Last week, not less than 300 shops were razed and billions of naira went up in flames at the Ifelodun Plank Market, Ketu, during an inferno that lasted more than three hours. Building materials such as planks, nails, padlocks, gum, polish, nets and roofing sheets amongst other goods were destroyed by the fire barely seven months after it was rebuilt from the ashes of a previous fire incident.
Updated 7 Years ago

The stage is now set for the opening act of one of the more spectacular and intriguing dramas on earth: the election of a pope.
Updated 7 Years ago

Super Eagles returnee striker, Obafemi Martins, has finally quit Spanish club Levante for Seattle Sounders in the MLS of the USA. The 28-year-old Martins announced his transfer on his Tweeter handle @oba_martins Monday evening.
Updated 7 Years ago

The British Government's Chief Medical Officer is warning of "a dreadful future for our children and grandchildren" unless global action is taken to prevent diseases from becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Updated 7 Years ago

Autumn is the time of year most associated with bumper crops of new babies, and according to an Israeli study there may be a scientific reason for it: human sperm are generally at their healthiest in winter and early spring.
Updated 7 Years ago

The stand-off between Austin Eguavoen and Sharks, over the non issuance of a working contract as coach of the Port Harcourt side, may be resolved on Tuesday. The former Super Eagles coach was in Owerri on Sunday, watching the Heartland versus Nembe City football club game, while his Sharks were playing against Warri Wolves. It then emerged that he had walked out ..
Updated 7 Years ago

Former Super Eagles Head Coach, Samson Siasia, has been asked to take charge of the Nigeria’s 2016 Olympic team. Siasia was fired in October 2011 after he failed to qualify Nigeria to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
Updated 7 Years ago

When we thought the country was through with reckless deployment of resources, information minister Labaran Maku has reminded a bewildered nation that nothing has really changed in the 14 years of public affairs management by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Since last year, a large party of journalists assembled by the information minister has been on an endless road show called the National Good Governance Tour.
Updated 7 Years ago

The Federal Government has commenced the process of reviewing the Act setting up the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) as part of overall measures to make the securities market more effective.
Updated 7 Years ago

How can the country finally resolve the protracted irritations of the Jama’atul-Ahlil Sunnah Lil Da’awati Wal Jihad, commonly called Boko Haram? Could the atrocious actions of the sect be curbed through blanket amnesty for its unrepentant members?
Updated 7 Years ago