Nigerian women 4x400m quartet rescued a bronze medal for the country at the IAAF World Relay last Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas.

One incontrovertible issue is that budding actress, Lydia Owan, has proven that she has come to stay in the Nigerian motion picture industry, Nollywood. She has more than 20 films to her credit since she came into the industry few years ago.

Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan declared measures to crush insurgency in the country, civil rights activist Shehu Sani, has described the steps outlined by the Federal Government as contradictory and incapable of bringing the insurgents to the negotiation table.

Ghanaian actress, Jackie Appiah radiated like a morning star on the red-carpet. Dressed in body cleaving outfit, she arrived the red carpet event at about 9 pm, looking gorgeous and amazingly beautiful.

To say that the last four months have been sleepless nights for local cement producers is no exaggeration.

The Emir of Gwoza in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, Ahaji Idrissa Timta, was yesterday killed along with two police escorts during an ambush by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram.

Dr. Laeticia Adadau heard , from her residence, as the latest bomb detonated in the once idyllic city of Jos, North Central Nigeria. A medical practitioner who lived and worked with an international organization in Abuja (name withheld) before moving to Plateau State three years ago, Dr Adadau has since lived in Jos, where she founded and runs a wellness centre and resort.

IN his Democracy Day message, President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the military to spare nothing in wiping out terrorism that is now rocking the foundation of the country.

Lagos State Government, through the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Brigade, the Law Enforcement Unit of the state’s Ministry for the Environment, recently, donated different gift items, including rams, goats, sheep and food items, to some orpahanage homes in the state.

THE South African –based Super Sports television is boosting football development in Anambra State with the donation of 1000 balls to the state as an honour to Governor Willie Obiano for appointing one of Nigeria’s most successful sports administrators, Chief Tony Nnacheta as the state commissioner for youths and sports.

President-General, of the Nigerian Football Supporters’ Club, Rauf Ladipo has said that the United Nations Agency for the prevention of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (UNAIDS) would be paying lip service to the fight against the scourge if attempts are not made to provide at least 65 million units of condoms to football supporters from around the globe that would converge in Brazil for the 2014 World Cup.

Kenneth Okonkwo, popularly known as Andy in “Living in Bondage”, the movie that gave birth to Nollywood has declared that he’s no longer living under the shadow of the character he played in that pioneering movie.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Command, has realised a huge sum of N3.5 billion in the first quarter of 2014, which constitutes 57 per cent of its quarterly revenue target.

The culture and historical antecedents of Idumuje Unor Kingdom were on display as His Royal Majesty, Obi Charles Chukwunwike Anyasi, formally took the staff of office from Delta State Government on May 17, 2014.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has offered condolences to the Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Sam Amuka, aka Sad Sam, who lost his mother, Mrs. Teshoma Amuka-Pemu, recently