The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being hypocritical over his persistent claim of reviving the railway when in actual fact he has bluntly refused to grant the necessary right-of-way approval to the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) for the construction of its redline light rail project from Iddo to Ifo […]

THE Uli people where the defunct Republic of Biafra had its air strip in Anambra State are groaning under lack of good roads. They also said that the Umunamehi-Eziama Uli road, in Ihiala Local Government of Anambra State, which was awarded by the immediate-past administration of Governor Peter Obi, had been abandoned. The residents of the community, have however, appealed to the incumbent Governor Willie Obiano, to come to their aid by completing the road before this year’s rainy season.

Steven Naismith earned Everton a sorely-needed point and denied Manchester City the chance to keep pace with Premier League leaders Chelsea in a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park on Saturday.

BARELY 17 years after late Chief Victor Nnamdi Okafor, alias Ezego 1 (King of Money) of Ihiala, died in a controversial auto crash on his way to his ancestral home in Uzoakwa, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, his kinsmen have continued to decry the decrepit state of infrastructures which Ezego provided in the community.

The Borno Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of 20 persons after a suicide bomb attack at the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri.

PDP governorship candidate for Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has promised to develop “an ocean economy” to enhance the economic well-being of the people living in riverine areas of the state.

Real Madrid returned to winning ways with a 3-0 win over Espanyol on Saturday, despite playing most of the second-half with 10 men, to move four points clear at the top of La Liga.

The Federal Government said on Saturday it had released N3 billion for disbursement to victims of 2011 post-election violence in Kaduna state.

Some 7,300 Nigerian refugees had fled from Nigeria to Chad in the past 10 days, Mr Farthan Haq, a United Nation spokes person said on Saturday.

Alhaji Kabiru Marafa, the Senator Representing Zamfara Central, said he had secured employment for 55 graduates from the state at the various Federal Government’s organisations.