The advent of the Rochas Okorocha administration in 2011 was heralded by jubilation. It was a mass movement of sorts. Most people, especially the adherents of the Catholic faith, did everything to stop Chief Ikedi Ohakim from returning to Government House, Owerri.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, has declared a trade dispute and given the institution a 21-day ultimatum to meet its demands.

An armed squad from the Edo State Prisons Command on Friday foiled an attempt to free inmates being conveyed to the Oko Medium Prisons from court earlier in the day

Unemployment, insecurity, harsh economic conditions among others indicate that young graduates in the country are losing out. While unconfirmed statistics indicate that three out of ten graduates in the country are unemployed, some of them have become commercial motorcycle operators and petrol station attendants.

Manu Garba, Head Coach of the National U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, on Friday released the names of his 20-man squad for the two-legged friendly match against Morocco.

Donkeys laden with ballot boxes trudged up rough tracks and mountain trails in remote parts of Afghanistan Friday, on the eve of presidential elections in a country that still has few proper roads.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday called on the people of the state to offer special prayers for him to render good service.

He told the court that his wife had the habit of “barking” at his parents and relatives and was doing so to discourage them from coming to his house.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday fixed April 11 to hear a suit filed by Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, seeking to halt investigation into his tenure by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN).

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it will appeal against Thursday’s ruling of the Federal High Court Lagos, directing it to release the international passport of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

The British minister in charge of a new press regulation system faced the possibility of a police fraud investigation Friday in the latest expenses scandal to hit lawmakers.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he supports FIFA’s decision to hand Barcelona a year-long transfer ban for breaching rules on signing under-age players.

Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa’s biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced.

The Akran of Badagry in Lagos State, Aholu Menu-Toyi 1, has dispelled speculations doing the rounds that he had passed on.

SUSPECTED kidnappers of Mr. Ebikeme Clark, son of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, kidnapped, Wednesday, at Kiagbodo, Delta State, has reportedly contacted the family, demanding about N50 million ransom for his release