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Day of reckoning as Arsenal, Leicester , others clash

Day of reckoning as Arsenal, Leicester , others clash

The top four sides in the Premier League feature on a double-header super Sunday with unlikely leaders Leicester travelling to third-placed Arsenal and Tottenham, in second, heading to fourth-placed Manchester City.

Kanye’s album ‘The Life of Pablo’ released

Kanye’s album ‘The Life of Pablo’ released

After a prolonged rollout that included last-minute changes and a massive fashion show, Kanye West’s new album is finally out for the public. The rap superstar in the early hours Sunday put out his seventh studio album, “The Life of Pablo,” shortly after he performed on the weekly television comedy show Saturday Night Live in […]

FG receives US$0.29m health equipment from AfDB

FG receives US$0.29m health equipment from AfDB

The Federal Government has received a donation of health equipment valued at US$290,000 from the African Development Bank (AfDB) as support to address the current health challenges in the country, even as Nigeria pledged tyo ensure that it eradicates polio.

UNN rated best in Nigeria, 14 in Africa – Omeaku

UNN rated best in Nigeria, 14 in Africa – Omeaku

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has been graded the best in the country and among the best 2000 in the world in the latest Webometrics ranking released in January this year. The Webometrics University Ranking, which provides indicators for more than 12,000 universities in the world, is based on university web presence, visibility and […]

Putin, Obama  on phone; discuss Syria

Putin, Obama on phone; discuss Syria

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Barack Obama held frank talks on Syria amid US concern over Turkish shelling of Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria days before a ceasefire deal is due to take hold.

Obama enjoins Supreme Court fight in election year

Obama enjoins Supreme Court fight in election year

President Barack Obama said he would name a new Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia, slapping down Republican demands for a delay and setting up a monumental election-year fight.

Use of card reader didn’t violate any law—Igini

Use of card reader didn’t violate any law—Igini

Barr. Mike Igini is a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo and Cross River States. In this interview, he expresses shock over the judgments of the Supreme Court on the card reader and warns that the verdicts could spell doom for the nation’s electoral process.

$2.1BN ARMS DEAL Ex-Airforce chief returns N66 million

$2.1BN ARMS DEAL Ex-Airforce chief returns N66 million

One of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) chiefs implicated in the $2.1 billion arms deal and put under house arrest at Niger Barracks, Abuja has returned N66 million of the N90 million, allegedly traced to him, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Nigerians are hungry — Anthony Edeh, Satellite Kitchen MD

Nigerians are hungry — Anthony Edeh, Satellite Kitchen MD

Chief Anthony Edeh is the Managing Director, Satellite Kitchen & Bar, Satellite Town, Lagos. In this interview, he explains how he started the business in 2014, with his wife, Nneka, a caterer and graduate of computer education from the Enugu State University of Science & Technology. Edeh also bares his mind on the level of hunger in the country, advising government to wade into the challenge before it gets out of hand.

2,000 indigent FG land allottees in Gwagwalada swindled by officials

2,000 indigent FG land allottees in Gwagwalada swindled by officials

Something despicable has just happened to over 2,000 poor Nigerians allocated land in Gwagwalada, a thriving suburb of Abuja. The strategic piece of land, measuring over 200 hectares, was allocated to the beneficiaries drawn from all parts of Nigeria in 1992 when the Federal Capital Territory was more of a village than a township. Then, it was like buying poverty to be given a piece of land outside Maitama and Asokoro, the two most developed and preferred districts of Abuja. The mighty and powerful who control the levers of government flock around the two areas while the poor seek solace in Nyanya, Suleja and Gwagwalada and other slumps that have sprung up near the FCT.

Only God can give happiness, says Obasanjo

Only God can give happiness, says Obasanjo

FORMER Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Monday, declared that man can only find genuine happiness in Jesus, through Jesus and from Jesus by the grace, love, mercy and providence of God, our heavenly Father, contending that relational connection with God is the source of true happiness. And that is the way to pursue happiness attainably.