The #FIFAWWC Got Off To A Bang As Canada, Holland Win Opening Matches
By Steve Keating (REUTERS – Edmonton) Canada scored a heart-stopping injury time win over China to kick off the Women’s World Cup on Saturday as the spotlight returned to action on the field after a...
View ArticleSorry Lawan, ‘Saraki Will Contest’ For That Senate Presidency
A select group of incoming senators bent on seeing their colleague, Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President, on Sunday, insisted that the Kwara federal lawmaker will run for the position on the...
View ArticleThe APC Has A Name For Ekiti’s New PDP Lawmakers –“Fayose’s Thugs”
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti has described the members of the newly inaugurated state House of Assembly simply as miscreants, as well “as a contraption by Governor Ayo Fayose to protect his...
View ArticleSouth Korea Shut Down 2,000 Schools As MERS Crisis Escalates
South Korean authorities have ordered nearly 2,000 schools closed nationwide to prevent the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The health ministry on Monday reported 23 new infections,...
View ArticleTafawa Balewa’s Hometown Have Only One ‘Candidate’ For House Speaker – Yakubu...
The people of Balewa in Bauchi State have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse the bid of their representative, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives as a...
View Article“Aregbesola Pocketed N1.7bn For Feeding” | The SDP Promises A Can Of Worms…...
Osun’s Social Democratic Party has threatened to publicly release details of what it alleges is the massive wealth amassed by Governor Rauf Aregbesola unless he declares his assets publicly and...
View ArticleCross River’s New Governor Is Turning The Sexy On For Potential Investors
Governor Ben Ayade, wants the business community to buy into his grand vision for a prosperous Cross River. The governor had said during his inauguration that his government will, within the next four...
View ArticleNigeria’s Win Over Hungary Means All African Teams Reach U-20 Knockouts
African representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup have recorded a major feat for the region as the four teams – Nigeria, Mali, Senegal and Ghana – all made it to the knockout stage of the competition...
View ArticleForget Strikes, ASUU Is Playing A New Role – Buhari’s Foreign Policy Adviser...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and other African leaders to cut economic ties with Morocco over the continued colonisation of Western Sahara. A...
View ArticleBuhari And Osinbajo Just Got Some Major Endorsement From Pastor Kumuyi
The founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William F. Kumuyi, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will produce the change...
View Article#FIFAWWCup RoundUp: Germany Ram 10 Past Ivory Coast While Norway Dismantle...
Celia Sasic scored the fastest hat-trick in Women’s World Cup history and Anja Mittag also scored three to fire the top-ranked Germany to a 10-0 victory over Ivory Coast on Sunday in Group B. Leonie...
View ArticleMudashiru Obasa Elected Lagos Speaker, Ending Weeks Of Political Turmoil
The 8th Lagos State House of Assembly has just elected Mudashiru Obasa (featured above), a state lawmaker representing Agege Constituency 1 as its Speaker, ending a crisis that threatened to tear...
View ArticleNigerian Army Obeys Buhari, Moves Command Center Tagged “Operation Zaman...
President Muhammadu Buhari had promised to relocate the Military Command and Control Center to Maiduguri; the Boko Haram epicenter, in his inauguration address. Well, he’s kept his word and the...
View ArticleOpinion: Yeah, Osun State Is Badly In Need Of A Bail-Out Right Now
By Honest Offor Perhaps, no State in Nigeria is worst hit by the decline in oil revenue than Osun state. When the oil price plummeted, our economy came to ruins and all the bragging by the former...
View Article‘I Wasn’t Invited For Any Meeting With The VP’|| Saraki Denies Calling...
Senator Bukola Saraki has denied reports that he disrespected Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and called the latter names as the battle for principal positions in the National Assembly reaches a...
View ArticleIn Yet Another Twist, The PDP Adopts Saraki And Dogara For NASS Top Jobs
In what may come across to some as a stunning development, the Peoples Democratic Party has adopted Senator Bukola Saraki as its candidate for Senate President. The PDP also threw a spanner into the...
View ArticleNigeria Holds Sweden To 3-3 Thriller
Sweden gave up a 2-0 lead to Nigeria only for substitute Linda Sembrant to put the Europeans back in the lead, which Francisca Ordega cancelled out with three minutes remaining for a dramatic 3-3 draw...
View ArticleCourt Paves Way For Gbajabiamila To Nail Today’s House Speaker Election
Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration of the eight National Assembly, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected a prayer that sought to disqualify the immediate past Minority Leader in the 7th House...
View Article#G7Summit: France, Germany And Canada Promise More Cooperation With Buhari In...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to the G-7 summit ended with a renewed commitment from Germany, France and Canada to end Boko Haram’s insurgency in the shortest possible time. Buhari, who spoke at a...
View ArticleOpinion: The APC May Have Failed Its First Test Of Governance, But It’s Not...
By Chris Ngwodo The politics of sharing the spoils of victory was always going to pose the severest test of the APC’s coherence in its new role as the ruling party. Having never held national power,...
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