What has changed in Nigeria’s athletics in the last four years that could raise any hope of a medal haul at the 15th World Athletics Championship starting today at the Beijing’s National Stadium in China, with Team Nigeria still heavily reliant on Olympic medallist, Blessing Okagbare to spearhead its medals chase?

D’banj and P-Square are heavyweights in the African music landscape.D’banj has morphed into an entrepreneur aside from his passion for music, while the group P-Square have created an irresistible showbiz brand for themselves. Between D’banj and P-Square, who is the king?

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery squad, FEDSARS, have arrested two notorious gunmen specialised in terrorising major parts of Lagos state including Surulere, Mushin, Oshodi, Victoria island, Ikoyi and its environs. Police sources said members of the deadly gang have claimed the lives of many persons at different times in Lagos State, in the past few months.

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, said the Peoples Democratic Party, remain the party to beat in the November, 21 Kogi Governorship election.

As the 2015 convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat opens Friday at the Jalsa Ground, Oakland Farm, otherwise known as Hadeeqatul Madhi, Hampshire, London, leader of the Jamaat, his holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has charged all Muslims to be brothers to one and other, urging all attendees to the convention to create a link of love of God Almighty and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) 

THE speaker of the old Anambra State House of Assembly during the second republic, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Enemchukwu has passed on. He was 75 years old.

Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom State, Umana Umana,took the stand at the governorship election tribunal and was cross examined by the respondents on Friday. Umana is at the tribunal, challenging the declaration of Udom Emmanuel as winner of the April governorship election.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday said it had secured over N200 million bank facility for disbursement to corps members as loans to enbale them start their businesses. Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, the Director-General of the corps, said this when the Commander, Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Musa Yusuf, paid a familiarisation visit to the NYSC Headquarters in Abuja.

The Lagos State University Students Union on Friday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to end the lingering crisis between the institution’s vice-chancellor and the staff unions.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon begins a visit to Nigeria at the weekend to commemorate a deadly attack on the global body by Boko Haram militants and meet the country’s new leader.