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The Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, are expected to land in Abuja on Tuesday, as part of a 9-day tour to Africa.   Upon arrival, the Prince of Wales and his wife will be welcomed by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa. During their visit to Nigeria, the Royal Highnesses will undertake a series of engagements in Abuja and Lagos.   They will meet with some of Nigeria’s dynamic youth as well as traditional leaders, the business community, the armed forces, and people from the arts, fashion and charitable sector. The visit will highlight key themes in both nations’ relationship, including the importance of Commonwealth ties, youth opportunity, business and entrepreneurship, educating of women and girls, and defence co-operation, among other issues.   This is the fourt time the Prince of Wales will be visiting the country, his previous visits were in 1990, 1999 and...

Media Mogul, Dele Momodu on Tuesday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the reason some Nigerians still have hope in President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Momodu stated this while describing Osinbajo as pillar of APC administration who has made significant achievement in the past few years. He noted that Nigerians would not have noticed the weakness of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration if Yemi Osinbajo was made to perform professionally, citing his period while as acting president. He, however, pointed out that Osinbajo has not been able to perform at his best because of “banal politics of parochialism in the country.” Momodu on his Twitter page wrote: “I love our Vice President PROFESSOR YEMI OSINBAJO for many reasons, smart, intelligent, cerebral, God-fearing, energetic, and so on… He is one of the reasons many of us placed high hopes in the BUHARI Government. “He and a few others have made significant contributions to the modest achievements of this...

The election is today! The election is today! And, yes, obviously I am super excited about it. I waited two years for today -- when we can see what the country thinks about President Donald Trump, the Republican majorities in Congress, the Democratic minority and the general state of the country. No election answers every question. And every election poses new questions we weren't even thinking about 24 hours earlier. But  national elections  are a pinch point in our long-running national experiment with democracy. They allow us to stop, look and think -- about where we were, where we're going and why, why, why people act and vote like they do. (Like I said, elections don't answer all of those questions.) Below, eight questions I hope this election answers. And because you've got a lot going on -- the election is today! -- I've added just a single sentence (or two) after each for the sake of context. 1. How hard will women turn against Trump?  In...

A judge in Brazil has reportedly ordered for football legend  Ronaldinho 's passport to be seized over unpaid debts of £1.75million. According to reports in Spain, authorities were left shocked after they found a total of just £5.24 in Ronaldinho's bank accounts. Spanish publication, Marca reported that Ronaldinho and his brother  Roberto Assis  were fined for illegal construction in a protected area, and they haven't been able to pay off the debt because of high interest despite mortgaging their property. The 38-year-old is yet to react to the court order but he is scheduled to take part in The Game of Champions friendly in  Frankfurt  on November 17. 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni disclosed that he had not stepped into the kitchen since he got married and that it was not a man’s role to cook. His statement led to him being roasted from every angle. Speaking on Sunday, Museveni, while giving an example of how politicians and civil servants should stick to prescribed roles, said cooking is a woman's job and men shouldn't cook. He said: The head of the home never goes into the kitchen. It is now 45 years with Mama Janet. I have never stepped into the kitchen. That is how it should be. As soon as his statement went viral, he was called out on social media by Ugandan citizens. Oxfam’s International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, said she was "disappointed" at the 74-year-old president. She tweeted: Cooking isn’t a woman’s job. It’s a life skill. All people — men and women — should cook. When cooking, cleaning and doing other domestic chores are left to women, they are denied an equal...

Committee submits report to Buhari Tuesday Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The organised labour union has called off the nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence on Tuesday to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension at the end of the last meeting of the tripartite committee set up to come up with the new minimum wage on Monday evening.