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The report that a policewoman (allegedly) killed a danfo driver over N500 bribe in the present-day Nigeria caught my attention last Sunday. We have been used to policemen carrying out …
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The report that a policewoman (allegedly) killed a danfo driver over N500 bribe in the present-day Nigeria caught my attention last Sunday. We have been used to policemen carrying out …
What a policeman can do… Read MoreBritain’s Aljaz Bedene reached the third round of the French Open for the first time with a five-set victory against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. Bedene, 26, could now face world …
French Open: Bedene joins Murray in third round Read MoreThe Maiduguri Government House is often a beehive of activities, especially when the governor is in town. Members of the local political nomenclaturalwould mix with government employees, security personnel and …
Witness to return of a Chibok Girl Read MoreThe 23-year-old, who has won 41 international caps and captained the German club, joins for a reported £35m on a long-term contract. “I’m very proud to be joining Arsenal,” said …
Arsenal sign Xhaka Read MoreThe spate of violence in the Niger Delta region has been on the rise lately, while the tempo of legitimate activities mainly in oil, has reduced drastically, no thanks to …
Buhari versus the avengers Read MoreNine-time champion Rafael Nadal eased through to the French Open second round with a crushing defeat of Australian Sam Groth. The 29-year-old Spanish fourth seed won 6-1 6-1 6-1 in …
French Open 2016: Nadal & Murray through, Kerber beaten Read MoreThe Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) celebrated the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the federal government with assurances that the price of petrol would crash like the price …
Surge in diesel price: Warning to petrol consumers? Read MoreAn out-and-out constancy in Nigeria’s politics and governance is elite shifts and policy changes; which is well- documented in Joe Garba’s 1995 book, Fractured History. Another utter constancy is Nigeria’s …
Challenges and strictures of 2016 budget Read MoreZlatan Ibrahimovic insisted he was far from finished after signing off his Paris Saint-Germain career with two goals in their 4-2 Coupe de France final victory over Marseille. The Sweden …
Ibrahimovic: I’m not yet finished, but still hot Read MoreRoger Federer has withdrawn from this year’s French Open after failing to recover from a back injury. The 34-year-old did not play in the Madrid Open earlier this month after …
Federer withdraws from French Open Read MoreThe flight to Maiduguri, last week Tuesday evening, had been delayed for more than three hours. And at a point, not a few passengers had become apprehensive that it might …
Light and shade in Borno Read MoreUEFA will elect a new president on 14 September, following Michel Platini’s resignation this month. The Frenchman, 60, quit on 9 May after failing to overturn his ban from all …
UEFA to replace Platini on 14 September Read MoreFrom a failed presidential election bid to the re-engineering of the once ‘biggest party in Africa’, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is wishing to come back to reckoning to re-live …
Can the PDP reinvent itself? Read MoreChelsea striker Diego Costa is among a string of high-profile names left out of Spain’s provisional squad for Euro 2016. Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has also missed out despite …
Euro 2016: Spain omit Costa, Torres, Mata Read MoreFor the first time in more than one year, the market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) crossed the N9 trillion mark last week. Market capitalization is the total …
Deregulation: Subsidising production rather than consumption Read MoreEngland manager Roy Hodgson has named Manchester United’s 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford in an initial 26-man squad for Euro 2016. Newcastle United winger Andros Townsend and Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere …
Euro 2016: Rashford makes England squad Read MoreRecent violent clashes between so-called itinerant Fulani herdsmen and sedentary ethnic farmers in some parts of the federation have elicited fierce debates on the need to control the influx of …
Much ado about grazing reserves Read MoreSerena Williams beat Madison Keys in straight sets to win the Italian Open – her first WTA title in nine months. The world number one beat her fellow American 7-6 …
Serena beats Keys in Italian Open final Read MoreAt odds of 5000 – 1, Leicester City Football Club won the 2015/16 English Premier League (EPL) last weekend. The stunning victory was assured for the Foxes, as the club …
The Foxes’ feat and Buddha bond Read MoreThe Champions League and Confederation Cup group stages will each double to 16 teams in 2017, the Confederation of African Football has revealed. In each competition, 16 clubs will be …
CAF alters format of Champions League, Confederation Cup Read MoreOver the past decade…cattle rustling has been transformed into a vicious criminal activity…far beyond the low-intensity conflict that had previously defined the relationship between farmers and grazers. New criminal gangs, …
Media narratives and the Fulbe nomad II Read MoreFIFA has suspended the Benin Football Federation (FBF) from global football after a court ruling in the country blocked upcoming elections. A statement from football’s world governing body said: “The …
Benin suspended from global football Read MoreIn Edo state, the stage is already set for the big battle ahead. The intra and inter party rivalry and accompanying violence are obviously dress rehearsals for the impending ‘war’ …
APC and juju scare Read MoreThe man who called for Russia’s ban from international athletics says it will be ‘hard’ to believe its athletes are clean if they compete at Rio 2016. Dick Pound, ex-president …
Rio 2016: Russian athletes ‘will face suspicion’ at Olympics Read MoreAustralian golfer Marc Leishman has pulled out of the Olympic Games in Rio over concerns about the Zika virus. The mosquito-borne virus, centred in north-east Brazil, has been declared a …
Golfer pulls out of Olympic Games over Zika virus Read More