ABUJA — THE Bill to make the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, take the responsibility of proving the conduct and regularity of elections in the country before the Election Petitions Tribunal or the court, yesterday, scaled through second reading.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, heard how four former officials of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Sani Lulu Abdullahi, Amanze Uchegbulam, Bolaji Ojo-Oba and Taiwo Ogunjobi, breached due process and bought two Marcopolo buses to the tune of N99million.

Hafiz Oyetoro popularly known  as Saka has seen more than two decades in the movie industry and thus, has become a reservoir of knowledge that can only be appreciated. He lost his father some months ago, sad, he said he was, but agreed he was truly happy that the man lived long enough (98) to […]

Former Assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Sylvanus Okpala has absolved the Board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF from his sack, claiming that it was the handiwork of two officials, Alhaji Aminu Maigari and Chris Green, both President and Chairman of the NFF technical sub-committee respectively.

But for the exception of Mr. Wole Oke, tomorrow’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship primary would have been aptly described as a race of former senators. All but one of the four contenders in the contest are former senators. Oke, who is the exception, is no less of a legislator having been a two term member of the House of Representatives.

ABUJA — Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government in ensuring that 5.3 million youths are gainfully employed.

Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday passed the 2014 budget of N145.40 billion four months after it was presented to the House by the former governor of the state, Mr Peter Obi.

We have seen many romances come and go in the entertainment world. While some have endured and seen the end of the altar, many ended even before they could get off the start line. But one thing remains: these celebrities have a knack for going for each, either for love, for fun or just an image gag, to score some recognition points

Maryam Abdullahi lived with her family in a shack in Ilupeju, Lagos, where her father worked. Life was uncertain and tough, but the illiterate couple from the northern part of the country was able to manage to send Maryam- the last of four children- to school.

ABUJA—NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday in Abuja, warned members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, against shutting down petrol stations, thereby further unleashing hardship and pains on Nigerians for purely personal aggrandisement.

Rachel Joyce is a Briton who feels at home in Africa. She runs the Pleasure Sports Gambia, the operator of a cruising boat on River Gambia. In this interview with JIMOH BABATUNDE during a cruise to Juffureh and Port James Island, the ancestral home of Kunta Kinte, she shares her travelling experience. Excerpt :

Mister Incredible Ibaga has told his story of grass to grace too many times for many to forget that the rapper has had to battle life’s many challenges to have his voice heard. Now, he is living the dream and he has no qualms taking it to the gallery for all to see.

Hell was let lose yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when residents of Akinremi Estate in Adigbe area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, discovered another ritualists’ den. Angry youths trooped to the area and set the building ablaze.

With one-group performances down on Nigerian Idol, the fight for the next three contestants who will make it to the Top 12 has hit feverish pitch.

EDO State Local Government Elections Appeals Tribunal has adjourned till Monday, hearing of an application by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate in the April 20, 2014 Esan North-East Local Government Area election, Mr. John Yakubu, seeking to disqualify two judges from the panel.