Fidelis Ilechukwu, the Head Coach of MFM FC, on Thursday said the Falconets have the capabilities to advance to the quarter-finals at the on-going FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France.

She was relatively unknown  in the Nigerian  entertainment circuit. But after featuring in that reality TV show, ‘The Next Movie Star’ in 2005, where she finished up as the first runner-up on the show, Tonto Dikeh instantly became a ‘hot item’, stealing both fame and favour from leading Nollywood heroines.

At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country’s northeast, military sources said Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than a month.

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Hamma Misau, PDP, Bauchi Central, yesterday took a swipe at former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu over his claim in Uyo that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that it was mere fabrication and far from the truth.

After the success of his song ‘Antidote’, on which he featured Solid Star, Mr Dutch is back, with the release of a new song titled ‘Fire Down’, which drops Friday, August 10, 2018 featuring Reekado Banks.

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reiterated the resolve and commitment of the 8th Senate and indeed the National Assembly, to continue to protect and defend the nation’s fledgling democracy.

Everton completed the signings of Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes from Barcelona and Brazilian free-agent winger Bernard on Thursday in a triple deadline-day swoop for the Premier League club.

From his humble beginning in Warri, Delta State as a budding businessman who tried his hands on a number of businesses, Dr Harry O. Ighodakpo has gone on to grow into an international business magnate who controls several portfolios.

ABUJA –  Prof. Kenneth Kalu of the Ryerson University Canada has decried the culture of dependency on foreign aid by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, saying it has done more harm than good to the people.

The Presidency has ordered proper investigation into how the huge cash said to have been released to security agencies in the country in relation to the 2015 Presidential election, was managed.

The Naira on Thursday gained 40 kobo to firm against the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos.

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Thursday said no single child in the country had been paralysed by the wild polio virus in the last 24 months.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Thursday said the commission was worried that telecom companies, including the licensed Infrastructure Companies, InfraCos are not taking up the N3 billion annual subsidy funds it budgeted for those who would deploy services in the 200 access gap areas in the country.

The Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) Deaf Group on Thursday commended Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode for his administration’s strides in the state and his support for the less-privileged.

The United Nations on Thursday inaugurated Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, as an Advisory Board Member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF), at the UN Secratariat in Geneva, Switzerland.