The growing controversy sorounding the payment of compensation to media houses through the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, shows no sign of abatement, as the...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . The younger sister of Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa State has been kidnapped by yet-to-be identified gunmen who...
Thomas Lubanga and Germain Katanga are the first ICC convicts to be allowed to serve sentences in their home country. Transferred from the Netherlands, the two...
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has gone ballistic with his comments again badgering political foes. As Bush’s campaign has languished, Trump has repeatedly said that he is...
After months of pressure, petition, and appeals, the Nigerian Army has commuted the death sentence it pronounced on 66 soldiers early in the year to 10...
The police in California are currently racking their brains over the death of two kids in a case of child abuse that shook seasoned investigators. The...
Plans to bring peace to war torn Syria may well see the light of day soon following the adoption of a draft resolution calling for peace...
The unrest in troubled Burundi which began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term in office and which also saw...
There is growing tension in education sector at the moment, as the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities has called for an indefinite strike on...
The Federal Government, Friday, raised the alarm over plans by Boko Haram insurgents to carry out abduction similar to the kidnapping of Chibok school girls. This...
As the debate over the ability or otherwise of state governments to continue to pay the N18,000 minimum wage continue, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has...
Embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was Friday granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to the tune of N250 million. The...
Wild jubilation followed the announced release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in Anambra State after the decision of a Federal...
The President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou has revealed that there was recently a plot to unseat his government . Speaking with State TV, President Issoufou...
The rumoured death of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke, has been refuted by authoritative sources. The social media was agog with news of...
The ongoing investigation into the transanctions carried out under the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has claimed another casualty, as the Economic and Financial...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu can now heave a sigh of relief...
China may have found a temporary solution to the hazardous pollution levels which has seen smog in Chinese metropolis Shanghai hit its highest level since January...
Officials of Air India are currently mourning the demise of one of their engineers after he was sucked into the engine of one of its planes....
As the saying goes, uneasy is the head that wears the crown. That scenario aptly captures the present predicament facing President Jacob Zuma following mass protests...
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, Wednesday, announced the dismissal of 51 police officers for proven corrupt offences while another 56 were awarded various punishment....
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Director of the pirate radio station, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been discharged and acquited by a...
A team of monitors have revealed that Iran violated a United Nations Security Council resolution last October by test-firing a missile capable of a nuclear warhead....
Ever since his comments on the proposed ban of Muslims travelling to America over increasing terror threats, Republican front-runner Donald Trump has continued to receive hard...
In what is seen as a landmark move, Libyan television reports that the heads of Libya’s two rival parliaments have met for the first time. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday received Letters of Credence from three Ambassadors to Nigeria in Statehouse, Abuja. Those who submitted their letters were ambassadors of Ecuador, Zambia...
A South African king is set to go to jail after the country’s highest court threw out his bid to overturn a 12-year prison sentence. King...
A call has been made by Nigeria’s highest Muslim body, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to the Federal Government to set up a Judicial...
At least 43 people died in rural northern area of Argentina on Monday after a bus carrying Argentine frontier police plunged into a river, a spokeswoman...
A Korean War veteran has been laid to rest in Massachusetts 65 years after he was declared missing in action. The remains of Sgt. Robert Dakin...
At least 28 people will be tried in Burundi after being accused of taking part in an attempt to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza in May. Those...
Tension between Turkey and Russia may have reached boiling point after Turkish foreign minister declared that Ankara’s patience with Russia “has a limit” after Moscow’s “exaggerated”...
There was a mild drama on Monday outside the Federal High Court, as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) rearrested the former Director...
The founder of DAAR Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, was Monday granted bail in the sum of N400 million by the Abuja Division of the Federal...
The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), former Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . The crackdown on hardened criminals by the Nigerian Police went bloody in Port Harcourt when at least five suspected...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . Embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, alongside others on Monday pleaded not guilty to a fresh 19 count criminal...
In a surprise Sunday night announcement, South African President Jacob Zuma replaced newly appointed Finance Minister David van Rooyen with the more experienced Pravin Gordan. The...
Flood and landslide-prone communities in eastern Philippines are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 4 meters (13 feet). Officials say...
Fresh tension may begin to brew between Turkey and Russia following an incident which occurred in the Augean sea. The incident saw a Russian warship firing...
The Nigerian army and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria are blaming each other for the clash that led to the death of some members of the...
Authorities in Russia say that at least 23 people were killed in a fire outbreak at a psychiatric hospital. According to reports, the incident in the...
Saudi Arabia’s first-ever elections open to female voters and candidates has seen at least four women winning seats in municipal polls, local reports say. The female...
World leaders are celebrating the climate deal struck after the final draft of the agreement was reached at the Paris climate summit. U.S. President Barack Obama...
After three days of raising terror threat levels in Switzerland, two people carrying Syrian passports were arrested in Geneva on terror charges, the office of the...
The brewing violence in Burundi continued when 87 people were killed in attacks that broke out after three military sites were attacked, local sources say. The...
The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) seems to be presently grappling with a crisis of confidence and betrayal over what happened to money released to...
An FCT High Court sitting in Abuja presided over by Justice Kutigi, has threatened to continue trial in the absence of one Ahmed Abdu, should he...
President Muhammadu Buhari was in Kaduna State Saturday, where he attended the Opening Ceremony of the first 1st Kaduna Music Festival (KadFest). The president also attended...
Reports reaching Ripples Nigeria has it that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Saturday, escaped an assassination attempt in Zaria, Kaduna State, when...
