Co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls movement and erstwhile Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described as a national disgrace the second time refusal of the...
The revised travel ban signed into law by controversial US President Donald Trump has been put on hold by a judge in Hawaii. Following the ruling...
Former governor of Kano State, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has named current Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and outlawed Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee Chairman,...
Four consolidated bills which seek to remove the power of appointing the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from the President, passed second...
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it’s new policy of re-introduction of charges on cash withdrawals is aimed at further reducing the volume of liquidity in...
There is controversy surrounding a suit filed at the Lagos High court for which judgment was recently delivered involving the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, makers...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson and former military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, met behind closed doors in Minna, the capital of...
An attempt to kidnap a Bishop and his wife was thwarted by men of the Nigerian police who intervened foiling the plot by suspected kidnappers. Reports...
A Jordanian woman who assisted in the 2001 suicide bombing of a Jerusalem restaurant has been placed on the “Most Wanted Terrorist” list of the FBI....
The Federal Government has approved an additional N4500 monthly subsidy to all the 200,000 N-Power beneficiaries to enable them purchase an electronic tablet that will further...
A ruling by the European Union’s top law court which states that employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols is legitimised discrimination...
It is no longer news that all is not well between the Senate and the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd). The...
Transcorp Power Limited plans to generate 25 per cent of Nigeria’s total power capacity before the end of the 2018. Transcorp Power Limited, a subsidiary of...
Nigerian equities broke into a major rally on Tuesday as investors upped demand for value stocks across major sectors of the economy. With nearly two advancers...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the latest inflation rate, indicating the first slowdown in the inflationary trend in the past 15 months. The...
English Premier League champions Leicester City are through to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League after a thrilling 2-0 victory against Spanish giants Sevilla at...
Atletico Madrid’s striker Fernando Torres is set to return for his side’s UEFA Champions League last-16 second leg tie with Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. He is...
With great vexation, Ogun State House of Assembly during its plenary on Tuesday summoned the Customs boss, Hameed Ali, to appear before it to explain why...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appears not ready to give up its seeming investigation of former President Goodluck Jonathan. This is as the anti-graft...
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in a move that may not be unconnected with an unending face-off between him and his successor, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the embattled Controller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Col. Hameed Ali, have held a meeting to resolve...
The governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) National Reconciliation Committee, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments on the submission of...
Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of allegations of infidelity against its General Overseer, Apostle Johnson...
Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson has been appointed as a Senior Special Assistant by the Government of Kogi State. The curvy thespian was among 54 Senior Special...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday revealed that 86 new political associations want to be registered as political parties ahead...
Baring any last minute change in plans, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, will tomorrow (Wednesday) appear before the...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday, intercepted a sum of N49 million cash at the Kaduna Airport following...
A technology that could bring us closer to edible robots is underway as a new paper released by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police Command have arrested a ‘high profile thief’ identified as Prince Agabi Junior Okanu who specialises in...
The possibility of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resolving its present crisis continues to be slimmer by the day as fresh issues worsening the already messy...
Nigerian equities opened this week to a tight market situation with a tit-for-tat pricing trend that held the price changes to a balance. With equal number...
Hard stance Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his military to assert ownership of Benham Rise area to Beijing – but in a nice way. Duterte...
Pictures don’t tell lies! President Muhammadu Buhari made a majestic return to office on Monday. It was his first day at work after a 50-day absence...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has given the credit recorded during his stint as acting president to his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo while speaking with state...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pointing accusing fingers at German Chancellor Angela Merkel claiming she is “harboring and supporting terrorists”. Erdogan’s comments are coming just...
The draw for the English FA Cup semi-finals took place at Stamford Bridge on Monday night after the quarter-final clash between Chelsea and holders Manchester United....
Last season’s champions of the English FA Cup, Manchester United, have failed to advance to the semi-final stage of the competition. Chelsea edged past them in...
NO ACCESS ROAD, NO DRAINAGE SYSTEM, ILL-STRUCTURED OBAJANA-OYO ROAD As popular as Obajana, the town hosting the largest cement producing company in Sub-Saharan Africa is, there...
A Federal High Court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered the arrest of five officials of Governor Rochas Okorocha government over the demolition of...
ByIbraheem Dooba… Three thousand years ago, the war between two 800-pound gorillas of that time, Egyptian and Hittite empires, was threatening to destroy them all. They...
The nation’s chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has told Professor Jerry Gana to stop touring the country and speaking for...
The trial of 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, accused of receiving N360m bribe from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in connection with...
Another London-Paris Club loan refund (about N500billion) is on the way for states— with fresh hurdles for governors. The Presidency has made it mandatory for all...
How the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will survive the cankerworm which has continued to eat it up prior and after the 2015 presidential election, when it...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has described the new policy of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as being logistically callous and targeted at enriching the service’s...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 47-year-old Pastor identified as Ikemefuna Aje after he allegedly stole 5 MacBooks, one HP computer...
Troops of the Nigerian Army gunned down two suicide bombers who were about 18 years old, including a pregnant woman at Maiduguri-Damboa Road, Borno State. Reports...
Nigeria’s former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on Sunday insisted that the $1.1billion Malabu oil deal was never fraudulent as it...
Tragedy struck in the northern Haitian city of Gonaives when a bus rammed into a crowd of bystanders killing 34 people and injuring 17 others. Recounting...
Police authorities in Florida have charged a 64-year-old man with arson after he attempted to light a shop ablaze ‘to chase out Arabs’ but it turned...
