TENNIS Muguruza Wins French Open, Denying Williams 22nd Major Title

Spain's Garbine Muguruza is to kiss the cup after defeating Serena Williams of the U.S. in their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Saturday, June 4, 2016 in Paris. Muguruza won 7-5, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Garbine Muguruza won her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open on Saturday, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy.

Spain's Garbine Muguruza returns the ball to Serena Williams of the U.S. during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Saturday, June 4, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Buhari, Jonathan In Closed-Door Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, met Thursday night to discuss the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta. A top Presidency source confirmed to Daily Trust yesterday that Jonathan arrived the president’s residence at Aso Rock at 9.00pm.

Travel Restriction On Governors Stirs Controversy

Some of Nigeria’s State Governors

The Federal Government’s silence on the alleged travel restriction placed on two state governors has sparked off debate, Fisayo Falodi writes

Boxing Legend, Muhammad Ali Dies At 74

Muhammad Ali

Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, died Friday, his family said.

Nigeria Publishes Details Of Recovered Assets, Withholds Names Of Looters

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday partially fulfilled his promise to publish specific details of funds traced to and recovered from corrupt former government officials as part of his war against endemic graft.

FG, States Spend 8% Of Budgets On Education

The federal and state governments will spend less than 9 percent of their total budgets of ₦12.2 trillion on education this year, despite their publicized commitment towards the sector.

Militants Strike Yet Again, Hit Forcados, Brass Pipelines

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the militant group which has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks on oil installations, says it has blown up a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) oil facility.

Excitement As Ogoni Oil Spill Clean-Up Begins

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with Governors Nyesom Wike and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as he inaugurated the clean-up of oil spill in Ogoni, Rivers State.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sounded a note of warning that oil theft and illegal refining will not be tolerated.

FIFA Adviser: Scala Exit Damaging For Reform At Soccer Body

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino attend launch of World Cup Volunteers Programme ahead of the 2018 football tournament, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

A former FIFA anti-corruption adviser says the departure of audit panel chairman Domenico Scala is "the worst thing" for efforts to reform the scandal-hit soccer body.

Nigeria Ranked 131st In World Humanity Index

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Nigeria has ranked 131st in a global league which measures how much countries contribute to the "common good of humanity".

Wife Draws Cartoons On Cigarettes Urging Her Husband To Quit Smoking

Image: Weibo

With the implementation of Beijing's new smoking ban in public areas just days away, people are finding creative new ways to help Chinese smokers to quit.

Jonathan Arrives Nigeria

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived his hometown, Otuoke yesterday according to a reliable source.

President Buhari Cancels Trip To Ogoniland Over "Assassination Threats"

President Muhammadu Buhari scheduled one-day trip to Ogoniland, Rivers state Senegal for the flag off of Niger Delta clean-up has been canceled. 

President Buhari Shrugs Off Threats To Arrive Rivers For Ogoni Clean-Up Flag-off

UNEP scientists inspecting a pipeline right of way around 30 metres wide cut through mangroves in Ogoniland Image credit: unep.org

Disregarding the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers, President Muhammadu Buhari will today visit Rivers State to inaugurate the clean-up of the Ogoni land ravaged by oil spill and production degradation.

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PDP BOT Sacks Sheriff, Makarfi; Takes Over Party Leadership

The PDP National Working Committee agreed the ill-fated National Convention.

The crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) assumed a new dimension Wednesday, with the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) saying it had taken over the leadership of the party pending the resolution of the leadership tussle in the fold.

World's Longest Rail Tunnel Opens Through Swiss Alps (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

A train drives past the northern gates of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel near the town of Erstfeld, Switzerland May 31, 2016. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

It took 17 years, €11 billion and nine lives to build it, but the Gotthard Base Tunnel has finally opened through the Swiss Alps.

2-IN-1 STORY: Fashola Says No Going Back On 45% Hike On Electricity Tariff; Power Sector Illegally Sold, Fashola Says

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN chairing a monthly meeting of key operators in the nation’s power industry declaring that he was optimistic that problems affecting the sector can be solved if everyone understands how his action or inaction affects the system.

The Federal Government has said that there will be no going back on the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff, adding that a reversal will cost over ₦575 billion.

FOR THE RECORD: Nigeria Has Largest Number Of Enslaved People In Sub-Saharan Africa — Report

“Modern slavery in the Sub-Sahara was enabled by economic conditions, violent conflict and territorial displacement, in addition to widespread humanitarian and environmental crises,” the report said.

