Arsenal have fended off competition from Manchester City to sign Nigerian youngsters Kelechi Nwakali and Samuel Chukwueze, according to reports.

Manchester City won’t have to buy a striker this month thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho.

With Sergio Aguero and Wilfried Bony both having struggled with injuries this season, the Nigerian’s breakthrough has been welcome.

Iheanacho has five goals in four games worth of appearances, including last minute winners in the league against Palace and Swansea.

Wake Up Bayelsa, WUB, a civil society group championing good governance in Bayelsa State and the Niger Delta, has said that re-electing Governor Seriake Dickson for another four years will consolidate the ongoing development, prosperity, peace and security in Bayelsa State. The group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Timi John, also condemned the violence which characterised the poll in Southern Ijaw, Nembe, Brass and Ekeremor Local Government Areas.

Prominent Nigerians including former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and governors of South West states are among dignitaries expected at Saturday’s coronation of newly-appointed Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Adewale Akanbi.

RESIDENTS of Abia State, particularly Umuahia, the state capital and Aba, the commercial hub, have called on the government to enforce the sale of approved pump price of N86.50k for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, at all petrol stations in the towns to ensure compliance with the Federal Government directive.

Al-Jazeera America, the cable news cable launched by the global Qatar-based media group in 2013, will be shut down April 30, the company said Wednesday.

Thousands of worshippers from within and outside Oyo State on Wednesday evening trooped to the University of Ibadan for a special Holy Ghost Service organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

The following are key quotes from US President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, delivered to Congress on Tuesday

Nigerian Army Command has established a new Division in northern Borno as part of its strategic plans to boost military operations against terrorists, particularly in areas around the Lake Chad Basin.

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday called on Nigerians to take agriculture more seriously in order to diversify the country’s economy.