Franz Beckenbauer believes that despite the huge revenue of the Premier League, the world’s best players still ply their trade outside of England’s top-flight.

Osun State government was yesterday said to have commenced the payment of outstanding salaries to workers in the state.

The Chairman of the Osun Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Jacob Adekomi while addressing newsmen after a meeting with representatives of government on the disbursement of bailout loan for workers salary at the Government House in Osogbo, commended Governor Rauf
Aregbesola for disbursing the bailout loan for the payment of backlog of workers salaries.

There have been strings of rejection by the other ruling houses in Ile-Ife following the announcement of Ife kingmakers on Monday who asked the Giesi Ruling House to present candidates to fill the vacant stool of the Ooni of Ife.

As immediate past Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Kingsley Kuku appears before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to answer questions relating to his tenure, a Federal Capital Territory High Court has restrained the security agencies from arresting him.

Disturbed by the decadence in hospital facilities across the South-East geopolitical zone,Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has expressed worry over the lack of modern and well-equipped hospitals that would meet the health needs of the people in the zone

Alessandro Florenzi scored a remarkable equaliser from near the halfway line as the Giallorossi held the champions in their Group E opener.
Roma held UEFA Champions League holders Barcelona to a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico as Luis Suárez’s opener was cancelled out by a memorable Alessandro Florenzi effort from near halfway.

The Belgian champions earned a draw on their debut despite ending with nine men, although they needed Matz Sels’ late penalty save.
Gent marked their UEFA Champions League debut with a hard-earned draw against Lyon, the Belgian champions holding on despite ending with nine players and thankful for a late Matz Sels penalty save.

A goal in either half from Josip Pivarić and Junior Fernandes proved enough to earn Dinamo their first group stage win since 1999.
Dinamo Zagreb ended their 16-year wait for a group stage win with a 2-1 defeat of Arsenal in the Croatian capital.

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday slammed Northern leaders calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a fresh National Conference.

The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja, Wednesday, overruled an objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the state of the ballot papers which were allegedly used during the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State.

Lawyers and other leading personalities from different sectors of the economy will be converging at the Muson Center, Onikan, Lagos, this Friday, September 18, for the 2015 edition of the prestigious ESQ Nigerian Legal Awards.

Burkina Faso army troops fired gunshots Wednesday to disperse demonstrators near the presidential palace in the capital Ouagadougou where the president and prime minister were being detained by guards loyal to ousted leader Blaise Compaore, an AFP journalist said.

Nigeria’s Esther Oyema has also broken another world record in powerlifting in the ongoing 11th All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville with a lift of 133 kg .
Her former record in a class of 55kg was 126kg.

Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has nominated Chief Tom Uloko and Mr Gideon Obhakhan as Commissioners – designate in the state.

The names of the nominees have been forwarded to the Edo State House of Assembly for screening and clearance.
Until now, Chief Tom Uloko, a Chartered Accountant, was Chairman of the State Procurement Agency while Mr. Gideon Obhakhan was candidate of the

All Progressives Congress, APC has banned its support groups from holding meetings at the conference hall of its national secretariat in Abuja for unruly and violent behaviors.