Rafael Benítez said he knows Cristiano Ronaldo’s “level and value” after yet another hat-trick saw off Shakhtar Donetsk, leaving Mircea Lucescu ruing one costly mistake

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has renewed the advocacy by the Nigerian Police high command for victims of gunshot wounds to be given adequate and prompt treatment by doctors and medical personnel.

Cholera outbreak in three Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps within Maiduguri, Borno State, have left 16 people dead and 172 in critical conditions, with World Health Organization, WHO, and UNICEF battling the epidemic.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sent a letter to the State House of Assembly, requesting for the upward review of N489.69 billion 2015 appropriation budget by the sum of N23.97 billion aimed at enabling his administration execute some strategic projects.

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor ABUJA—The ambitious N52 billion Legislative Village embarked upon by the National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS, has suffered a serious setback due to lack of funds to prosecute the project as scheduled. Construction work stopped in April, when the German construction firm pulled out its equipment and personnel from […]

No fewer than 20 million people are infected with Hepatitis virus in Nigeria, Bauchi-based Gastroenterologist of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Dr Mustapha Umar, has said.

A recent New York Times survey showed that 43% of Americans think President Obama is Muslim. Some people just can’t be helped. Some people, for all intents and purposes, will remain ignorant and perhaps that’s just the way of the world. Some people will continue to judge others based on gender or ethnicity. Some people will think political appointments “maketh” the man or that having someone from your village at the helm of affairs will necessarily translate to your betterment (although it’s yet to truly happen).

Communications technology and services provider, Ericsson, yesterday, disclosed that it has signed an exclusive multi-year broadcast and media services deal with leading UK broadcaster, Channel 5, owned by Viacom.

As the battle for the soul of Bayelsa gets tougher, the two leading parties, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC are plugging all loose ends and ironing out rough edges to ensure victory in the December 5 governorship election.

There is palpable air of excitement in Cross River State as the state gets set to host President Muhammed Buhari on Monday, September 21.

In a bid to raise the state internally generated revenue and make education functional, students of public secondary schools are to contribute a token of N1, 000 per term and those of Primary Schools are to pay N500 respectively towards educational development in the State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the former Vice Chairman of The Sun newspaper, late Dimgba Igwe as a true Nigerian writer and a powerful columnist who could not stand any act of injustice, corruption and unrighteousness in high places.

Some public secondary schools’ students in Osun State, yesterday, protested against the demands for three years tax clearance from their parents by the Osun State Government.

It was wailing and gnashing of teeth on Monday at Ekuigbo, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State as one of the victims of the Sunday night clash between two suspected cult groups was interred.

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hassan Karma yesterday in Onitsha accused the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB of breeding criminals even as the command paraded 43 MASSOB members in Awka. The police Commissioner also proclaimed ban on the police in the state from following revenue agents and collectors in the name of security.