Two referees and one linesman have been suspended for three months and publicly criticised by African soccer’s governing body while another has been warned, following their performances in recent World Cup qualifiers.

THE Senate has begun probe into the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, of $115 billion the federal government has with Indian and Chinese governments.

DELTANS, indeed all Nigerians, should be worried, nay alarmed. The general perception is that the prevailing tension across Udu Local Government Area of Delta State is fast approaching the climax of an ethnic war involving the Urhobo and Ijaw. This has been brewing since November 17 when native youths gave Ijaws resident in the locality two weeks to relocate or face reprisals following reported killings, burning and occupation of Ayama and Epama, two Udu settlements by Ijaw troops mobilised from neighboring Isaba, Warri South West council area. Udu youths, led by Sunday Subi, were incensed against their Ijaw neighbours, after outgoing Assistant Commissioner of Police, Warri Area Command, Mohammed Mu’Azu, confirmed the killing of Obruche Sunday, a youth of Ayama, an outpost of Aladja, by men from Isaba for blocking Ijaw movement of stolen oil and illegally refined products through their waterway.

The recent fire that engulfed the University of Jos library was a disaster. But would have been less of a disaster if the library had preserved its materials digitally.

AWKA- Over 3000 pupils from nursery and primary schools across three local government areas of Anambra State have benefitted from the school feeding programmes initiated by a non-governmental organization, NGO, the Augusta Agbasionwe Foundation, ANAF.

I WOULDN’T know exactly what I was doing when I came upon the news. Perhaps, it was at one of those moments when one perfunctorily casts around to know the latest news out there. But the fact of the matter is that sometime last week I came upon this news item of a seven year old boy set alight somewhere in Badagry, Lagos State, for stealing garri.

In line with its initiative, ‘Mamador Million Hearts Mission’, premium cooking oil brand, Mamador, has joined hands with Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, to promote healthy heart habits among Nigerians.

Abuja—Oliver Honiol, the leader of a gang of armed robbers, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and car snatchers disclosed, yesterday, that the gang’s arms supplier was an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Yuguda Abbah, who was also in charge of the armoury and exhibit keeper of recovered arms and ammunition.

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, on Tuesday, said he would float a radio station that would broadcast its programmes in Igbo language.

The Rotimi Akeredolu Media Team has described as “faceless” some organisations tagged as coalition of Odua self-determination groups working for the emergence of Olusola Oke of  the Alliance for Democracy, AD, as the governor of Ondo State. According to the team, the groups only exist in the minds of their sponsors for the promotion of […]