The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called on communities and states to take ownership of federal projects in their areas to prevent disputes or acts of sabotage that could be detrimental to the delivery of such projects.

Aston Villa’s Ghanaian international striker Jordan Ayew apologised on Wednesday after being sent off in his side’s 2-0 defeat at West Ham United in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Newcastle United could hand debuts to Andros Townsend and Seydou Doumbia as they aim to end a dismal run against Everton.

R&B superstar Dare Art Alade has revealed that the third edition of his highly anticipated concert, Love Like a Movie will hold on 28 February, 2016 and will feature International Grammy award winning superstar, Ciara.

My girlfriend is an official member of a leading pentecostal church and she takes her religion seriously – so much so that she always recoils at the idea of having sex. She says it’s against the teachings of the Bible. This makes me sad.

IT is dark. No one denies that it is dark, neither does anyone pretend that the Heavenly bodies decree the darkness. Yet, it must be dark and darkened so the labourers would be known and crowned deservedly. There would be no coronation without darkness; darkness reinforces hopes of coronation. Therefore it must be dark, very dark, for all buzzing showy creatures to get the crown and find their roost.

Former commissioners , special advisers and other political appointees, who served in the administration of Capt. Idris Wada have been given till Feb. 5 to return government vehicles in their possession.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, announced a loss of N267.138 billion in its financials for the year 2015.

The amount lost by the NNPC in 2015 was higher than the N257.38 billion allocated to the Ministry of Health for both recurrent and capital expenditure in the 2016 budget of the Federal Government; higher than the N134.57 billion and N37 billion capital allocations to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education respectively.

Chelsea go to Vicarage Road on Wednesday night looking to extend their nine-match unbeaten run in all competitions since Guus Hiddink took over from Jose Mourinho.

A Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has ordered the State Commissioner of Police to arrest the former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Temitope Aluko over alleged perjury.

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, announced restriction of movement in some of the major highways to be used for the February 6, 2016 International Marathon scheduled to start by 7am at National Stadium Surulere and terminate at Eko Atlantic City.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday addressed the European Union Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where he tackled issues such as Boko Haram insurgency, migration of Nigerians to Europe, job creation, oil theft, and so on.

Ibadan – ‎Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said the current fiscal challenge facing the country must be creatively addressed. Obasanjo spoke at the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan. The former president said the drastic fall in the […]

A case of sexual transmission on US soil of the tropical, mosquito-borne Zika virus, has stirred unease among ordinary people and experts alike. The lone case, reported Tuesday, has highlighted how little we know about the virus circulating in Latin America and the Caribbean, where it is suspected of causing a surge in brain-damaged babies. […]

ABUJA-Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation on Wednesday adjourned its budget defence meeting with stakeholders of the aviation sector following accident involving a Bristow 5B BJQ Helicopter enroute Lagos from an off- shore location in Port Harcourt which ditched inside the Lagos lagoon.