Odion Ighalo and Dele Alli are on the shortlist for the Player of the Month of December in the English Premier League.

Lagos—The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has paraded two suspected armed robbers arrested by operatives of the unit at Idera City Scheme, Eleko, Lekki, Lagos.

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested some suspected cultists, involved in the killing of one Yusuf Ogidan in Agbado area recently and those who kidnapped two female teenagers in Onihale area of Ogun State.

THE Cross River State government has renewed its resolve to host the twice postponed National Sports Festival originally slated for 2014.
The State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Asu Okang gave this assurance on Monday while leading a three- man State delegation on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung in Abuja.

The funeral of Kate Keshi late wife of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has been fixed for today in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

LESS than a week after he ended his feud with his babymama, Sophia Momodu, pop star Davido is making headlines again.

PORT HARCOURT—A medical doctor with Rivers State-owned Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, Dr. Livy Ijamala, has died from Lassa Fever, bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state.

Super Eagles players will receive the sum of $2000 each for a win at the 2016 African Nations Championship billed to commence tomorrow in Kigali, Rwanda. A source in the team currently preparing for the championship in South Africa disclosed that the team would not earn similar amount as the A team. Sunday Oliseh’s men would earn $1000 for a draw. The technical crew will earn $4,000 for a win, and $2,000 for a draw

Just as Cynthia Morgan revealed last year, she has a crush on HKN boss, Davido, a rising RnB singer, Itive Elvis popularly called Tea Jazz has equally expressed how much he’s secretly in love with the controversial dance-hall singer. A 200-level student of UNIBEN, Tea Jazz who has just concluded a collaboration with Yung6ix and currently working with Timaya on a new single says, he’s ceaselessly in love with Cynthia.

THE Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung yesterday refuted the rumour making the rounds that the federal government of Nigeria has scrapped the National Sports Commission (NSC).

Enugu—police have arrested a suspect who allegedly masterminded the killing of a couple, Mr Marcel Aba and his wife, Jacinta, at Amaja in Enugu Ezike in September last year for aiding security agents to free a kidnapped man, who is from Anambra State, and was tied to a tree in a forest close to the couple’s home.

SOME aggrieved youths in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, yesterday, stormed major streets protesting against alleged indiscriminate arrests, extortion and harassment by men of the State Police Special Anti-Cultism Squad.

Interpol said Thursday it has issued a wanted notice for Papa Massata Diack, son of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former president of world athletics’ governing body the IAAF.

Veteran coach Kadiri Ikhana still can’t get over his rude exit from Enyimba FC, a side he guided to a record 70 points win of the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Jimmy Morales, a former TV comic elected Guatemala’s new president on a wave of public revulsion against widespread graft, was to take office Thursday in a ceremony attended by leaders from the Americas. Police were deployed throughout the capital to ensure security for the event. Invitees included US Vice President Joe Biden, Mexican President Enrique […]