an unprecedented gathering in the pristine Nigerian capital, Abuja that Monday morning in the first week of February, 2114. President Laide Uba was flanked by all six governors of Nigeria in the newly refurbished inner office of the president
Women in nationwide protests over killing of students by Boko Haram
Women from all walks of life, yesterday, came out en masse at various state capitals to protest the spate of bombings and killings in the north, especially the killing of the 43 students of Federal Government College, FGC, Bunu Yadi, Yobe State and the abduction of 25 female students of the school by the Boko Haram sect.
My hubby can marry more than one wife if he wishes – Foluke Daramola
Busty Yoruba actress, Foluke Daramola remarried last year amid controversy after her first marriage to her ex-husband, Mr Sobowale crashed. Though, she was accused of being responsible for the sudden collapse of the marriage of a female pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Olubunmi, as she went ahead to get married to the woman’s husband, Kayode Salako. But in this interview, Daramola, set the record straight, wondering why any man would want to drive away his ex-wife because of another woman. She also explains why they are not in a hurry to have more children.
