Few expected Zinedine Zidane to leave Real Madrid and even fewer expected him to come back as coach. And yet almost 500 days later, he has won the La Liga title, without fuss, without even the improvements he was promised. On Thursday, in an empty Alfredo di Stefano Stadium at Real Madrid’s training ground, Zidane […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, met behind closed doors with the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, rescued Ms Joi Nunieh, former acting Managing Director (Interim Management Committee) of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, when he stormed her Port Harcourt residence and freed her from a siege mounted by Policemen.

Leaders of the Federated Omadino Communities in Warri South, Warri South-West and Warri North Local Government Areas in Delta State, have described the Aghigho and Ugbokoko lands’ ownership claim by Obodo Community leaders as mischievous, saying, “Omadino owns those lands as one of the five aboriginal communities, before the formation of Warri Kingdom and by legal documentation.”

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday said the southern African nation’s ailing economy would contract by 4.5 percent this year due to climatic shocks and the coronavirus pandemic. The projection is much more optimistic than that of the World Bank which last month predicted a contraction of 10 percent. But Ncube said “a combination […]