National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu, on Monday described Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, as one of the most brilliant minds in financial accountancy.

Ghana’s quarter-final hero Christian Atsu says they can do even better than the 3-0 win over Guinea when they face Equatorial Guinea in Thursday’s semi-final clash.

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against West Ham and Diafra Sakho after the Senegal striker missed the Africa Cup of Nations, but still turned out for his club.

Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard said the tournament’s best team are out after his Ivory Coast side beat Algeria to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, yesterday, pledged to raise the salaries of district heads in the state to enhance their performance.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the commission had produced Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for all the registered voters the country.

US President Barack Obama on Monday put forward a $4 trillion budget loaded with Democrat-championed spending and tax reforms that will likely be dead on arrival at the Republican-controlled Congress.

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urging her to “urgently provide information about spending of the alleged missing N30tn, which represents some accruable income to the Federal Government in the past four years.”

Presidential candidate of the All progressive congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) declared in Yola Monday that the (16) sixteen years rule of the PDP led federal government is a disaster to the country.

The Federal Government Monday, disclosed that the African Union Peace and Security had approved the mobilization and immediate deployment of 7,500 to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram.