Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria afer qualifying for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, on their 1-0 victory over Zambia on Saturday evening.

AHEAD of the 20th anniversary and the third lnternational Breast Cancer Symposium of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, BRECAN, its founder, who doubles as the First Lady of Ondo State, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, speaks on how she survived breast cancer among other issues relating to the ailment.

The killings and kidnapping in Edo State, particularly the state capital, Benin –City, in the last two months, is creating tension. The situation is so scary that night life is dead in the state capital. Armed robbers operate freely, especially in Ekenwa, Upper Sakpoba, Siluko and some parts of Airport Road. Over 25 persons have been killed by armed bandits in Benin – City during the period under review.  

ONE thing that is certain about the memo to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Minister of Petroleum Resources is that only a few people would clearly understand its message.

That said, it is disappointing that a historian of stature like Prof. E.A. Ayandele would declare ex cathedra that “If an individual ever decided the course of events in any country, Odumegwu Ojukwu did – by pushing Nigeria inexorably in the direction of civil war.”

Pained by their chaotic outing at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London last August, top Nigerian athletes have called on the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to get its acts together and plan ahead for the 2018 season.

Peter Okoye, one half of former music duo P-Square has signed a partnership deal with Empire, an American distribution company and record label based in San Francisco, California, USA.

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,   Group Managing Director, GMD, Mr. Maikanti Baru, is in the eye of the storm. This may probably not be the best of times for the Jama’are, Bauchi-born oil manager. 

Oba Abdul-Rosheed Adewale  Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, recently clocked 50.