Nigeria troops have freed some 700 women and children from Boko Haram’s Sambisa forest stronghold over the past week, but uncertainty remained on Saturday over the fate of 219 girls seized from their school in Chibok last year in a kidnapping that sparked global outrage

In this interview, Mr. John Patrick Egesi, President/Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Shipping and political analyst explains why Igbo’s would always vote in gratitude to those who have been fair to them. Egesi spoke against the backdrop of the statement by Oba Rilwan Akiolu that the Igbo in Lagos should vote the APC candidate ahead of the April 11 gubernatorial poll in the state.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has commenced lobbying for the candidacy of the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Who is afraid of Tinubu’s ‘war chest, vast network and very effective political structures?’ These are valuable outstanding points that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has used to achieve results that are being widely applauded today.

By the time we capture Sambisa forest completely, we will be able to find out where the Chibok girls are, because as it is now, anybody you ask in the captured territories so far, they say they did not see them; that they are not there”.

Manny Pacquiao insisted he believed he’d beaten Floyd Mayweather after his unanimous points defeat here Saturday

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, following the latter’s nationwide victory in the presidential ,National Assembly and gubernatorial elections across the country have been advised to return to the PDP to help rebuild the party

Congo-Brazzaville has banned Muslim women from wearing the full face-veil in public, citing security reasons, an Islamic association told AFP on Saturday.

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused aides of President Goodluck Jonathan of planning to cause crisis in the party to pave the way for more members to dump the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC

Pastor Christopher Olatunji of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lokoja, Kogi, has urged all Christians to pray fervently for a successful transition from the current administration to its successor.