Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has talked about the performance of Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita in the Super Eagles’ 1-0 win against the Guineans on Wednesday, June 26.

In a seeming resurgence of the tourism sector in Edo State on the back of ease of doing business reforms of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, 50 African American tourists have arrived Benin City, the state capital, to trace their origin.

The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Monday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to respond within five days to the appeal filed against his qualification for the 2019 presidential election.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to be granted access to inspect the central server they said was used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transmit results of the February 23 presidential election.

The South-East Governors Forum has reacted to lingering controversies surrounding the alleged proposal by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to organize local vigilance groups in the South-East.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emediele, disclosed this in Abuja, Monday, while briefing the media on his agenda for the next five years.

According to him, the 2004 recapitalisation undertaken by former CBN Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has weakened, substantially.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has refused to order the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to inspect the central server they said was used to transmit results of the 2019 presidential election.

Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest and production in court of CEO of Innosson Nigeria Ltd, Innocent Chukwuma and two others, over fraud allegations. Details later…..

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted President Muhammadul Buhari’s request to be allowed to amend his reply to the petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge his re-election.

POSSIBLY, several of the card carrying members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, present clapped lustily when the President made that statement. That is to be expected. Loyal politicians at campaign rallies are not expected to think critically about what their leaders say. Their role is to applaud anything pronounced. Other observers still in possession of their thinking caps could easily determine that the statement was totally empty for several reasons. Five reasons will be sufficient to illustrate the point.

Former Governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa is sad over the state of the nation, lamenting that there is nothing in place to protect the weak and the vulnerable. He also added that there is no reason to expect peaceful change during President Buhari’s second term because “killings, stolen money and power are the deciding factors in politics and elections.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that his administration will continue to partner with the church for the development of the State.

Barely 48 hours after his appointment as Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Festus Adedayo, was yesterday fired by Senator Ahmed Lawan after excessive pressure from the Presidency and APC Chieftains in the South-West.

TO combat insecurity, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called for establishment of Fulani Youth Vigilante body in the South-East to complement those in their host communities’ and other constituted security apparatus in the zone.

A 22-year-old domestic help, Joseph Ogbu, employed Tuesday, was arrested yesterday for stabbing his 38-year-old pregnant employer, Oreoluwa John, to death and suffocating her 89-year-old mother, Mrs Adejoke John, at their 4, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos, apartment.