“A group of between 5,000 and 10,000 people converged on the local police station in the township of Sharpeville, offering themselves up for arrest for not carrying their passbooks. The Sharpeville police were not completely unprepared for the demonstration, as they had already been forced to drive smaller groups of more militant activists away the previous night.

Roma coach, Luciano Spalletti, has no plans to “cage” Cristiano Ronaldo when the Italian club take on Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 first leg tie on Wednesday evening.

Niger needs millions of doses of meningitis vaccines to ward off a possible epidemic after a spike that has seen dozens of cases reported since January, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Lionel Messi has became famed for scoring seemingly impossible goals on the football field, but it seems his gift isn’t limited to the pitch.

The Committee of Vice-chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC) has advised against government policy directives capable of denigrating the office of university Vice-Chancellors, saying they are not in the best interest of the country.

The naira on Wednesday depreciated further to N385 per dollar in the parallel market as demand for foreign exchange intensified in the market.

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governors Forum has expressed confidence in the ability of newly appointed National Chairman of PDP Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, to reposition the party and make it more inclusive.

Community leaders in Ikorodu suburbs on Wednesday commended Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for taking out time to visit the den of pipeline vandals in Ishawo and environs, saying the development would go a long way in boosting the morale of security operatives maintaining peace in the area as well as aid infrastructural development.

In photos: Traffic offenders arraigned by Lagos Mobile Court

Zinédine Zidane says the pressure is always on Real Madrid in Europe but he goes into his UEFA Champions League coaching debut against in-form Roma full of confidence.

It was nothing short of a melodrama at the presidential villa, Abuja Wednesday between the State House Correspondents and the Federal Government over the many foreign trips of President Mohammed Buhari during a press briefing.

SOME thirty years or so ago, Fela had a hit song titled, ‘Beast Of No Nation’ in which he sang, “I never hear that before o, make government talk o, my people are useless, my people are senseless, my people are indisciplined. Which kind talk be that o…?”

YOUR Excellency, your path to the presidency has been long with many twists and turns.

None of us can fully comprehend what you have gone through the past twelve years to reach the current exalted position of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Knowing what you believe and what you represent, we supporting you from the sidelines can only feel that your presidency signals an unlikely rebirth of our country. Much has transpired to create the space for this political moment in our country’s history.

Roma vs Real Madrid: Possible lineups

WITH the urgent task of resettling the more than two million refugees, mostly women and children on his mind, and at hand, the more urgent one of rebuilding damaged infrastructure such as roads, bridges,clinics, schools as a requirement for their return to their communities, President Buhari leaves for the middle-east on a wee tour of three friendly countries.