England manager Roy Hodgson has branded Gareth Bale “disrespectful” after the Wales star said his country showed more “passion and pride” than their neighbours and Euro 2016 rivals.

Some 150 suspected Russian football hooligans escaped arrest for Euro 2016 fan violence, while another 10 supporters from Britain, France and Austria will face trial on Monday, the Marseille prosecutor said.

A civil society group has called on the federal government to investigate the management of pensions fund in Nigeria.

Pope Francis on Monday hit out at the “brazen” free circulation of arms worldwide, a day after a gunman used an assault rifle to kill 50 people in an Orlando gay nightclub.

The news report then went on to mention various individuals making the suggestion. It is the sort of report which makes one to wonder if it is intended to be taken seriously or as a joke. But then, one is reminded of the Hubert Humphrey, 1911-1978, late Vice President of the United States, who in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 23, 1965, left the world with the gem: “The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.” The experts were wasting their time for several reasons. But before going into those reasons, it is vital to remind Nigerians of a new phenomenon in our economic landscape.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has blamed his inability to pay workers salaries on the huge debt inherited from the immediate past administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Oscar Pistorius is a “broken” man who should be hospitalised with depression, a South African court heard Monday, as the Paralympic athlete faced a return to jail for murdering his girlfriend three years ago.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, former military Administrator of the state, Rear-Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd), and Convener of the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms, CODER, Ayo Opadokun, yesterday, unanimously, stressed the need for the restructuring of Nigeria and practice of true federalism.

The family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has called on the Federal Government to declare him the winner and pay presidential entitlements to his family.

Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, Prof Ralph Akinfeleye of University of Lagos, among other prominent personalities, yesterday, called for a democratic restructuring of the polity for the country to move forward.

Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Prof. Jerry Gana, were among other eminent Nigerians, yesterday, in Enugu, who asked the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of the 2015 National Conference to minimise crises in the country.

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II who is presently in the United States with his wife was presented with the key to the city of Newark, the second largest city in the New York metropolitan area. see photos

Former Chairman, Police Service Commission, PSC, Chief Simon Okeke, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a judicial commission of inquiry to find the level of involvement of soldiers on the alleged shooting of members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and other Biafra agitators.

THE noticeable crack in the camp of the militant groups bombing oil installations in the Niger Delta degenerated, yesterday, as one of them, Reformed Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, unilaterally declared cessation of hostilities.

A food vendor, simply identified as Mrs. Agnes, got what she did not bargain for, weekend, in Obiaruku, Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, when the pot of stew she was preparing was stolen.