White handkerchiefs were out in protest at the Santiago Bernabeu during the 4-0 loss against the Bluagrana, but a change of coach won’t solve the deeper issues at Real. The pressure is on for Rafa Benitez. Defeat at Sevilla prior to the international break saw Real Madrid slip three points behind Barcelona ahead …

As the 41st convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) beckons, the 2013/2014 graduates of the department of English and Literary Studies are set hold a behoving gathering geared towards rekindling fond memories of their four-year academic sojourn.  ‎ The event tagged “Before We Say good Bye” (BWSG) has …

Airtel Nigeria has embarked on a “strategic shake-up” in a move it says would reposition the business and “reinforce its competitiveness in the market place”.  The mobile network operator did not disclose the number of staff affected by the development but we are made to understand it is “negligible”. “Handsome” …

Two young female suicide bombers, including one thought to be aged just 11, killed 15 people at a busy mobile phone market in Kano, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.“A minibus carrying some women came to the Farm Centre GSM market and dropped off one girl aged about 11 and …

A female sergeant, Obotie Adesuwa, is currently in the cell of the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command, after she allegedly sold a week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to a police station. PUNCH Metro learnt that Adesuwa, who hails from Edo State, is …

Seantor Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central and wife to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed on Wednesday, November 18, raised dust in the Senate when she gracefully sat on the seat meant for deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, The Cable reports. It took the shout of …

The Federal Government has banned the importation of small generators popularly called ‘I pass my neighbour,’ used by low-income Nigerians. Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen. Sanni also said that the …

Niger state Police Command has arrested one Yusuf Suleiman,25 year-old, for allegedly raping a two and half year old girl at Dutsen Kura area Minna, the state capital. History also has it that the suspect had also raped mother of this child some years back. The suspect who was paraded …

Company secretary and legal adviser of Dangote Flour Plc, Aisha Ladi Isa has notified the Management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), of the company’s change of name to Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc. The new name is to better reflect the new ownership of the company as the change …

An explosion has been reported to have gone off in the ancient city of Kano,some minutes ago. The explosion was reported to have hit the popular Kano GSM market around farm centre. Premium Times quoted a reporter, Mohammed Ahmad as saying that, “An explosion has gone off at Kano GSM …