THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect its candidates for the House of Assembly election in 2015, held, yesterday, across the country, were characterised by upsets.

Nigeria’s health-care sector is set to attract $1 million investment to Save One Million Lives of women and children from preventable causes such as malaria, malnutrition, lack of access to life-saving commodities, suboptimal supply chain systems amongst others.

THOSE aghast at attacks on judges in Ekiti State seem not to appreciate the implications of impunity. Criminals – of all shades – act mostly in the comfort that the law would not inconvenience them. Where they are able to intimidate law enforcement agents, they become more brazen.

Explosions and gunfire rocked the north Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, in a suspected Boko Haram attack that targeted police, residents told AFP.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is haunting his hand-picked former protégé, President Goodluck Jonathan, like a malevolent ghost. You may wonder why OBJ, after four years as a military ruler and another eight years as an elected president, is still butting like a stubborn, demon-possessed ram at the doors of Aso Villa, Abuja? What does he still want? What did he forget in the seat of power after occupying it for 12 years? Why can’t he just go home and enjoy his new-found affluence after his latest eight years as president during which he doubled as Minister of Petroleum Resource for six years?

CATHOLIC Pontiff, Pope Francis has condemned the deadly attacks that occurred at the Emir of Kano’s Central mosque in Kano, which claimed about 200 lives, describing it as an “extremely serious sin against God.”

Welcome to December, the flight month to 2015. In 30 days we all should be set for new decision making- individually, as a family or a nation.

Stephen Keshi will reportedly sign a new deal with the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) and will now be earning seven million Naira per month.

The unrelenting fall in the price of crude oil is taking its toll on the currencies of oil producing countries, leading to either outright devaluation or heavy depreciation of such national currencies.

Vice President, Muhammad Namadi Sambo, yesterday, distanced the Federal Government from the activities of Jama’atul Ahalil Suna LIdawatul Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Harama.

The Vice President, who spoke during a condolence visit to the emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sunusi II at his palace, over last week’s suicide bomb attack on the Central Mosque in Kano, described as untrue the insinuation in certain quarters that government has hands in the insurgent activities.