Arsenal attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has completed a loan move to Roma, with the Armenian joining up with his new side for the duration of the 2019-20 season. Roma have confirmed they will pay a fixed €3 million fee to Arsenal for Mkhitaryan, with another €100,000 possible for the Gunners in incentives. The Serie A side…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday chaired a meeting over the $9.6 billion judgement against Nigeria. The $9.6 billion dollar judgment debt against Nigeria by a British court was over a botched gas contract. The meeting with Osinbajo started at his office around 1.30pm. Those at the meeting included the Finance, Budget and National planning…

In search of a lasting solution to the security challenges facing the Southwest states, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state will on Monday host the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed A. Adamu, service chiefs and five other governors of the Southwest states in Ibadan. The meeting tagged Southwest Geopolitical Zone Security Summit is convened by the…

Photos of the Diversion on Berger axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday. OJODU 11& 12 ,From Left LASTMA Area Command Jublil Oshodi ,FRSC Lagos Sector Commander HU Ujeme,Federal Controller of Works Adedamola Kuti and Police Area Commader Ojodu Berger ACP Dantawaye MIllert during the comencement of road constructin ojodu Berger axit of Lagos Ibadan Expressway…

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, wants the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to clampdown on those he described as Yahoo politicians in the country alleging that they are responsible for breeding the internet fraudsters giving the country a bad name abroad. Frank asks the anti-graft…

Bayelsa State stakeholders have backed a businessman and oil magnate, Chief David Lyon, for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The stakeholders, who met in Yenagoa, the state capital, under the auspices of Bayelsa Stakeholders Forum (BSF) said they opted for Lyon after critically assessing other aspirants gunning for the ticket of…

Works and housing minister Babatunde Fashola has alerted members of the public to a fake Facebook account opened in his name and warned people against falling prey to the antics of the scammers behind it. Fashola, in a statement by Mr Hakeen Bello, his Special Adviser on Communications, said that the fake account, which had…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday described the late veteran broadcaster, Alhaji Bashir Ismaila Ahmed, as “one of Nigeria’s finest journalists that I have ever known.” The president made the observation in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja. Buhari said: “I am greatly saddened by…

By Wole Mosadomi Minna- A 32-year-old man, Nura Abdullahi who raped a 14-year-old girl in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State has hailed himself for a mission accomplished. The suspected rapist, Nura Nura who was paraded before Journalists in Minna told our Crime Correspondent that he had been setting trap for the victim for…

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has pledged his readiness to continue with the policy reforms embarked upon by his predecessor, saying that the policy reforms are in line with the set objectives of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration which are improving security, economic revitalisation and entrenching transparency in the…