As the Congress of the Nigeria Women Premier League holds this weekend to fashion out modalities for the 2015 season, both Taraba Queens chairman, Mustapha Tahir whose team are campaigners in the premier cadre and Augustine Ikenwa, proprietor of Lagos based Cerezo Queens who are in the professional league division one say their teams are ready to play.

President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engineer Habu Gumel has paid tributes to two national teams, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria for winning the African Youth Championship trophy for a record seventh time while also doffing his hat for Nigeria’s men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers for winning the inaugural 4-Nation Challenge Series in South Africa.

A 70 year-old farmer in northern India survived a 15-minute battle with two leopards but lost an eye in the fight, a news report said on Tuesday.

Concerned Nigerian gender activists have called on the women of Edo State to forgive the unguarded comments credited to Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of the APC Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.

Ahead of this weekend’s Presidential elections in the country, Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement across the federation on election days from 8 am to 5pm.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a black box had been found on Tuesday following the crash of an Airbus A320 Germanwings plane in the French Alps.

IFE of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan said Tuesday in Akure, Ondo state that a vote for the APC presidential Candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is a vote to send Nigerians to Prison.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday urged voters not to make trouble as they wait behind to defend their votes after casting their ballots.

Even though Kwara United of Ilorin picked up just a point off their match with Wikki Tourists FC in the 1-1 week three match, a top official of the club appears to be happy at the outcome.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi, on Tuesday, assured the electorate in the state that the card reader would not fail in the forthcoming elections.

A 34-year-old civil servant, Segun Oluyara, on Tuesday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl.

AHEAD this weekend’s presidential election, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says Nigerians will witness what he described as bloodless revolution this Saturday but however warned against any plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the military to intimidate voters in states controlled by the opposition.

Bello Shehu is 12 years old. Under a scorching sun, he sells sachets of purified water to motorists caught in traffic jams in northern Nigeria’s largest city, Kano.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any orchestrated, last-minute disqualification of its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu, in order to pave the way for an easy
victory for President Goodluck Jonathan or even another postponement of the elections

Harrison Okagbue, a former Coach of the Cranes of Uganda, has advised the Super Eagles to expect a tough match in its friendly with the East Africans in Uyo on Wednesday. Okagbue, who coached the Cranes from 1999 and 2001, told the newsmen in Awka on Tuesday that the game would be an emotional one for him and a battle between his head and his heart.