Jordan Morris’s late strike lifted the United States to a 2-1 victory over Jamaica on Wednesday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

Despite the beaming smiles and life shown by President Muhammadu Buhari when he received seven Nigerian governors Wednesday night in London, where he has been recuperating since 8 May former minister of Aviation and a Peoples Democratic Part chieftain, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has asked the President to ‘resign, go home and rest.’

Ederson will reap the rewards from thwarting European football’s most potent attacking force, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes.

The Nigerian Law School in Bwari, Abuja, yesterday, adduced reasons an intending lawyer, Mr. Olusegun Kayode Bello, was expelled, saying he had a penchant for misbehaviour.

KEBBI State government has concluded arrangements to turn all its guest houses to tourist facilities, while also approving the training of arts and craft producers.

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has directed all bank and financial institutions to stop dealing with 18 individuals and entities who are allegedly linked to Qatar.

For failing to appear before them to clear suspicions on the suspension of Executive Secretary of National Insurance Health Scheme, NHIS, the House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole.

A Minna magistrate’s court in Niger State, yesterday, sentenced a butcher, Abdulrahman Umaru, to 30 days imprisonment for stealing a goat.

Bridget Usifo Osakwe is Programme Manager, Women in Peace-building, a West Africa Network for Peace-building (WANEP) project in Nigeria. With over 15 years of peace-building learning and practice, she is active in facilitating conflict mitigation and prevention across Africa and beyond. Osakwe who sits on the board of several civil society organizations also holds an M.A. in Peace and Reconciliation studies from the Coventry University, United Kingdom. She speaks on the interventions of women in crisis and conflict situations in the country in recent times, in this interview.

AN apex Yoruba sociocultural group, Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has described the quit notice by Arewa Youths and agitation for State of Biafra by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a reflection of political temperature of the country which signifies uneasiness.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, saying he had failed to fulfil the campaign promises of his party in the state which included renovation of the Port Harcourt International Airport immediately after the elections.

Recent events in Nigeria indicate that we are held captive by our historical past, yet we disdain history so much, or are so afraid of its truth, that it was removed from the national curriculum. We need to confront our history and use it as a basis to create a new tomorrow for our country.

FORMER Kano State governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, yesterday called for caution in the agitation for the restructuring of the country.

ABEOKUTA—Five suspected kidnappers that reportedly demanded N100 million for the release of a Police Corporal with Ogun State Police Command, Stephen Adesokan, abducted last week have been killed by Police operatives, who rescued their colleague.