PSA Peugeot Citroen and IBM are working together to hook cars up to the Internet, going beyond mapping and infotainment to link vehicles up to shops, service networks and urban transport grids, the companies said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the new, seven-year partnership were not disclosed. The agreement to …

  The group controlling Libya’s coastal capital Tripoli says it will “confront” any unilateral European Union moves to attack sites used by people smugglers, urging the bloc to consult it over plans to deal with the migration crisis. Two governments, each backed by loose coalitions of ex-rebels who once fought …

  Chinese nuclear experts believe North Korea may already have a nuclear arsenal of 20 warheads and the uranium enrichment capacity to double that figure by next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The estimate, which the Journal said was relayed to US nuclear specialists in a closed-door …

Jordan Henderson has ended months of contract negotiations with Liverpool by signing a new five-year deal at Anfield worth a basic £100,000 a week. The Liverpool vice-captain was one of several players this season to hit an impasse over a new contract with the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, but …

Chief Coach of Nasarawa United Football Club of Lafia, Baba Ganaru, Wednesday said the club’s 2-1 defeat of Kano Pillars was their best response to their supporters’ criticism. Ganaru said in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital after their 2014/2015 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) week five match that the victory …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with a high level of professionalism while shunning partisanship, which it claims has negatively affected key national institutions, especially the police. In a statement issued in Abuja, Thursday, by …

Mignon McLaughlin, the late American journalist and author, tells us that the death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive – perhaps for some purpose, which we ought to re-examine. Any such re-examination however usually leads to the ageless philosophical questions about life and death. …

Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose in a statement has called on the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to hold the All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible in the event of breakdown of law and order in Ekiti and the entire South Western states. The governor’s statement is coming on …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, arraigned one Stephen Omaidu before a Justice M. A Nasir of Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja on a two count charge bordering on theft to the tune of N68, 028, 000, 000.00 (sixty eight billion and twenty eight …

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has debunked reports of asylum being sought by her, just as she insists said she has not committed any crime and though admitting she stepped on big toes during her tenure. Fielding questions from the media in Abuja, Wednesday, Alison-Madueke, perhaps the most …

  With 10 days to go until the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight, contracts are not signed, tickets are not on sale, and the fight that could save boxing is instead reflecting the flaws that continue to damage it. While the two camps agreed to the fight in February, they have …

The Abia State government has insisted it does not have confidence in the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Professor Selina Oko, just as it has given conditions for its participation in the April 25 supplementary governorship poll in the state. State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Anthony Agbazuere …

Immediate-past Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba has appealed for forgiveness from anyone he might have wronged while in office. This was as his successor, Solomon Arase, the 17th indigenous IGP, in his inaugural address, promised to surmount the several social and human challenges, further assuring that he will provide …

Editors from across the country will converge on Lagos from tomorrow, Friday April 24 for the 2015 Biennial Convention of the Nigeria Guild of Editors NGE. The event, which will feature election of new officers of the Guild is being hosted by the Lagos State government at the Lagos Airport …

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Tabernacle of David, Lagos Province 46 headquarters would hold its April Holy Ghost Party on Friday, April 24, 2015 from 10pm at KM22 Lekki-Epe Expressway, opposite GTbank, Ajah, Lagos. The theme of the event is “A Tale of Two Cities” and it would …

Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, President General of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has restated that Mr. Francis Adetunji is not the Osun State President of the TUC and urged workers in the state to ignore him. Kaigama, who spoke to Global Patriot Newspapers on the telephone in Lagos, said that the …

Nigeria’s lobby for the candidacy of the Agriculture and Rural Development minister, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, for the position of the next president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), received a major boost as the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday requested the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to support …

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has described the planned conduct of the Local Government Council elections in the 22 Local Government Areas, LGAs in the State which was announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) as illegal, provocative and a waste of resources. The party …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has presented certificates of return to Cross River Governor-elect, Mr Benedict Ayade and other members of the National Assembly from the state. Presenting the certificates, Mrs Thelma Iremirem, the INEC National Electoral Commissioner, said it was the mandate of the Commission to present certificates …