Video: Man showers Blatter with paper money

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it will oppose the choice of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as deputy chairman of the Governors’ Forum.
A source close to an APC governor in one of the North Central States said the choice of Fayose by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was ill considered and unacceptable to the party.

A middle-aged man, Juma Kabigi, has emerged champion of a food competition in Uganda, reports The Daily Monitor, one of the country’s newspapers.

The victory of the Nigerian musicians ensured that the country won in eight (8) out of the 13 categories it was nominated. There were a total of 15 categories at the event.

However, there were other Nigerians who failed to win at the night.

ON Wednesday, 15th July 2015, Nigeria hopefully took a major step towards the repair of its tattered football when Mr. Sunday Oliseh was unveiled as the new Chief Coach of the Super Eagles following the sack of former coach, Mr. Stephen Keshi.

The two series article titled, BVN Enrolment: Facts behind the extension of deadline, generated several comments and questions from readers, especially online readers. Some of the questions are directed to the Central Bank of Nigeria, while others are to the banks. Some of them are presented hereby presented.

By Jude Opara When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari as the acting chairman of the Independent National Commission (INEC), he may have had a number of reasons that prompted that choice including the fact that as one of the National Commissioners of the commission, Mrs. Zakari must have acquired some experience from […]

IMMEDIATE past President of the Senate, David Mark, reiterated yesterday that the budgets and salaries of Senators and members of the House of Representatives were open, just as he stressed that there was no secrecy in the affairs of the National Assembly.

LAGOS—As Nigeria yesterday marked one year after late Patrick Sawyer imported Ebola Virus Diseases, EVD, into the country, the African Union, AU, has described its outbreak in parts of West Africa as the largest, longest and most complex in the disease’s history.

MAIDUGURI—Following his declaration last week that his command of the Nigerian Army and strategy to deal with the Boko Haram terrorism menace will be pursued by action rather than talking, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai has renamed the code name for the war on terror from “Operation Zaman Lafiya” to “Operation Lafiya Dole” signaling his determination to attain peace by force in the North East.

The delay by President Muhamadu Buhari to appoint a new head to drive the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, has begun to take a toll on the beneficiaries of the scheme.

Investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange have earned about N233.7 billion from dividend payments in the stock exchange during the first half of 2015.

Tragedy struck last Sunday at Ita-Oluwo area of Lagos State as a three-year-old boy, Samuel Emmanuel Oluwatunmise, fell into a deep well while playing with his mates.

I HAVE no issue with Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso keeping his Almajiris so he could mobilise millions of herded voters at will,all I insist is that he should not run education from Abuja and churn out policies that would almajarise my own toddlers.

President Muhammadu Buhari has surprised those who think his administration will not accord sports priority by approving funds to ensure preparations ahead of the 2015  All African Games. The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Alhassan Yakmut confirmed yesterday after addressing the athletes  undergoing training. The All African Games is holding in Congo Brazzaville […]