A Kano-based woman, who identified herself as Lubna Ali, said she rejected a marriage proposal following a disrespectful act against a former Governor of Kano State, Senator, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Hajo Sani, who authored a book on his wife, as Ambassador/Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

A London High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) has granted a perpetual injunction restraining Maureen Badejo from publishing further defamatory words against or concerning Dr. Daniel Olukoya, his family, and the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM).

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has denied that the Federal Government printed N60bn to augment March allocation to States as alleged by Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Arsenal starlet Folarin Balogun is out of contract this summer and has stalled on agreeing to new terms for much of the season, but Mikel Arteta has confirmed the 19-year-old has reached a decision on his future Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed Folarin Balogun is on the cusp of signing a new deal with the Gunners. The 19-year-old striker …

Bernie Madoff,  mastermind of the Ponzi scheme in the US, which ripped off tens of thousands of clients of an estimated $65 billion, died today One of the biggest fraudsters in history has died in prison at the age of 82 while serving a 150-year jail sentence.

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned the former Chief of Army Staff, Retired-General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who equated the group and others to the terrorist organisation Boko Haram.

The kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls from Chibok seven years ago led to the launching of a multi-million dollar plan, backed by a former UK prime minister, to bolster security at schools – but it failed to stop abductions and protect children. By Nduka Orjinmo The swirl of dust thrown up as a helicopter came down to land heralded …

National team captain Ahmed Musa has signed a deal until the end of the season to play for his former club in Nigeria, Kano Pillars.