Following startling revelations coming to light in $2.1 billion arms procurement scandal, some northern groups have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Nigeria U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has declared that his team is poised to win the Africa U-23 Championship...
Ahead of a widely-anticipated U.S. interest rate increase next week and worries over economic growth, the naira yesterday sank to N260 to a dollar at the...
In from Ali Smart . . . The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has impressed on ministries and departmental agencies (MDAs) the need to remit...
The biggest mosque in Ethiopia situated in the capital of Addis Ababa was hit by a grenade attack which left at least 10 people wounded, government...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthew The duo of governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State are no strangers to Nigerians. They are...
Nifemi Daniel The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Malagasy referee, Hamada El Moussa Nampiandraza, as the centre referee to officiate the final match between...
The Federal Government, Friday insisted that only legally verifiable debts owed power generation companies, GENCOS, would be paid. The debts, running into billions of naira, were...
Nifemi Daniel Ivory Coast captain, Yaya Toure, has emerged the 2015 BBC African Footballer of the year joining Nigerian duo of Austin Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu...
By Ahmed Boulor There is palpable fear in some quarters over the deteriorating health of Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche. According to reports, the actor, who...
A medical SkyLife 4 helicopter transferring a patient in critical condition from Porterville Airport to the San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, some 50 miles to...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, disclosed that the names of those who have returned portions of their loot to the coffers of the federal government will soon...
Violence continues to brew in Burundi’s capital of Bujumbura following recent attacks on security forces which have escalated with frequent ambushes of police convoys by rebels...
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, Friday upheld the election of the immediate former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, as the Senator representing...
The Lagos State Government yesterday revealed to the public how a cigarette stub from a yet-to-be identified smoker sparked the fallen fuel tanker which spilled it...
Platini loses appeal to lift 90-day football ban Michel Platini has failed in his bid to have his 90-day provisional ban from all football activities lifted,...
Nifemi Daniel The National Sports Commission on Thursday came to the rescue of the Nigeria Football Federation after players of the U-23 Eagles threatened to boycott...
It was a bad day for a number of federal lawmakers yesterday, all of them of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the elections that brought...
After the holidays, or weekend break, we go back to work, the kids start school and everyone is wondering how to bring back those feelings of...
By Ahmed Boulor Port Harcourt based musician and mother of two, Muma Gee is at the moment experiencing serious fears over the safety of her actor...
Authorities in Honduras say the captain of the national soccer team has been shot dead in a shopping centre parking lot in a city on the...
President Muhammadu Buhari was yesterday in Cotonou, Benin where he joiuned other countries’leaders to pay their last respects to the remains of former President Mathew Kerekou,...
Manchester United midfielder, Bastian Schweinsteiger, has been banned for three matches over an off-the-ball incident with West Ham United’s Winston Reid, the Football Association announced on...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says that former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo Iweala lied to Nigerians on how funds recovered from late military...
North Korean leader, Kim Jon Un, has certainly unsettled neighbouring countries around the Korean peninsula by claiming that it now has Hydrogen bombs in its arsenal. The announcement...
Democratic front-runner, Hilary Clinton says she no longer finds Trump to be funny. For months, Clinton brushed off Trump as a form of entertainment. But now,...
The headquarters of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington DC was promptly evacuated by police after reports that the Muslim advocacy group received “foreign substance”...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo one week to appear before it...
Ladislas Ntaganzwa, 53, one of the last suspects wanted for taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo....
The trail by government on how about $2billion meant for arms purchased to battle the Boko Haram insurgency was diverted for other purposes continues to reveal...
After two successive declines, Nigerian equities witnessed considerable bargain-hunting activities on Thursday as investors scouted for considerably undervalued banking and consumer goods stocks. Benchmark indices at...
Efforts by the counsel to Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Mike Ozekhome to secure bail for the embattled founder of DAAR Communications met a brickwall on Thursday, as...
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday, declared that anybody implicated in the mismanagement of funds meant for the purchase of arms for the military under President...
Nigeria is reported to have spent over $2 billion on 13,000 ex militants in the last five years out of the registered 30,000, even as prospective...
Nifemi Daniel Senegal’s U-23 team coach, Serigne Saliou Dia, has expressed deep disappointment and regret over defeat to Nigeria in Wednesday’s semifinal clash of the CAF...
The gale of probe sweeping through the country has hit the ivory towers as the federal government has placed 10 tertiary institutions in the country under...
The push to recapture Ramadi, situated about 120km from the capital, Baghdad, which was captured by ISIL in May witnessed another attempt by the Iraqi army...
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners has urged the federal government to immediately pay its members the 42 months pension arrears. The body made this appeal on...
The lower chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday achieved a milestone by presenting 130 bills on the floor of the House. Speaker Yakubu Dogara, while...
The lower chamber of the National Assembly has mandated the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to give the 176 candidates involved in the immigration job disaster automatic...
NifemiDaniel U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has attributed the team’s success at the African U-23 Championship to the heroic performance of his goalkeeper, Emmanuel Daniel and...
Bolaji Ojo, a 36 year-old mechanic has landed himself in court for allegedly stealing three gallons of motor engine oil said to be worth about N10,...
The political crisis in Kogi State may have started taking its toll on governance in the state, as the Speaker of state House of Assembly, Alhaji...
Yahoo shares are up in pre-market trading and it has also confirmed wide-spread rumours that it is scrapping a plan to spin off its stake in...
By Ahmed Boulor Sassy South African TV host, Bonang Matheba sure does have a thing for Nigeria- a country which she says inspires her a lot....
By Okey Ndibe I have been distressed beyond words by what has crystallized as an agitation for Biafra’s divorce from Nigeria. I am disturbed that this...
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has added his voice to Donald Trump’s controversial statement on the outright ban of Muslim’s travelling to America. Zuckerberg has urged the...
Respite has come the way of Ivory Coast’s speaker of parliament, Guillaume Soro, after a French judge dropped his warrant of arrest. The warrant was issued...
Republican candidate Donald Trump continues to receive worldwide condemnation over his comments on proposed ban of Muslim’s travelling to America. Trump’s latest critic is Hillary Clinton...
While it is true that there is no single definition or correct method of good parenting, a few parenting tips could go a long way in...
