French claims about the imprisonment of ethnic and religious minorities in China’s Xinjiang region were unacceptable, China said Wednesday, criticising the accusations as “false”. China’s response came a day after Paris demanded it let independent human rights observers visit the northwestern region, where rights groups and experts estimate over one million Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking […]

By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, Last week’s discussion centered on an examination of the need to revisit the institutional and socio-political structure of Nigeria and embrace a new structural reform which will decentralize power to the regional units. Equally, I considered the views of some Nigerians, including mine, expressed in times past, on the subject […]

There’s a huge group of super-powerful women teaming up to bring pro women’s soccer to Los Angeles by 2022, including Natalie Portman, Serena Williams, Eva Longoria and more The group is calling itself Angel City and they’re working with the National Women’s Soccer League to establish the city’s first pro team. The NWSL is the […]

By Ayodele Adio He had just relinquished the ticket to the Lagos East APC senatorial seat in a controversial primary election that would have inched him closer to his quest for a third term in the senate. Yet, there he was, seated calmly on his favourite couch facing the television and wearing a smile that […]

Italian prosecutors said late Tuesday they are seeking a 10-year prison term for Nigeria’s former energy minister, Dan Etete, as well as the recovery of the $1.1 billion. The prosecutors are also seeking an eight-year prison term against the head of oil company Eni, Claudio Descalzi, as part of a long-running corruption case implicating the […]