60-year-old farmer hacked to death

Ovie Okpare, Warri

A 60-year-old farmer, Mr. Monday Mordi, has been allegedly hacked to death on his way to farm at a community in Ute-Okpu Kingdom, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State by suspected assassins.

The incident which occurred on Monday October 17, 2016, has

Man arraigned for beating up policeman

A 30-year-old man, Tunde Ajani, who allegedly beat up a policeman, was on Wednesday brought before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Ajani, a resident of Ajegunle area of Apapa, is facing two charges of breach of the peace and assault.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Kokoye Olusegun, told the court that the

I’m still good enough for top league – Osaze

Out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder  Mikel  Obi has held showdown talks with  Blues  manager  Antonio Conte  after being  frozen out of the team by the Italian.

The Nigeria captain  has yet to play a single  Premier League match for the Stamford Bridge side  since the beginning  of the season.

Mikel revealed  on Monday  that  he had been working hard to  play his way back into the team.

“Fighting every day for my place, like all the guys are. Focus, work hard,” the 2013 Europa League winner  wrote  on

Mikel moves to save Chelsea career

Out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder  Mikel  Obi has held showdown talks with  Blues  manager  Antonio Conte  after being  frozen out of the team by the Italian.

The Nigeria captain  has yet to play a single  Premier League match for the Stamford Bridge side  since the beginning  of the season.

Mikel revealed  on Monday  that  he had been working hard to

Economic gender gap could take 170 years to close – WEF

The economic gender gap could take 170 years to close after progress towards parity between the sexes suffered “a dramatic slowdown”, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Wednesday.

Despite the fact women have made major gains in educational achievement — catching or surpassing men in 95 countries — women still earn less in exchange for longer hours, are

Edo election: Tribunal grants PDP leave to serve APC by substituted means

The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Benin, has granted the Peoples Democratic Party and Young Democratic Party leave to serve their petitions by substituted service on the All Progressives Congress.

The court processes are also to be served on Mr Godwin Obaseki, the governor-elect by

Despite all I’ve been through, I’m happy –Tiwa Savage

Mavin’s first lady, Tiwa Savage, got so many mouths agape when she got an international deal so many of her colleagues only fantasise about.  The singer recently signed an international deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Records and some people began to insinuate that the deal might tear Mavin apart just as such deal allegedly tore apart Mo’hit Records which was then run by D’banj and Don Jazzy.

But then, the singer said she wasn’t going to let such apprehension affect the advancement of her career even as she claimed she wouldn’t know what caused the rift between D’banj and Don Jazzy.

“I really don’t think the international deal was what broke Mo’Hits. I would not like to think that and I don’t think any of us can really talk about that issue because it is only the two of them that really know what happened between them. For me, this is a blessing and I would not allow something that happened before to make me nervous. Maybe this is a way for us to get a second chance as Nigerian artistes and second chances rarely happen,” she said.

The singer who has

Economy: APC’s comments prove Buhari administration is clueless – PDP

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the open acceptance of responsibility for the economic downturn in the country by the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government has

vindicated its earlier position that the President Buhari Administration is clueless.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State had on Monday in Abuja, said the APC government had taken the responsibility for the economic downturn of the country.

He stated this after

Trump vows to scrap Obamacare

Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to overturn President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance program after the government announced Americans will see costs jump an average of 25 percent next year.

“Obamacare has to be repealed and replaced and it has to be replaced with something much less expensive for the people, otherwise this country is

PDP, not APC killed Alamieyeseigha – Wife

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa

Mrs. Margaret Alamieyeseigha, widow of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of being responsible for the death of her husband.

She made the startling revelation during the one-year memorial event of Alamieyeseigha in the late politician’s country home in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

That event was the first time Margaret had opened up on

Jay Z to rally voters for Clinton

Rap mogul Jay Z will return to the stage to rally voters for Hillary Clinton in the key swing state of Ohio, her campaign said Tuesday.

The Democratic presidential candidate’s website invited fans to enter a lottery for a ticket to Jay Z’s free show, which will take place on November 4 in Cleveland.

The rapper and husband of Beyonce also performed in Ohio to support President Barack Obama during the 2012 election when he tinkered with his hit “99 Problems” to

INEC denies demanding $1m from Jimoh Ibrahim

Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied allegation by Jimoh Ibrahim, that its acting Director, Legal Services, Toyin Babalola demanded $1million bribe from him.

The commission, via a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, by Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Publicity, said the allegation was far from the truth.

Ibrahim’s name was submitted to INEC by the disputed National Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction as the party’s candidate for the Ondo State Nov.26 governorship election.

The PDP National Caretaker Committee, led by Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, also submitted  Eyitayo Jegede to INEC as PDP candidate for the same election.

Ibrahim at a press conference on Sunday, alleged that the officer demanded bribe from