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More woe for Mourinho as Watford stun United

More woe for Mourinho as Watford stun United

Watford piled on the misery for Jose Mourinho as Manchester United crashed to a third successive defeat in an embarrassing 3-1 loss at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

Army wants ATM for frontline soldiers in Maiduguri

Army wants ATM for frontline soldiers in Maiduguri

The Nigerian Army on Sunday called on commercial banks to deploy Automated Teller Machines (ATM) to the military barracks in Maiduguri for the use of front line soldiers involved in the ongoing counter-insurgency operation in Borno.

29 injured  in  New York deliberate blast

29 injured in New York deliberate blast

A deliberate explosion rocked one of the most fashionable neighborhoods of New York on Saturday night, injuring 29 people, one seriously, a week after America’s financial capital marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The blast occurred in Chelsea at around 8:30 pm on West 23rd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues at a […]

President Buhari arrives in New York

President Buhari arrives in New York

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived New York ahead of his participation at the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 71). The President accompanied by Governors Abubakar Yari and Akinwunmi Ambode of Zamfara, Lagos and others arrived New York airport at about 2am Nigerian time.

Compel EFCC to prosecute Dogara, others over alleged budget fraud, SERAP asks court

Compel EFCC to prosecute Dogara, others over alleged budget fraud, SERAP asks court

As the National Assembly resumes on Tuesday, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “investigate and prosecute allegations of budget padding and abuse of office leveled against the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu […]

U.S court clears legal hurdle for repatriation of $550 million Abacha loot

U.S court clears legal hurdle for repatriation of $550 million Abacha loot

A United States District Court, yesterday, dismissed a case by a Nigerian lawyer seeking to stop the repatriation of over $550 million of stolen funds during the regime of late General Sani Abacha (referred to as the Abacha loot) to Nigeria until the payment of his legal fees worth $320 million by the Nigerian Government.

Why Edo needs a competent manager of resources as governor  —Obaseki

Why Edo needs a competent manager of resources as governor —Obaseki

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, says the state needs a competent, credible and hardworking governor to efficiently manage the state’s resources and effectively execute people-oriented programmes.

Has President Buhari Changed?

Has President Buhari Changed?

Oddly enough, there are two answers to that question: yes and no. There is abundance evidence to prove that the President who launched another campaign to officially change Nigerian attitudes and values, and his accomplice in that regard, the Minister of Information and Culture, might not be the right people to be preaching to us – their Fellow Countrymen. To begin with, not all changes are beneficial to society.

You can’t bar me from my 2 -yr – old daughter’

You can’t bar me from my 2 -yr – old daughter’

An American designer and art collector, based in Nigeria and married to a Nigerian, Caroline Karugari Oyekunle, is angry with the ruling of a Lagos State High Court on the battle for the custody of their two children between her and her estranged husband, Olatunde Oyekunle, describing it as unfortunate.