ECOWAS on Wednesday reaffirmed its determination and commitment to the fight against malaria in its member states.

Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Wednesday pledged that effective use of its resident card (Kaadi Igbe Ayo) would commence in May.

Having reviewed tapes of Real Madrid CF’s semi-final exit to Borussia Dortmund in last season’s UEFA Champions League, Carlo Ancelotti hopes his side are ready to make amends as they meet in the 2013/14 quarter-finals, while Jürgen Klopp has asked his team to “play our game and keep our heads up”.

Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc hopes his team’s lack of experience in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League will not prove too large a hindrance when Chelsea FC arrive for the first leg of their quarter-final.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo says any public school teacher who has not undergone the assessment test for teachers will not remain on the payroll of the government.

FIFA on Wednesday banned Spanish giants Barcelona from buying or selling players for the next two transfer windows for “serious” breaches of rules on under-age players.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to stop its plan to retrench 1,050 civil servants.

The police in Ogun on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, David Richard, in an Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting one Dauda Salau.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos  State has denied allegations that the Igbo are marginalised in the politics of  the state.

THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in South East zone, has dismissed claims by some political office aspirants for 2015 elections that they are anointed candidates of President Goodluck Jonathan or his wife, Patience, saying that the first family has no anointed candidates for any position any where.

Alima fled fighting between Nigeria’s army and the radical Islamist movement Boko Haram 10 days ago for neighbouring Cameroon, where she has joined thousands of refugees who feel abandoned by their homeland.

Of course, we saw the handwriting on the wall before the inauguration. It was obvious that there would be more questions than answers. One would have been surprised had things happened differently. In fact, one cannot say for sure that President Jonathan had not anticipated this.

The yoruba movie genre is not losing steam in celebrating their own as actors, Odunlade Adekola and Fathia Balogun beat others to win the Best Actor and Actress awards of the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA) held at the Civic Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Koko master D’banj will soon no longer be the only celebrity to venture into pure water business as Swagger King, Terry G, announced via instagram, plans to begin the business. It was also followed by a short video clip of the pure water making process. Big congrats to Terry G.

The Swiss Federal Office of Migration (FOM) says a total of 544 Nigerian nationals previously living in Switzerland returned home in 2013 under its Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme (VRRP).