DAYO was in very high spirit as he drove to the university campus, mentally bonking the array of girls that wiggled their hips on his route. He cursed as he saw his 19-year-old daughter in the midst of a few friends. Too late, she’d seen the car. The look on her face was pure joy as she ran towards him. “What are you doing around here daddy.” She squealed. Not actually expecting an answer, she jumped into the passenger seat and babbled on about needing money to go with her friends to an ‘eatry’.

Adibeli Ugochukwu, a.k.a UFB (Ugly fine boy), is a budding Afro pop artiste whose song, ‘Baby boo’ is currently ruling the airwaves. The Delta State-born singer believes he has what it takes to succeed in the music industry.

Erstwhile senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Uche Ekwunife, on Friday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The office of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party has debunked allegations that the spokesman of the party, Olisa Metuh, received N1.4 billion and N4 million monthly stipend from the Office of the former National Security Adviser.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has appointed caretaker chairmen for the 17 local government areas in the state.

The Bayelsa State police command has threatened to sanction personnel who escort their principals to polling units during Saturday’s supplementary election in Southern Ijaw council area and in 101 units across six local government areas of the state.

Some lawmakers on Friday defended the demolition of Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi by the State Government, describing the development as necessary step towards the actualization of Oshodi transformation plan.

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has recounted how he lost his first cousin, a Divisional Police Office, DPO, serving in Borno State to the Boko Haram sect in one of the attacks in the area. Dogara who disclosed this when he visited the Wassa Internally Displaced […]

Newly-appointed Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane warned Friday that star striker Cristiano Ronaldo would not be leaving the club under his tenure.

Chelsea have usurped Manchester United and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League’s wage bill chart, according to annual figures released on Friday. The data, published by Companies House, the United Kingdom’s registrar of companies, showed that Chelsea spent more money on player salaries last season than any other team in the English […]

One in ten children in Nigeria are classified as “vulnerable,” according to the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs & Social Development (FMWASD). A child is classified as vulnerable if, because of the circumstances of birth or immediate environment, is prone to abuse or deprivation of basic needs, care and protection and thus disadvantaged relative to […]

Forty people have died in Nigeria in a suspected outbreak of Lassa fever in 10 states across the country, Health Minister Isaac Adewole said Friday.

ABUJA-DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh was designed by the Federal Government to gag the mouthpiece of the opposition.

Security operatives in two loaded trucks on Friday, besieged the house of former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mr Abdullahi Inde on Ahmed Musa Street, Jabi, Abuja.

In December, GE teamed up with the AVSI Foundation, which began its operations in Nigeria in 1988. AVSI’s mission is to implement projects to improve the situation of women and vulnerable children through the provision of education, health and capacity building.