Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed the speed of Alexis Sanchez’s adaptation to the Premier League after the Chilean forward’s last-gasp winning goal sank top-four rivals Southampton. Sanchez, a £30 million ($47.1 million, 38.2 million euros) signing from Barcelona, netted his 14th goal of the season in the 89th minute of Wednesday’s game to earn Arsenal […]

Jose Mourinho believes Didier Drogba’s dynamic display in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Tottenham proved the Premier League leaders have the strength in depth to last the pace in the title race.

The National chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Odigie Oyegun declared, yesterday, that the nation was sliding towards anarchy on account of the seeming inaction of the Federal Government over the activities of Boko Haram.

A US health care worker who has been assisting efforts in west Africa has been flown to the United States to be tested for Ebola in Atlanta, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

MORE than two years after he was impeached, the Supreme Court on 21 November ordered immediate reinstatement of the former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sanni Abubakar Danladi. The court was unanimous in its judgment, that the impeachment panel the Taraba House of Assembly set up to investigate allegations against Danladi violated his rights to fair hearing.

Just how big a hit was “Gangnam Style”? So mammoth that the Internet literally wasn’t ready to handle it.

By Emmanuel Aziken, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke IT is decision day for Nigeria’s largest opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC as party faithful troop out today to decide on who would fly the party’s flag in 30 states where governorship elections would hold next February. Given the trend towards imposition and consensus […]

Presidential aspirant on platform of All Progressives Congress, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has promised to stop insurgency in north east if elected president of Nigeria in 2015.

The Nigeria Nationwide League (NNWL) has secured a three-year sponsorship deal worth N20 million with a private company, Puzzles Group Limited.

Until lately, there has been several but botched attempts by unknown groups to bomb Muslims worship centres within Kano municipal and its environs over the last two years. But on each occasion, it was the security consciousness of the citizens that thwarted the crime. Suffice to say that, Kano was fully conscious of the danger that lurks before it finally manifested itself last Friday at the Central Mosque where thousands of worshippers converged weekly for the largest and compulsory congregational prayers of the week.

A war of attrition and crisis of confidence is now raging among members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State, following the alleged imposition of candidates on the party by the state government.

BENIN—A 27-year-old man, Austin Okonkwo, has been remanded in prison custody by an Evboriaria Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikpoba-Okha, Edo State, for allegedly raping an 11-year-old Down Syndrome girl.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Mr Dakuku Peterside has described the allegation levelled against him by the Rivers Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he is a cultist as unkind, uncharitable and evil.

LAGOS—The Coroner Court investigating the collapse of a guest house within the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, was yesterday urged to stay further proceedings pending the determination of the application filed by Prophet Temitope Joshua, founder of the church.

THE perceived political difficulties of Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have given currency to the aspiration of the All Progressives Congress, APC.