Sabri Lamouchi has made a bright start as Championship side Nottingham Forest’s 13th manager in eight years but even if it ends in tears it will never rival the disappointment he felt at being omitted from the 1998 French World Cup squad. The 47-year-old former midfielder, who has evolved into a manager at club and…

Mrs Bisi Fayemi, the wife of Ekiti governor,  has suspended her suspended her empowerment and advocacy campaign in local government areas of the state following controversy over the death of student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Fayemi announced the suspension in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday following controversy over…

A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. President Muhammadu Buhari with Gov Aminu Masari of Katsina State  Ojikutu, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, described the affirmation of the president’s election as a victory for democracy. She…

Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his well-deserved victory at the presidential election tribunal. “Given the unprecedented margin of victory that Mr. President recorded in our state, Kwara, and the very glaring acceptability of his candidature across the country, I have always known that any legal challenge to his victory…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the president’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in its entirety. Lawan in a statement on Wednesday by his…

A member of the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Justice Sheriff Hafizu has said Senator Godswill Akpabio was robbed of his victory in February 23 National Assembly election. According to him, there was preponderance of evidence to prove that Akpabio, now Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, defeated his opponent,…

The Akwa Ibom National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal Wednesday night dismissed the petition by Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress(APC) challenging the election of Senator Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to represent Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District . However, Ekpenyong’s declaration by the tribunal as winner of February 23 election…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the effect of corruption on the nation’s well-being. He said corruption was the major factor responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians. President Buhari noted that corruption at all levels was the biggest problem impeding Nigeria’s economic growth and development. The President spoke at the…

ELDER statesman and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on Tuesday said the recent killing of three police detectives and a civilian in Taraba State should not compel the police and the Army to go their separate ways. Gambari, who said there is urgent need for a national conversation on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of a man he called loyal and honest member of staff, Buhari Nalado Sandamu. The late Sandamu served the President and his family for more than 30 years. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the…