Edo APC follows trend, wins council poll in landslide

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State

Recording the usual landslide victory over opposition political parties that have become the trend in local government election management in Nigeria, the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) in Edo scored 100 percent win in last weekend’s council poll in the state.

No shame in losing to Real Madrid, says embattled PSG coach Emery

Paris Saint-Germain’s Spanish headcoach Unai Emery reacts after losing the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Real Madrid on March 6, 2018, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

Beleaguered Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery insisted there was no shame in losing to Real Madrid after the expensively-assembled French side crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of the holders.

Review Nigeria’s tax laws, Oshiomhole tells FG

Atiku Abubakar

Over the weekend, I joined my children to watch the much talked about ‘Black Panther’. It was a good film, and I was happy they took me to see it. However, I came out of the movie theatre a little upset. Nigeria was the single stabilizing f
When the first scenes came up, and I saw ‘Sambisa Forest’ I was unhappy that the only reference the filmmakers could have for Nigeria was a negative one, but I was later encouraged by the thought of Africans solving African problems.

War-scarred Sierra Leone picks president

A women cast her ballot as part of the general elections, on March 7 at a polling station in Freetown. More than 3.1 million voters are registered for the polls across the small West African nation. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO

Sierra Leoneans voted in a general election on Wednesday to pick a new president in the impoverished West African country scarred by the Ebola crisis and the legacy of a brutal civil war.