Ogun State, on Wednesday September 6, took the first shot among the states scheduled to take a day each to celebrate their states with arts and cultural performances at the on-going African Arts and Crafts Expo 2017 taking place at the Abuja Arts & Craft Village.

Nigerian Olympic Nigerian Olympic  Committee (NOC) yesterday presented Mariam Usman with her Beijing Olympics Bronze medal in Abuja.Usman finished 5th at the Games nine years ago, but was upgraded to the to third after the silver and bronze medalists were suspended by the IOC for anti-doping rule violations, following a re-analysis of their samples from 2008. Usman is a four-time African champion and reigning gold medalist in her category at the Commonwealth Games.

English Premier League clubs have voted to extend the transfer deadline.

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr said the only player that may join the team for their FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia next month will be Alex Iwobi.

The most competitive championship in the World, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), comes to a final stop this Saturday after nine months of incredible moments trimming down the race for the title to just two teams; Plateau United and MFM FC.

Zambia, Nigeria’s only threat  for a ticket  to next year’s World Cup in Russia are not stopping at anything to ensure they deny Nigeria the chance of hoisting the Green-white-green flag in Russia.

The Nigeria Rowing, Canoe and Sailing Federation (NRCSF) on Sunday said no fewer than 18 states participated in its demonstration events at the ongoing third National Youth Games in Ilorin.

The bodies of about four hundreds children are believed to be buried in a mass grave in Lanarkshire, southern Scotland, following a discovery made by BBC.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, who recently returned to Washington after treatment for brain cancer, said on Sunday the disease was vicious but that the treatment was going well and he has more energy than before.

Germany’s Bibiana Steinhaus made history on Sunday as the first female referee to officiate a match in a top European league by taking charge of Hertha Berlin’s 1-1 draw with Werder Bremen.

AHEAD of its September 11 schools’ resumption, the Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to offering the best education for pupils of private primary and secondary schools in conducive and secured environment through zero tolerance for substandard schools in the state by sealing off some schools.

CRITICAL thinking is all that is required to make Mathematics easy for students. This is the submission of Joseph Agom, a semi-finalist in the on-going 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited.

SOKOTO: Governor Aminu Tambuwal has approved the release of N680 million for the settlement of accumulated pensions for teachers, local government staff and severance gratuity for former councillors in Sokoto State.

CHAIRMAN/Founder, Chrisland Schools Limited and Chancellor, Chrisland University, Dr. Winifred Adefolahan Awosika, has urged stakeholders in the sector to consider the review of the nation’s school curricula as the revival of the sector hangs on the review.

Chief Olusegun Oni, the Deputy National Chairman, (South) of the All Progressives Congress( APC), on Sunday insisted that Nigeria is out of recession, urging Nigerians to be positive in their thinking.