Nigeria has more enslaved people than any country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Global Slavery Index 2016 (FULL REPORT & SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUMMARY), released on Tuesday, has revealed.

UK Detectives In Nigeria For Alison-Madueke’s Case

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke

*Ex-minister’s accounts frozen

As part of the ongoing probe and preparation for the arraignment of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, some investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence.

Soldiers Storm Kogi Assembly, Stop Legislators From Sitting

Soldiers from the Army Records Unit, Kogi, reportedly barricaded Kogi State House of Assembly’s gate

Armed soldiers on Tuesday stormed the Kogi State House of Assembly, where they turned back legislators from entering the parliament.

Students Protest Indefinite Shutdown Of Bayelsa Varsity

Niger Delta University Campus Main Gate

Students from the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Saturday, protested the indefinite closure of the university following the inability of the state Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson to pay backlog of workers’ salaries.

Buhari Meets Igbo Group, Visits Niger Delta Tomorrow

From right: APC Chieftain, Lady Sharon Ikeazor; Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; President Muhammadu Buhari; Leader of South-East Group for Change, Senator Ken Nnamani; Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (left) and other members of the group at the State House in Abuja yesterday.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with the South-East Group for Change behind closed-doors.

33% Of Telecoms Subscribers Reside In Four States, FCT

Bayelsa, Yobe, Ebonyi rank low on Internet usage

About 32.8 per cent of telecommunications subscribers in Nigeria currently reside in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Oyo States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Change Non-Performing Ministers, Okogie Urges Buhari

Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Okogie (left) with the Director, Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Very Rev. Msgr Gabriel Osu, at a press briefing on the state of the nation to mark Okogie’s 80th birthday celebration and 50th priestly ordination anniversary in Lagos … yesterday.

The Archbishop Emeritus of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to change some of his ministers for better performance, saying only very few of them know what they are doing.

Nine Days After, Police Re-Open PDP’s National Secretariat

PDP National Secretariat, Abuja

After nine days of infighting, the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was yesterday unsealed.

Lack Of Funds Won’t Stop Ogoni Clean-Up — FG

The Minister of Environment Amina Mohammed (left) inspects a clean-up demonstration site in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Sunday, accompanied by NDDC's Acting MD Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, (right) Image source: TheNews

As President Muhammadu Buhari flags off the cleanup of the Niger Delta on Thursday (tomorrow), beginning from Ogoniland in Rivers State, the Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the exercise will not stop until it is completed.

More Than 45 Million Trapped In Modern Slavery: Study

A new report on modern slavery found North Korea had the highest incidence of slavery (4.37 percent of the population) and the weakest government response ©Peter Parks (AFP)

More than 45 million men, women and children globally are trapped in modern slavery, far more than previously thought, with two-thirds in the Asia-Pacific, a study showed Tuesday.

Buhari: Why I Won’t Talk Much About Loot Recovery

From left: President Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the oldest photojournalist from Triumph Newspapers in the State House, Alhaji Ladan Abubakar as the President hosts State House Correspondents to a lunch at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.

President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday he would not speak much about the recovery of looted funds in order not to jeopardize or impair his administration’s recovery efforts with resultant technicalities.

FG, States Spend ₦5.3tr On Salaries, Overheads

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Nearly half of the federal and 36 state governments’ budgets of ₦12.2 trillion for the year will be spent on salaries and overheads, Daily Trust investigation has shown.

Falana, Rewane, Others React As Buhari Fails To Name Looters

Some legal practitioners and economists have expressed support for the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to unveil the names of looters and the amount of looted assets so far recovered.

2-IN-1 STORY: President Buhari’s Democracy Day Message To Nigerians FULL TEXT; Buhari Fails To Keep Promise To Release Details Of Looters, Recovered Assets

President Muhammadu Buhari

My compatriots,

It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age, instinct and experience, my preference is to look forward, to prepare for the challenges that lie ahead and rededicate the administration to the task of fixing Nigeria. But I believe we can also learn from the obstacles we have overcome and the progress we made thus far, to help strengthen the plans that we have in place to put Nigeria back on the path of progress.

Brazil Police Identify 4 Of 30-Plus Men Wanted In Gang Rape

Demonstrators protest the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 27, 2016. The assault last Saturday came to light after several men joked about the attack online, posting graphic photos and videos of the unconscious, naked teen on Twitter. The signs read in Portuguese "Always fight," center, "No to rape," center left, and "It was 33 against all (women)," bottom right, and "For the end of rape culture," center right. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence against women.