Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard admitted to mixed emotions after his side began their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 1-1 draw against Guinea in Malabo on Tuesday.

“If it was before the game we wouldn’t be happy with this result. In the first half we weren’t fantastic but should have been in front from two chances for Gervinho. Then we lost a goal from an error of communication,” said the Frenchman.

All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has dismissed the denial by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the controversial front page newspaper advertorial by Governor Ayo Fayose, on General Muhammadu Buhari.

I’m currently married to my childhood sweetheart. In the three years we’ve been married, she’s had a couple of miscarriages and is currently undergoing treatment. In the meantime, this girlfriend I met at the beginning of the year is now pregnant. I was shocked. I told her to have an early abortion but she was furious, insisting she was going ahead with the pregnancy and that I should be man enough to face my responsibilities.

Nigerians want change. They desire fundamental changes to the way things are currently in their lives at the visceral level. The trouble is that Nigerians themselves don’t seem to have decided or even determined what kind of change they wish for themselves. Change for what and to what? Here is a very basic question: what do Nigerians actually mean by “change?” What does the “change” they seek look like?

Patty Chidiac is the CEO/Curator of Alexis Gallery, a leading art gallery in Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. She is also the owner of ‘The Studios’ and Art Cafe in Lagos. The Beniniose born curator and business woman who came to Nigeria in January 1975, has been managing the store for years before she opened the art gallery in 2013.

THE 33rd International Annual Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) held at the ancient city of Ibadan has come and gone but the memories of the event continues to ring bells in the ears of many especially the members. Apart from the normal programme of the convention , one issue that drew the attention of the people was the remarks by the president of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

FOLLOWING his advertisements in some major newspapers where he warned the Northerners that enough of state burials, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan and the party have in unison disowned governor Ayodele Fayose, saying he was on his own.

A coalition of sixty Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria, yesterday, berated Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State for sponsoring an advertisement they said suggested that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammad Buhari (rtd), will die in office if elected next month.

Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he has ended his relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk.

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Police High Command has redeployed Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, former AIG Zone 7, Abuja and former Commissioner of Police to Lagos as the AIG in charge of Zone 2 comprising Lagos and Ogun States.

Following the unending controversy over the possession of a secondary school certificate by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, the Army Tuesday clear the air saying, “The Nigerian Army does not have the original copy of his West African Examination Council result or a Certified True Copy”.

The Association of Professional Printers of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Lagos, expressed disappointment over the low patronage of their services in the 2015 electioneering campaigns.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it introduced card readers for voters’ accreditation in order to verify the rightful owners of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) on Monday in Abuja said the 2015 presidential debates would hold between Jan. 28 and Feb 5.

“Boko Haram has butchered its way into the global spotlight and finally the Security Council is reacting,”—Campaign Director