By Ayo Akinfe
Today is October 18. On this day in 1867 the US took formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid a sum of $7.2m for the territory
Alaska is the largest US state by area and the seventh largest sub-national division in...
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Like the rest of you, I have a heavy heart today as I agonise over the Onitsha tragedy. Once again, a petrol tanker caught fire and hundreds of innocent people are now either dead, homeless or without any means of...
GHANAIAN foreign minister Shirley Botchwey has pleaded with the Nigerian government to end its border closure and allow goods from across the sub-region into its market as the closed border is leading to economic hardship for her...
TROUBLE is brewing in the ministry of Niger Delta affairs after new minister Senator Godswill Akpabio assumed full control of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and its powers to award contract.
Recently appointed as the...
GLOBAL football federation Fifa will play the club wages of Super eagles goalkeeper Francis Uzoho for the duration of the six months when he is expected to be out of action after picking up a serious knee injury over the weekend.
Uzoho,...
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) I have always believed that it is our innovative spirit that will get Nigeria out of the economic doldrums and give us a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2trn in the not-too-distant future. Unfortunately, this cursed...
NIGERIA has buried a total of 840 soldiers slain by Bioko Haram terrorists at the military cemetery in the Borno State capital Maiduguri since it was established in 2013 as a dedicated burial site for troops.
Built along the same lines...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve the sum of N10.06bn ($27.6m) to the Kogi State government prompting suggestions that the money could be used to fund November's forthcoming gubernatorial...
NAOMI Oloyede recently created history when she became the youngest Nigerian ever to address the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime international conference in Vienna where she called for a better life for children all over the...
NIGERIA'S agriculture minister Sabo Nanono has declared that there is no hunger in the land as the country produces enough food to feed itself and send to neighbouring countries so the nation will keep its borders closed to protect local...