UI renames Arts Theatre after Wole Soyinka
Man impregnates daughter in Ogun
Trump sowing divisions, says basketball’s LeBron James
EFCC grills Ekweremadu over local, foreign assets
Orji Kalu says no plans to dump APC for PDP
Breaking: Bukola Saraki quits APC
Peace ‘ll return to Nigeria – Adesina
El Zakzaky supporters acquitted of protest charges
Ekweremadu after 7 hrs, still in EFCC’s custody

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Woman charged with beating housekeeper to pulp
A 25-year-old woman, Amaka Oranwe, who allegedly beat her teenage housemaid to pulp, on Tuesday appeared before in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
2019: Buhari has given youths unprecedented sense of belonging – Group
Door-to-Door Movement, a political movement promoting the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the general acceptance of the president by youths across the country would ensure his victory in 2019.
‘Improper honking’ ends in fines for French World Cup fans
A handful of football fans in northeast France are paying the price for celebrating their nation’s World Cup win a little too loudly.
The APC ship is sinking…
When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan by all and any means possible, we were accused of sour grapes. When we argued even much earlier that Nigeria’s Presidential seat of power was jinxed and that there was and there is a spiritual side to power and politics in Nigeria, we were asked to shut up. The new power brokers were so much at home with their taken authority they boasted that no demons could touch them and that they were so self-secure, they were even snoring inside the Villa. Al- hamdulillahi, they have been snoring since then.
5,728 households to benefit from cash transfer scheme in Oyo
No fewer than 5,728 households are to benefit in the third phase of the Federal Government National Cash Transfer Programme in Oyo State.
Electoral offences: Lawyer seeks investigative powers for INEC
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Rotimi Jacobs, on Tuesday said there was the need to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to investigate electoral offences, to address the problem effectively.
FG partners VOA to combat fake news
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed willingness of the Federal Government to partner with the Voice of America (VOA) to combat fake news in the country.
Canadian-Nigerian film-maker wins Kevin Hart’s film contest
A film, Sweet Revenge, produced by a Nigerian-Canadian film director, Pascal Atuma, has won this year’s Kevin Hart’s North American Film Competition.
No loss of life at Ecobank fire incident
The Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, Mr. Charles Kie has said there was no life lost at the fire incident Tuesday morning at the bank’s Lagos head office
Alisson’s mentor dissuaded parents from terminating his career
Alisson’s path to becoming the world’s costliest goalkeeper may never have come about had his parents not been persuaded he would slim down and grow enough to succeed, his former goalkeeping coach told The Sun on Tuesday.
New Zealand develops new indicators for national wellbeing
New Zealand Minister of Statistics James Shaw on Tuesday launched the development of a new comprehensive set of environmental, social and economic indicators to better measure New Zealand’s overall well-being and success.
Buratai explains role of new army training school in P/Harcourt
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the newly-created Army Training School in Port Harcourt was established to improve proficiency of troops in the Niger Delta.
Vieira brings a different World Cup vintage to Ligue 1
As Ligue 1 prepares to kick off in the glow of France’s summer triumph, Nice will be one of the clubs that can boast a World Cup winner, but theirs is of an older vintage.
Court stops Abuja varsity from conducting SSANU election
THE National Industrial Court has granted an Interim Injunction stopping the conduct of election for the executives of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, University of Abuja branch.
Police confirm theft of 3-year-old twins in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed the theft of a set of three-year-old twins on Monday by unknown persons at a motor park in Yenagoa.

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