AS it so often happens, the best hope for answers to thorny issues is by relying on history. To that effect, I would like to turn to the Greece financial quagmire, her negotiation for a bailout by the eurozone authorities which has been very intense, if not controversial,and incidentally has a parallel to the recent situation where some financially insolvent states in Nigeria have requested for and received approval by president Buhari for a similar financial bailout.

ABEOKUTA—An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.

Despite the shock death of Super Falcons media officer, Graciuos Akojobi, the national women team players said they are prepared to take on their counterparts from Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has said the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to take 50 percent salaries cut was not enough, saying the nation’s leaders should imbibe the doctrine of selfless services as a sign of the change.

Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and midfielder Ogenyi Onazi have been let off the hook by the Nigeria Football Federation, that sanctioned the two players over disciplinary conducts on and off the pitch, during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad in Abuja.

Gunmen suspected to be assassins, yesterday, shot dead a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Shalewa Daramola, at Festac Town, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

AT a time the anti-graft war appeared to have lost its momentum, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is once again taking on perceived corrupt ex-public officials with same old ‘method that yielded little in the past

The camp of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, is in mourning following the death on Thursday morning of the team’s Media Officer, Miss Gracious Akujobi.

Congo will be parading a high-powered 23-man squad including 11 foreign-based professionals for a final round of Caf Under-23 Championship qualifier against Nigeria.

No fewer than 120 teachers in Ogun State whose names were supposedlyused to fraudulently access a loan of N200 million from First Bank Plc in the state, have threatened to sue the bank for maligning their names and reputation.

A total of 29 players of Super Falcons are presently in camp sweating it out as the team looks to confront Equatorial Guinea in this weekend’s 2016 Olympics qualifying match.

The roof of the Sir Mobolaji Johnson Indoor Sports Hall almost blew off following the loud ovation that greeted the elimination of the defending champion of the Lagos International Badminton Classics Misha Zilberman via a 2-1 defeat by 511 ranked Ifraimu Janikam of Nigeria in a dramatic round of 32 match yesterday.

Lagos—For the second day running newsmen were barred from covering the proceedings of those accused of torturing siblings accused of stealing pepper at Ejigbo market, a Lagos suburb three years ago.

Akure—The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State yesterday reserved ruling on an application for the recounting of used and unused ballot paper during the election into Okitipupa/Irele federal constituency.

The beautiful city of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa is already bubbling with life as the prestigious MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) holds tomorrow’s evening at Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), KwaZulu-Natal.