NIGER – DELTA militants blew up trunk lines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in Bayelsa State, while soldiers took over Oporoza community, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Today, May 29, 2016 marks President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office. It has indeed been an all-round exhilarating year, not only for the government but also for the generality of Nigerians. There is nobody in Nigeria today who does not agree that the current challenges that the government face stems from deep seated rot […]

DELTA State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa gave his first year performance report, on Monday, in Asaba, and proceeded the next day on commissioning of projects executed by his government in different parts of the state.

The decisive victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Kwara State House of Assembly elections in Saturday elections in Oke Ero constituency, Mrs. Victoria Bunmi Afolayan, has been attributed to the popularity of the state’s political leader, Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

ABUJA – THE Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has insisted that the ongoing effort of the Federal Government to establish grazing reserve across the country would not do anything but create more communal conflict.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone lamented that losing a second Champions League final in three years was a “failure”, after seeing his side fall short against Real Madrid in a penalty shoot-out in Milan on Saturday.

Cristiano Ronaldo said penalties are just a game of chance after scoring the winning spot-kick to give Real Madrid an 11th Champions League crown on Saturday.

Cristiano Ronaldo added the finishing touches as Real Madrid were crowned kings of Europe for an 11th time with a 5-3 penalties victory over Atletico Madrid, after a 1-1 draw in the Champions League final on Saturday.

By Dayo Benson On assumption of office Last May, President Muhammadu Buhari left no one in doubt of his administration’s commitment to combat the cankerworm of corruption that has eaten deep into the fabric of the nation’s polity. The President who rode to power on the crest wave of change mantra, made anti-corruption one of […]

Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a second republic governor of the old Kaduna State, is a politician of the leftist tendency. In this interview, Balarabe speaks on the state of the nation, especially the Buhari administration that is one year old and the problem of corruption in Nigeria.

As campaigns for the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State hots up, the Benin Leaders of Thought (BTL), a socio-cultural and non-partisan political pressure group, saddled with the responsibility of fighting the interest of the Benin people, has taken a position on the poll. The group, led by the Enogie of Obazuwa, Prince Edun Akenzua, had, in 2007, anointed the current Political Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Charles Idahosa, as the Benin candidate before a last-minute rejig in the politics of the state threw up Oshiomhole, who enjoyed the popularity and respect needed then to kick out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- led govern

NATIONAL president of Patriotic Christian Youths of Nigeria, PCYN, Evang. Simon Timothy Nasso of the TEK-AN unit, had blamed the inability of TEKAN/ECWA bloc to present a candidate for the CAN presidential election, on the inordinate ambition of certain individuals within the bloc who would stop at nothing to actualise their dreams.

General Conrad Dibia Nwawo from all accounts was a soldier’s soldier. Accounts of his numerous exploits as part of the United Nation’s Peacekeeping forces in Katanga, Congo, led by General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi are legendary.

A full list of Champions League and European Cup winners following Real Madrid’s success over Atletico Madrid on Saturday

Cristiano Ronaldo added the finishing touches as Real Madrid were crowned kings of Europe for an 11th time with a 5-3 penalties victory over Atletico Madrid, after a 1-1 draw in the Champions League final on Saturday.