By Joseph Edeh The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested two out of the four gang leaders and principal suspects declared wanted on May 4 in connection with the Offa banks robbery.  The suspects are: Kunle Ogunleye, 35, aka arrow, a native of Kwara, arrested on May 20 in …

By Victor Okoye Super Eagles’ pre-World Cup training camp opened in Uyo on Monday, as more than six players arrived at the Ibom Meridian Hotel Camp. Information on Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF’s) official Twitter handle announced that Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi was the latest player to hit the camp. He …

 By DENNIS UDOMA The Catholic Dioceses of Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State has joined other Catholic faithful in the nation-wide protest of the killings of Christians by the killer herdsmen marauding some parts of the country in recent times. The latest, is the Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene in …

Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, accompanied by the Director, Highways Construction and Rehabilitation, Engr. Yemi Oguntominiyi, Project Manager, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Engr. Patrick Harmer and others embarked on an inspection tour of the ongoing construction work on 2nd Niger Bridge in Anambra and Delta …

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has reassured football lovers that they are working in concert with other stakeholders to ensure adequate security for the international friendly between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Atletico Madrid FC of Spain, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, by 6pm at the …

For Carl Ikenna Korieocha and many young men and women from the United States of America and about 38 other countries of the world, Thursday, May 17, 2018 was a day of dreams becoming reality. On that day, they and their parents, relatives, friends and associates from all over the …

La Liga champions, Barcelona, ended their campaign for the season with a 1-0 home win against Real Sociedad on Sunday as Nou Camp bid emotional farewell to departing captain Andres Iniesta. The La Liga champions’ last game victory came through a sensational distance strike by Philippe Coutinho Coutinho drifted inside …

  By Awayi Kuje Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari still remained the best presidential material for Nigeria considering his laudable achievements in the country. Balarabe-Abdullahi made this known on Sunday at a rally organised by a youth group known …

rounded off his Atletico Madrid career in style on Sunday by scoring two goals in his final game for the club against Eibar. However Torres’ side could only manage a draw 2-2 in their last match of the 2017/2018 La Liga campaign at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. Torres finally lifted …

By Donald Ugwu  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to imbibe the principles of creativity, innovation and hard work for the development of the country. Osinbajo made the call at the Sunday service of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Abuja, and said that character and integrity were also pillars …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has alerted Nigerians that the APC Federal Government is plotting to assassinate him in a crowd and claim accidental discharge. The governor made the revelation during the third year anniversary thanksgiving service of the Wike administration at Living Faith Church in D-Line, Port Harcourt …

  A recent report by the World Bank was to the effect that Nigeria has not eased, in real terms, from the deep recession that gripped her economy from 2015 to 2017. It pointed out even though she has to spend massively through investments in capital-intensive projects, to push back …

A total of N14.86 billion has been invested by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) operated Joint venture on Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) clusters in Rivers State, giving communities a highly-valued opportunity to decide and implement projects and programmes that have a lasting impact on people’s …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the newly-elected Lagos State executives of the party, urging them to further promote unity and inclusiveness in APC. He spoke on Saturday when he received the new executives who paid a courtesy visit on him at his …

Talismanic goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon bid a tearful farewell to Juventus after 17 seasons at the club. The Italian played his last match for them in a 2-1 win over relegated Verona on Saturday. The Turin side, who clinched their seventh consecutive Serie A title a week ago, were leading 2-0 …

By DENNIS UDOMA The Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ukana in Akwa Ibom, Prof. Balama Obomanu has said, he is working hard to make the institution a pace setter in the provision of technological, innovative and value oriented training to meet the man-power requirement for national development and beyond. Prof. Obomanu …

  By Mohammed Ahmed Kaigama/ Huseyn Abubakar Mbar. The All Progressives Congress (APC) State Delegates Congress in Bauchi was held under tight security to forestall any crisis. The venue of the congress was beefed up with both uniformed and plain-clothed security agents. NAN reports that the state congress election took …

  For not giving her access to justice, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay a victim of domestic violence, Mary Sunday, the sum of N50 million as damages. Domestic violence was inflicted on her by her …

  The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Office has uncovered a clandestine plan by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to carry out coordinated attacks on supporters and associates of former Governor Segun Oni, using thugs who would pretend to be working for Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines …

  By Abiodun Esan/Aliyu Usman Parallel state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took place in Ilorin, Ibadan, Lokoja, on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. In Ilorin, while the faction loyal to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki,  held its  congress at the Banquet Hall opposite …

By Joshua Olomu Britain’s Prince Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth, on Saturday tied the knot with Hollywood actress Meghan Markle at a glittering ceremony at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The Rt Rev. David Conner, Dean of  Windsor, conducted the service, and the Most Rev. Bishop Michael Curry, the …

By Leonard Okachie The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia on Saturday held parallel state congresses, leading to the emergence of two factional state executive committees. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two congresses, which held at different venues, under heavy security, were peaceful. While the Donatus Nwamkpa-led …

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi on Saturday re-elected 31 members out 33 of its dissolved state executive committee members in the congress held in Abakaliki. The officials were re-elected through a consensus by the 980 delegates that participated in the congress. In a unanimous voice vote put by …

By Shuaib Sadiq Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will challenge the victory of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in four local government areas in the recently concluded council polls in Kaduna State at the tribunal. El-Rufai spoke at the APC State Congress …

The Kwara State Ministry of Justice has dismissed as untrue a story that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters, Abuja, had in their statement indicted some top personalities. A …