South African Police Break Up Anti-immigrant Protests
South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to...
View Article53 Killed Near Al Bab
Two suicide car bombings have gone off near Al Bab, killing scores of people, just a day after ISIL fighters were pushed out of the northern Syrian town. Friday’s first bombing killed 53 people in the...
View ArticleInside The World Of Yahoo Yahoo Boys
EMEKA IBEMERE, reports the activities of advance fee fraudsters, popularly known as 419ers, in Lagos and how bank workers and police are making money from them while they run their show, They came in a...
View ArticleArmed Robber Killed, 3 Policemen Injured During Attack On Bank
The Imo State Police Command has disclosed that three policemen sustained various degrees of injury while an armed robber was gunned down when a four-man robbery gang attacked Zenith Bank branch on...
View ArticleEncomiums, Tears As Ministers Bid Amina Mohammed Farewell
The farewell ceremony was heavy laden with emotions. It was a valedictory session by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the outgoing Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed who was recently...
View ArticleThe Nigeria Road Safety Strategy, A New Dawn
Last week Thursday was perhaps my best Thursday since I ported from the media to join the services of the Federal Road Safety Corps. It is also a day I believe the average operatives of the Federal...
View ArticleMy Dream Has Died – Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri said he had dreamt of staying at Leicester City “for always” before being ruthlessly sacked as manager of the troubled champions. Ranieri was stunningly dismissed by Leicester’s Thai...
View ArticleMatch Of The Week: Atletico Madrid Vs Barcelona, 3:15pm
Atletico Madrid have lost just one of their last 28 league games at Estadio Vicente Calderon and the hosts will be hoping to close out their last clash against Barcelona with a win before they change...
View ArticleCBN Juniors: All Set For Grand Finale
Top seeds in the boys and girls’ U-18s, 16s and 14s scaled through to the finals of the 2016 CBN Junior Tennis Championship set to end today at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Race Course, with a grand...
View ArticleEPL: Hazard Warns Chelsea, Foxes Face Storm
Eden Hazard has warned Chelsea not to lose their focus as the runaway Premier League leaders approach the final furlong in the title race, while crisis-torn champions Leicester face up to life without...
View ArticleNigeria Has Not Backed Any CAF Presidential Candidate – Dalung
In spite of insinuations making the rounds that the Nigerian football fraternity has backed the president of the Madagascan FA, Ahmad Ahmad to beat incumbent Confederation of African Football (CAF)...
View ArticleHelp AsYola North Council Chairman Turns Despot
When a custodian of the law becomes a prime culprit in breaking the law, it calls for serious concern. For avoidance of any doubt, the local government chairman is the chief security officer of his...
View ArticleInnocent Nigerians And Nigerian Security Operatives
Mr Ubong Ndifreke, (not real name )was sobbing like a new born baby when he was narrating his ordeal to me about his unwarranted arrest which is currently keeping him behind bars in a Nigerian prison...
View ArticleFirst Lady Stings
Guys, you must have read or heard by now our President’s answer when he was asked in the presence of other world leaders, in far away Germany, which party his wife, Aisha belongs to. He gave a classic...
View ArticleEkiti Governorship, Fayose And Oni’s Second-coming
Governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, loves razzmatazz. His day is incomplete without showiness that is designed to excite the polity whether in his Ekiti domain or in the national milieu. Many...
View ArticleOur Youths Must Embrace Education – Bello Abubakar
Alhaji Bello Abubakar is the Sarkin Dawaki Mai Tuta and one of the four kingmakers in the Kano emirate. A devoted Muslim, Abubakar, in this interview with Yamin Yarim sheds light on the process of...
View ArticleDay Tambuwal Rained Encumiums On Imam Imam
It was like every other event organized in the seat of the Caliphate, with lots of dignitaries in attendance. As expected, the aura of the event was however more unique than others. More so that it...
View ArticleWho Should I Follow?
We said earlier on that no leader is recognized without followers. After all, how will leadership qualities be discerned without followers? There are generally so many ways in which people come into...
View ArticleThe Customer Is Always Right
The customer is always right. This is a very common phrase and I guess it is a hard pill to swallow for call center agents, sales representatives or staffs who engage with customers frequently. I would...
View ArticleEnding Child Marriage In Nigeria
He said that each year of education of the adolescent girl delivers an additional 11.7 percent increase in wages in later life for girls compared with 9.6 percent for men. Yet, 16 million girls between...
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