By Ali Smart Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday gave fresh insights on what informed the decision to provide bailouts to debtor states. Speaking in Ibadan,...
Four goals in nine first-half minutes saw Arsenal canter to victory in their opening Emirates Cup match against Lyon. After an even start, the hosts turned...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Reigning European 100m/200m champion, Dafne Schippers, on Saturday shocked race favourite, Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor with a National Record (NR) of 10.92s...
In from Enite Benjamin … Ahead of the expected appearance of the wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, before the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Police seem to have concluded their investigations into allegations that the Senate Standing Order used for the election of the Senate President, Bukalo Saraki and...
In an unprecedented move, all 36 states’ governors in the country have filled and submitted their asset declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)....
In from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria Super Falcons striker and African Woman Player of the year, Asisat Oshoala, has been ruled out of action till the...
Burundi’s main opposition leader has denounced the third consecutive term win by President Pierre Nkurunziza and has demanded fresh elections, Al Jazeera reports. Agathon Rwasa, who...
The US president, Barack Obama who is presently in Kenya on a state visit has praised Africa’s economic and business potential, the BBC reports. He told...
The crisis in the House of Representatives over the principal offices may have finally come to an end, as loyalists of Hon Femi Gbajabiamila have accepted...
As part of the drives to fish out oil thieves under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari may also look into the...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in partnership with the an expert on United Kingdom Emerging Capital Markets, are to introduce a report that will make recommendations...
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) may have put an end to the planned meeting...
Former Special Adviser to former President Jonathan on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have differed on when he should...
In from Ali Smart … The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele has said the government has succeeded in plugging loopholes that caused leakages...
Worried by the level of corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would divide the oil company into...
By Idang Alibi… One of the most moving and insightful stories of visionary, committed, dedicated, inspiring, transformational and sacrificial kind of political leadership worthy of emulation...
In from Enite Benjamin … The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has sympathiseed with the people of Arepo community in Ogun State, on Wednesday’s pipeline fire, which...
By Michael Oluwagbemi … Nigeria has been going through some sort of fiscal-monetary policy mumbo jumbo in the past few weeks if not months. In the...
Grammy-winning hip-hop singer, Chris Brown went on his knees on Friday begging to be allowed to leave the Philippines and resume his world tour. He was...
Japanese media group Nikkei has agreed to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson for $1.3 billion, putting one of the world’s premier business newspapers in...
Real Madrid on Friday demolished Manchester City 4-1 before a record crowd in the International Champions Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. World footballer...
Former director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh has been appointed into the World Bank as vice-president and treasurer. President of the organisation,...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Jose Mourinho has expressed his determination to keep Super Eagles winger, Victor Moses, with the club in the quest for glory...
In from Ali Smart … Nigeria is one step closer to achieving the goal of eradicating polio in 2017 as it has been one year since...
Ahead of Senate plans to resume next week Tuesday, Senators from both factions within the chamber are perfecting plans to deal with the other. According to...
Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he called on the president to ensure he deals...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria and Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has expressed determination to help his club overcome Spanish giant Real Madrid when both...
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc, recorded a pre-tax profit in the first half of this year as the group’s core banking operations helped to cushion...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, says it was time for workers to help the government succeed in decisively and successfully tackling the corruption menace once...
In from Ali Smart … The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to announce a new exchange rate and other fiscal policy regime at the...
Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has said there is a plot by the Boko Haram sect to bomb the residence of VIPs (Very Important Persons) in the...
The Federal Ministry of Power has taken over the management and control of the Yola Electricity Distribution Company following a declaration of force majeure by Integrated...
The presidency has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration would limit its probe of past administrations to the immediate last one of Goodluck Jonathan because it...
In from Success Allantee … Most highly capitalised stocks fell yesterday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as widespread selling sentiments continued to haunt quoted equities....
Getting married as a virgin is what one should do for herself or himself, based on personal conviction. Especially if doing it because the word of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are back in the...
Ex-militant and founding member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Chief Government Ekpemupolo, who has hitherto maintained a low profile since...
In from Nifemi Daniel Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has confirmed Nigerian-born Chuba Akpom and Alex Iwobi for the Emirates Cup this weekend. Iwobi, the nephew of...
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has temporarily put paid to plans by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to effect a...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Attorney General has received official documents from the United States government requesting the extradition of former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. The 72-year-old, currently...
3D-printed homes aren’t exactly new, but the rapid progress made in this new industry never cease to amaze. Earlier this year there was a story about...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will raise the bar in the conduct of elections in the country by using the forthcoming governorship...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has set aside about N252bn as credit to support Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) owned by women, to...
Nigeria over the years has become a net importer of food, and major importer of wheat, rice, fish and sugar, spending over N1 trillion of foreign...
In from Success Allantee Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s largest flour-milling company, would be distributing N5.51 billion as cash dividends to shareholders for the immediate...
In from Success Allantee After a two-day rally spurred by mild bargain-hunting, Nigerian equities yesterday returned to the negative side with a loss of N22 billion....
Contrary to statements credited to the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki that his office secured the release of the $15 million cash for...
In the stand-off between the two factions in the House of Representatives over the principal offices, there appears to be a disagreement within the camp of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Senators against the election of Senate President Bukola Saraki are unrelenting in their plans to remove him from office before September....
