In the midst of all the altercation and even violence preceding the February 2015 general elections, it is reassuring that there are top politicians who believe that politics is a sport and its practitioners must behave like sportsmen. This...
In 2011, a particular leading candidate came out with the ‘I have no Shoes’ campaign while the opposition kept screaming that Goodluck is not synonymous with good governance. Whether he really had no shoes and whether Goodluck is not...
Citizen Odudu Albert Ukpanah is the only son of Late Engr. Albert Jimmy Ukpanah from Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Odudu, 31, a brilliant and peace loving man holds a B. Sc. in Geophysics from the...
The construction of 2nd Niger Bridge through a Public Private Partnership involving Julius Berger -NSIA Consortium and tolling the Igbo people for 25 years thereafter is another 419 on the Biafran Igbo citizens of South East Nigeria. According to...
Luis Suarez was delighted to score his first league goal for Barcelona, but claimed the victory was more important.
Suarez had scored twice in the Champions League but, before the 5-0 win over Cordoba on Saturday, the 27-year-old had yet...
Sunderland clinched a fourth straight win over fierce rivals Newcastle as Adam Johnson's last-gasp strike at St James' Park sealed a 1-0 victory.
Johnson rounded off a fine Sunderland counter-attack, which he had initiated himself, following a Newcastle corner in...
Dundee United ended Celtic's eight-match winning run with a 2-1 victory over the Scottish Premiership leaders at Tannadice.
Nadir Ciftci and Stuart Armstrong put United two goals ahead before Celtic substitute Leigh Griffiths netted in the dying minutes, although the...
England's failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup "was by far the strongest contender", FIFA official Harold Mayne-Nicholls was quoted as saying on Sunday.
"How could England have only got two votes? It was a big surprise," Mayne-Nicholls was...
Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for incoming passengers from the Gaza Strip for the first time in almost two months, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said.
Rafah is the only major crossing between impoverished Gaza, home to 1.8...
U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism.
Washington's long-standing dispute...