Audu Ejo, Head Coach, Sand Super Eagles, on Monday said his team’s qualification for the 2017 Beach Soccer Tournament was their “best Christmas gift’’ for the nation. Ejo made the assertion when he spoke in Lagos after the final of CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria lost 8-3 to Senegal in the competition […]

Prof Okesina Omotoso, former Provost of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, on Monday identified too much thinking as the cause of hypertension. Omotoso, a Professor of Medicine,, made the remark in Ilorin while delivering a lecture at the end of the year get-together of the Association of University Professional Secretaries (AUPS) of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on the occasion of his 54th birthday on Dec. 19. In a goodwill message to the celebrant, the President described the Senate President as “one of the most influential politicians of our time who has made tremendous impact on the country”. President Buhari […]

The Zamfara State Government says it will give priority to internally generated revenue to enable it implement its proposed 2017 budget. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, stated this on Monday in Gusau while speaking to newsmen after defending the 2017 proposed budget of his office at the State House of Assembly. […]

The U.S. Defence Secretary, Ash Carter said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump must commit to “destroying the tumour of Daesh’’ by leading the fight against the extremist group.

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar IV, was on Monday, in Enugu, to attend the grand reception in honour of the 2015/2016 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) Champions, the Enugu Rangers International Football club, at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu.

A 101-year-old paedophile – one of the oldest convicted criminals in British legal history on Monday was sentenced to 13 years in prison for 21 sexual offences against children.

Mr Nwoha Amaechi, a former Speaker, Imo House of Assembly on Monday said Ibrahim Magu was not indispensable as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) chairmanship.

Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday over the N10,000 tax.

Barely 24 hours after some photos emerged of former Governor of Anambra State, walking along Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, apparently to visit the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ex-Governor, was again on Monday, in Enugu.

Senegal were crowned CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations winners for a fourth time on Sunday as they beat hosts Nigeria 8-4. Both nations are heading to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas next year but it is Senegal who will represent Africa as continental champions thanks to a late flurry […]

No fewer than 90 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have threatened to occupy the National Assembly if the Senate fails to reverse its decision demanding the resignation of Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF).

Brush up on a dozen interesting Merseyside derby facts and figures before Liverpool face rivals Everton at Goodison Park this evening. Liverpool have won 89 of the 226 meetings between the clubs in all competitions, with Everton winning 66 and 71 ending all square. The Reds have lost just three of the last 33 meetings […]

A signed letter from the boxing legend Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela was sold for 7,200 pounds (8,999 U.S. dollars) at an auction in a British town of Devizes, the BBC reported.

Christine Lagarde Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was on Monday awaiting the verdict in a trial over an arbitration payout made when she was France’s finance minister. Prosecutors in the case have called for her acquittal and her defense lawyers have expressed confidence in the outcome to be handed down by a special […]