The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed that Chelsea have appealed their two-window transfer ban. FIFA imposed the ban on the Premier League club after they were found to have broken rules regarding the registering of young players. Chelsea originally appealed to FIFA to have the ban overturned, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has declared that none of its members is involved in the alleged diversion of funds meant for local government administration in their states. While condemning the suppression of local government through funds diversion, the governors challenged the Federal Government to publish names of …

The founder and chairman of the Obijackson foundation, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, in recognition, that children are the future of any progressive country has called on the government and other stakeholders to seek innovative ways of providing quality primary healthcare across the country. He said this at a children funfair event …

The Outgoing Governor of Imo State, Gov Rochas Okorocha has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to distance himself from the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. He said this while giving the warning and expressing his displeasure over the …

To mark this year’s Children’s Day today, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has launched a campaign titled: ” For every child, every right” to draw awareness to children’s rights by all of Nigerian society. According to UNICEF’s new Country Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, while there have been many …

By Tony Ademiluyi Before the famous 1804 Jihad by Uthman Dan Fodio, the Fulanis were a band of herdsmen scattered across Africa with no cohesive leadership. They were a band of nomads known with their cattle and could trek for kilometers unending in search of pasture and water for them. …

Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, has promised to implement laws promoting the development of the children of the state once he assumes office on Wednesday. Apart from existing laws, the Governor-elect said that he would sponsor executive bills in the state House of Assembly that would encourage special skills for …

Gitanas Nauseda, a centre-right independent and political novice, won Lithuania’s presidential election on Sunday in a race marked by low populist sentiment and concerns over inequality in the Baltic eurozone state. Although Lithuanian presidents do not directly craft economic policy, bread and butter issues have dominated the race. Experts also …

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday lamented that the country had been witnessing what it called escalated despondency, depression and misery since the conclusion of the last presidential election. The party urged Nigerians to support one another at this trying time, in order to check the rising social degeneration, …

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property says the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Ltd and one of its Joint Venture partners, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, have short-changed the Federal Government by $1.8bn and N8.8bn from 2013 to 2017. Responding to The PUNCH’s inquiry on Sunday, the …