Oputa, popularly called, `Charlie Boy in Nigeria’s social circle’, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his house in Gwarimpa, Abuja at the weekebd.

French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that he would be hosting an African summit in Paris next week to include Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin.

Boko Haram releases new video showing missing girls wearing Islamic hijab headdress and reciting Quran under duress.

EYEBROWS were raised few days ago when there was an official announcement that schools, offices and governmental parastatals would be shut down so that Nigeria can host a peaceful World Economic Forum,WEF. This generated contrasting reactions from pundits. Why ‘shut down’ an entire nation’s capital just to accommodate about 1000 delegates from70 or so countries.

Kaduna State Government on Sunday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kachia Local Government Area and its environment.

Former Governor of Ebonyi, Dr Sam Egwu, on Sunday in Ezzambo called on the Federal Government to recruit the teeming unemployed graduates in the country into the Nigerian armed forces.

Lagos State government has threatened to punish any resident who attempted to carry out jungle justice on suspected criminals in the state.

IN October 2012, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Cordinating Minister of Economy organised a presidential sports retreat at the State House, Abuja – Team Nigeria to the Olympic Games had returned without a medal. She hired one of the world’s top consultants to probe the performance.

IN SPITE of the myriad of socio-economic, political and security challenges the country is currently facing, Nigeria can be great if our leaders and people did the needful, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Professor Anya O. Anya, have said

The unprecedented merger of three political parties into the All Progressives Congress, APC last year revolutionised the political space and gave fillip to the opposition in the country. However, recent congresses to produce officers for the party have opened fault lines within the opposition party. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Interim National Publicity Secretary of the party last weekend fielded questions on the mutterings in the party, the state of affairs in the country and the resolve of the party to give good govervance to Nigeria

Abuja — The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji has said that about 30,000 Nigerians spent $1 billion annually on medical tourism.

The World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation has set up a joint task force to redesign development financing for Africa and other developing economies.

ABEOKUTA—THE Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan and governors in the country against gagging critics of their governments.

INTRODUCTION: In convening the 2014 National Conference, the President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is following on the footsteps of his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo whose earlier exercise was called National Political Reforms Conference, 2005.

One of the players in Stephen Keshi’s 30-man list for Brazil, goalkeeper Austin Ejide, suffered an injury in Hapoel Beer Sheva’s match in Israeli league yesterday.