A late goal from Moussa Sow secured Senegal all three points in dramatic fashion as it saw off Ghana 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations...
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Monday called on the Federal Government to come out with a more realistic...
MINNA—Nigeria’s former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (ret), yesterday, endorsed the presidential aspiration of General Muhammadu Buhari, saying the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate was...
Nollywood actor, Muna Obiekwe is dead. The actor was said to have died of kidney failure in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos on Sunday. Until his...
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Alison-Madueke, has said the Federal Government has approved the reduction of the pump price of premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as...
Concerns were raised, last night, over the health status of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, following his planned trip...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele at the weekend dismissed the claim of JPMorgan Chase & Co that there is a...
Last week, Director General, Nigerian Stock Exchange Mr. Oscar Onyema, held a media parley on 2014 Market Recap and outlook for 2015, where small capitalised stocks...
As two different factions lay claims to the board of Ikeja Hotels Plc, the fear is that the ensued controversy may worsen the company’s image and...
The Governor of Kaduna state, Ramalan Yero, has threatened to call out his supporters to inflict damage on the opposition All Progressives Congress [APC] if his...
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have redeployed the Acting General Officer Commanding, 7th Infantry Division, Maiduguri, Maj.-Gen Mohammed Ibrahim. Until his redeployment, Ibrahim presided over the...
Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account, the equivalent of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has plunged to $2.45 billion as oil prices continue to fall. The balance in the...
FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday asked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel the former President, Chief...
The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday has said he does not trust politicians. Adeboye spoke in Obafemi Awolowo University,...
In a bid to avoid being caught up in violence that may erupt after the February 2015 general elections, politicians, many chief executive officers/ chairmen of...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday dismissed claims that he had endorsed some politicians as his presidential and governorship candidates ahead of the February elections....
ABUJA — FORMER Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais, yesterday, warned that the 2015 elections would run into troubled waters if the exercise billed for...
A member of the elite Guards Brigade caused a minor stir during the wreath laying ceremony for the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations by President Goodluck...
President Goodluck Jonathan and his military chiefs on Thursday undertook an unexpected visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The president and the military high command...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, was discovered by...
The Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Sule-led Northern Elders’ Forum, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, have endorsed the All Progressives Congress’ Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),...
Speaking at a press briefing, Mr. Malema mocked Mr. Jonathan using his first name, Goodluck. “Eh Goodlook, or Goodluck or whatever his name is or badluck...
AHEAD of the general elections in February, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed the confidence that Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), presidential candidate of...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said his administration probed the accounts of the Petroleum Trust Fund headed by the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj....
Members of the extremist Boko Haram group are presently making efforts to take over Biu, the largest town in Southern Borno state, residents have said. An...
About 500 soldiers have fled the battle front in Bama after initially overwhelming Boko Haram militants who tried to take over the city earlier today. Bama...
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu on Monday, confirmed that a total of three new Ebola cases has been recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State....
Reports emerging from Bama, in Borno State, indicate that Boko Haram militants have taken over control of the city. The state’s second-largest city was attacked earlier...
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Nairobi on Monday to participate in a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council in the Kenyan capital...
As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt it. A strange peace, a calm clarity. He stretched. Even his limbs were stronger and surer. He...
At least five persons have died of a cholera outbreak at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Biu town, southern area of Borno State, the...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said gifts distributed to the electorate during political campaigns should not be termed as bribe. He...
The Presidency on Friday insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan did not direct anybody to share money to the parents of the schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno...
Four suspected members of Boko Haram were arrested in Kano yesterday in connection with the recent multiple female suicide bombings that rocked the state capital in...
Three suspected Fulani herdsmen have been arrested by the Abia State Police Command for allegedly attempting to rob some bank customers at Ohafia. Parading the suspects...
Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, 40, who died of the deadly virus in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 25 was scheduled to return to the United States in...
An operator in the cement industry has said that Nigeria does not need to import the product because the plants in the country have enough capacity...
Tragedy hit the home of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday when his son, Hamsa, died in a road...
Commonwealth Games queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare has been rewarded with an instant bonus of $7,000 for her spectacular effort on Monday night, as she...
The Federal Government has been urged to improve access to quality malaria medicines, which is the country’s highest public health burden accounting for 25 per cent...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, is by all means an enigma. As an inscrutable man, he is fast developing a reputation as a governor, who likes...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the electorate in the North-east will use the next year’s general election to show their displeasure against the Peoples...
The Federal Government has declared Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th, July as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-fitri Sallah celebration. The Minister of Interior, Comrade...
The authorities of the University of Ibadan have expelled two students and rusticated five for various offences. 11 others were reprimanded. A report issued by the...
The former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Nyako’s whereabout does not appear to...
The World Bank Tuesday said there had been positive economic trend as well as significant progress made towards poverty eradication in the country. It said in...
After series of accusations by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the opposition political parties, particularly the All Progressives Congress (APC), are not concerned about...
President Goodluck Jonathan has commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State for attracting investments into the state, saying the Governor is an investor’s delight. The President...
The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Musa Maitafsir, said this in Sokoto when he spoke to 121 Masters’ Degrees students leaving...
Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is working toward placing corps members on a public service salary scale to stop frequent agitation...
