Under-fire Germany face rejuvenated France in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium in a clash of two European powerhouses.

The Federal Government yesterday said it will in no distant future look into the direction of developing nuclear energy in order to boost her quest for a robust energy mix.

Prices of basic food items have increased in most markets in Lagos since the commencement of Ramadan fast. A visit to most of the food and fruit markets in Lagos reveals an increase in prices of fruits which are major needs of Muslims during the holy month. Prices of other basic food items like beans, yam, pepper, tomatoes, oranges and water melons have also gone up.

German football federation (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach has engaged France’s UEFA chief Michel Platini in some cheeky banter on the eve of Friday’s World Cup quarter-final clash between their countries.

Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes will not be joining Monaco this summer as he continues to work his way back from a serious knee injury, the Ligue 1 club announced Thursday.

Gonzalo Higuain’s failure to score at the World Cup has become a source of concern for Argentina ahead of their quarter-final showdown with Belgium in Brasilia on Saturday.

Football’s powerful governing body came under renewed scrutiny after a Brazilian police chief said Thursday a FIFA member provided thousands of World Cup tickets sold illegally at games for millions of dollars.

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari believes the lack of bad blood between his side and Colombia will allow for an attractive spectacle when the two sides clash in their World Cup quarter-final on Friday.

Chief Mike Ozekhome, an accomplished lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is one of the country’s foremost advocates of civil rights. In this exclusive interview, Ozekhome who is currently a delegate to the ongoing National Conference bares his mind on his experience in the hands of kidnappers, the issues at the conference among others.

Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Senator Kanu Agabi, has attributed the endemic corruption in Nigeria to the 1960 independence and first state creation exercise of 1966, which he said led to acute shortage of manpower in the country.

MOST Nigerians would agree with the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly Emmanuel Terhile Ayua that money was the challenge State Assemblies faced. However, they would not see the matter the way legislators view it.

WHERE laws are flouted with impunity, lawlessness reigns. Impunity nurtures the constant lawlessness of the military. Nothing justifies lawlessness or its perpetration.

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State fielded questions from a group of journalists after they inspected the Dutse International Airport, which is nearing completion, and other projects in the state capital. Here is an excerpt of the interview.

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and other top ranking Police Chiefs, yesterday, met to strategise on how to curb the rising insecurity in various parts of the country.

The carrying capacity of Nigerian university has increased from 600,000 to 1 million over a period of three years.