79-year old defiles tenant’s daughter

An Ebute Meta Magistrates Court, Lagos on Wednesday granted a N200,000 bail to a septuagenarian  landlord, Adesomoju Odoro who was docked for alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl

Gaddafi's daughter dropped as goodwill ambassador by UN

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has dropped the daughter of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, Aisha al-Gaddafi, as a Goodwill Ambassador.

Senate expresses surprise over federal high court judgment

Some senators on Thursday expressed surprise at the Federal High Court judgment extending the tenure of five state governors till 2012

Inec gets about 3,000 complaints over registration in Bayelsa

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Bayelsa State, yesterday, said it had received over 3,000 complaints from voters in the state over anomalies discovered during the just concluded voters registration exercise list on display

Babangida Abdusalami recommended

President Goodluck Jonathan in Minna commended former Head of State retired Gen . Abdulsalami Abubakar for entrenching democracy in the country.
Jonathan made the commendation in Minna at a presidential campaign

Roberto Mancini says he is unsure over Carlos Tevez stay

Roberto Mancini admits he is unsure how long Carlos Tevez will remain a Manchester City player

Enugu: A bomb and a litany of woes

Ozioma Ubabukoh writes on the struggle for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship ticket in Enugu State and notes that the battle is not over for the state Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime

Washington Post’s fourth-quarter profit falls

Washington Post Company reported a lower quarterly profit on Wednesday because of falling advertising revenue at its flagship newspaper and lower enrollment at its for-profit colleges, Reuters reported on Wednesday

Galadima,Jordaan loses FIFA seat

Nigeria failed in her bid to get a FIFA executive committee seat on Wednesday as Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima lost in the election held in Khartoum, Sudan

Court extends some governors stay in office

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting governorship elections in Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross River states

Police officer brutalises NAN photo-journalist, seizes camera

A senior police officer on Saturday in Abuja, assaulted a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) photo journalist, Mr Fola Hastrup, damaging his camera during the ANPP national convention at the Eagle Square.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), pounced on Hastrup, who was on an official assignment to cover the ANPP convention, turning him to a punching bag after seizing the camera

Obasanjo, Gbenga factions hold separate rallies

At a time when the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, issued a communiqué after its meeting of Monday, February 14, 2011, calling on the opposition to rise against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the show of popularity in Ogun State, yesterday, between the Governor Gbenga Daniel and former President Olusegun Obasanjo factions of the party is said to be causing serious embarrassment to the leadership of the party

Arsenal players urged to tackle Barca squarely

Arsene Wenger has challenged Arsenal to prove they have what it takes to win the Champions League when they meet favourites Barcelona in the last 16

Man U unbeaten run continues

Dimitar Berbatov got the first of two goals after 72 minutes, then Hernandez equalised before his Bulgarian strike-partner completed the turnaround with two minutes of normal time remaining – although there were ten minutes of added time to survive due to a serious head injury suffered by Rafael

Flying eagles speaks with confidence ahead of AYC

Nigeria’s under-20 team the Flying Eagles have a herculean task at the African Championship, which begins in Tripoli, Lybia in March 18- April 1.

flying Eagles

Firstly the Flying Eagles led by coach John Obuh have Ghana and Cameroon to contend with in their ground and then finally the team will attempt to win the trophy and enter into the history book as the sixth Nigerian team that have taken the diadem.
Nigeria have already won the AYC five times, in 1983, ’85, ’87, ’89 and 2005

Gbagbo’s supporters reject Compaore’s inclusion in AU panel

Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo have rejected the inclusion of President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso in the African Union (AU) panel of heads of state mediating a peaceful resolution of the Ivorian political crisis

PDP suspends deliberation on zoning of Senate leadership

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has put off deliberation on the zoning of the various principal offices of the National Assembly and the executive arm of government till after the general elections. The decision, Vanguard learnt yesterday, was in order to avert a backlash to the party from zonal interests that may feel shortchanged were the positions to be shared before the elections.
PDP which is the dominant party in the country has held a tight grip on the top offices of the two chambers of the National Assembly since 1999