Two months after the government of Angola (Africa’s biggest oil producer) broke off talks with the IMF over emergency funding; President José Eduardo dos Santos has...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised a fresh alarm, drawing attention to activities of militants in the Niger Delta region of the country. It...
A good number of Nigerians have taken to social media to slam the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for his performance at a...
Ace comedian Ali Baba flew into a rage in a new post on Instagram asking pertinent questions concerning the Nigerian economy and the way Nigerian leaders...
Ahead the September 10, governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it is ready and set for the election. Professor Mohammad...
The Italian navy had a torrid time rescuing over 500 migrants who were cramped up in a dingy boat and also recovered six lifeless bodies who...
The fact that Rita Dominic is one of the most eligible spinsters in the movie industry christened Nollywood is no news; what is news is the...
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is blowing hot again calling US President Barack Obama “a son of a b****” after his supporters suggested that he...
Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria arrived in Rio, Brazil for the 2016 Paralympic Games in high spirit and promising to win medals. A total of...
The Nigerian Army has explained why the men of the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, took over the premises of a company belonging to Mr....
For the first time in 12 years, tennis star Rafael Nadal has failed to reach a quarterfinal in one of the four Grand Slams. The 30-year-old...
First Nation Airways, one of the local airlines that announced winding down operations in Nigeria, due to economic meltdown, has made a u-turn saying it will now resume operations before September 15, 2016. The airline Monday morning in a statement signed by its Corporate...
A police sergeant, identified as Doctor Ogheneovo, attached to the Effurun Roundabout park of Goddy Agofure Transport Company, has reportedly shot a commercial bus driver dead....
The House of Representatives has postponed by one week its anticipated resumption, The PUNCH learnt in Abuja on Sunday. This also implies that the expected action...
Despite government promise, Nigeria has been recording a sharp decline in revenue from the non oil sector between the first and second quarters of 2016. Reports from a nongovernmental organisation, Intelligence Watch, at the weekend said about $1.02billion revenue-loss was...
THERE is tension in Edo ahead of the September 10 governorship election, as students writing the General Certificate of Education, GCE, examinations and their parents have...
The dust raised by the death of Senator Stella Oduah’s son, Maxwell Chinedu Toritseju Etoromi, is yet to settle, as his father Chief Satchie Ayomike Etoromi, has...
Apple’s futuristic “spaceship” headquarters in Cupertino is now just a few months from completion, with the latest flyover video showing just how far the site has...
As the countdown for the Edo governorship election drops, the PDP in the state has alleged that the APC and electoral umpire, INEC have perfected plans...
The United Nations, UN, has painted a gloomy picture of Nigeria in a recently released report, saying the country is one of the poorest and most...
The lynching of a child kidnapper by an angry mob was averted at Ojuwoye Market, in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Saturday after the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari –led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, to stop whining and crying like babies, and...
The South Sudanese government led by President Salva Kiir has accepted the deployment of 4,000 more UN peacekeeping troops after first rejecting the regional protection force...
Despite commendations from different quarters, an APC governorship aspirant in the just concluded primary, Chief Olusola Oke, has faulted the exercise that produced Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu...
Not minding the on-going G-20 summit being staged in China, North Korea led by defiant leader Kim Jong-un has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has the right to seek for re-election in 2019, if he wishes. This is as he...
The Department of State Services, Sunday, said it has foiled attempts by some Boko Haram members to join the Nigerian Army. According to the secret police,...
The Federal Government has described as out of tune with reality the letter from US Congressman Tom Marino, to Secretary of State John Kerry, asking the...
The inability of Nigeria to put a total stop to gas flaring has seen the country losing an average of $692.66 million annually from flaring an average of 224. 22 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) of the product. For an economy in recession, this...
Nigerian equities brushed through midweek scare of weak macroeconomic data to record net capital gains of N107 billion in the past five-day trading week, broadly in...
Novak Djokovic looks to take another step towards a third US Open title when he faces British outsider Kyle Edmund for a place in the quarterfinals...
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho is returning to former club Barcelona to take up a role as an ambassador. Ronaldinho, who enjoyed five supremely successful seasons at the...
Serena Williams’ quest to break the record for the most ever women’s major titles, held jointly with Steffi Graf, is still on course. On Saturday, the...
An All Progressives Congress ( APC ) senator, Dino Melaye, has called President Muhammadu Buhari to stop barking and start acting. Melaye, who made the call...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the political and economic class in the country to seek for ways to solve the economic crisis in...
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) is launching investigation into the operations of Resort Savings and Loans (RSL) Plc, a Lagos-headquartered mortgage bank, over several allegations of...
Former governor of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and Governor Rochas Okorocha have engaged in war of words over house demolitions in the state arising from...
Nigeria may be compelled by the prevailing economic recession to review some capital projects, as listed in the 2016 budget. This is in preference to railways projects, estimated to cost $5.13 billion according to an investigation....
The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has warned that Nigeria may well face deadlier war than what it got from Boko Haram, if nothing is done to...
The Chairman of the Non academic Staff of University, ( NASU), Obafemi Awolowo University Chapter, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Wole Odewunmi has alleged that there are scandalous...
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Sunday said arrangements had been concluded by NAF to deploy additional personnel to the Niger...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put in place short-term measures to cushion the...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… In the northern part of Nigeria two vessels were used as vehicles for conquest by the Fulani: religion and language. Islam was imposed...
By Farooq A. Kperogi… Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sparked a raucous socio-linguistic debate in Nigeria after he disclosed in Lagos that Facebook’s platform now supports the...
By Joe Igbokwe… The word CHANGE means so many things to so many people. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, change means to make or become...
Pope Francis on Sunday declared Mother Theresa a saint for her work to humanity at a ceremony at the Vatican. He performed the ceremony to canonise...
By SOC Okenwa… The Buhari administration is challenged socially, economically and politically. Opposition is mounting and coming in different forms and from different fronts. There are...
By Reuben Abati… When our public officials fall asleep while attending a meeting, or an official function, the standard Nigerian reaction is to have a hearty laugh at...
The score card has come in and the Federal Government has performed woefully. I will spare us the boredom of reeling out the stats all over...
A member of the United States Congress, Tom Marino, has written a letter to Secretary of State, John Kerry, asking the US government to withhold security...
