Feelers from the Senate plenary have revealed that only three ministerial nominees are slated for screening during plenary today. According to the Senate order paper, only...
The influx of migrants into Europe, many of them from Syria has continued to spark protest to in Europe. Every Monday evening in Dresden, thousands gather...
The nine-year reign of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party came to a sudden and stunning end on Monday night at the hands of...
In what is seen as a historic attempt, several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea Tuesday for a rare reunion with relatives they...
Double-amputee Olympian, Oscar Pistorius who had been held at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013...
By Olumide Olaoluwa … A secret meeting took place on Monday between Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some of the ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari. The...
Shocked by the outcome of its investigation into the alleged abuse of rice waivers’ policy in the country, the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Rice Waivers...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . The power play and intrigue in the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) could give way...
Military authorities on Monday in Abuja stated that troops battling the Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast part of the country are having to contend with...
In from Success Allantee . . . Nigerian equities got a major lift from Dangote Cement Plc as Nigeria’s most capitalised quoted company rallied on the...
Microfinance institutions in Nigeria on Monday said they have contributed a total of N185 billion into the country’s formal economy. President, Association of Non-Bank Microfinance Institutions...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . Barring any last minute change, the Senate will Tuesday, screen former Governor Rotimi Amaechi as a ministerial...
in from Nifemi Daniel . . . Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike, has toed the line of former captain, Vincent Enyeama, by quitting the nation’s national...
The importance of eating fruits cannot be overemphasised with a recent finding claiming that most cancer cases can be prevented by eating enough fruits. According to...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . The trio of Brown Ideye, Nosa Igiebor, John Obi Mikel lead Nigeria football stars to action as the UEFA...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . The immediate past governor of Kebbi State, Usman Dakingari has been reportedly arrested by the Economic and...
The Secretary, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Adeleke AbdulKareem, said in Ibadan on Monday that two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo State who performed...
Humanity has had to cash in on its insurance policy earlier than expected. Deep in the side of a mountain in the Arctic archipelago is the...
Tensions are building among thousands of migrants heading north through Balkan states as their route to Western Europe is stalled by new controls. Croatia had asked...
Lamar Odom will survive his near death experience but it will be a long, hard road, doctors say … and we’ve learned Khloe will be with...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . The All Progressives Congress (APC), in apparent reply to the scathing remarks by the Peoples Democratic Party...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . A former Chairman of Madagali Local Government Area, Maina Ularamu, Monday, confirmed that 12 persons were killed...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has called for corruption allegations surrounding Germany’s successful bid for the 2006 FIFA World Cup to be investigated quickly....
As Egyptians go to the polls in the first round of long-delayed elections to choose a new parliament, security has been tightened across the country with...
Five years ago, the first mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (ILCs) were introduced with the hope that they could compete with larger, more expensive digital single-lens reflex cameras...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states and other legislative elections ordered by various election tribunals across the...
By Joseph Edgar . . . This Rotimi Amaechi’s Senate screening in my mind may be his albatross. All the rules of the Senate if followed...
The plan of a suspected female suicide bomber was yesterday thwarted in Maiduguri, Borno State, when soldiers shot at her and exploded the bomb she was...
Donald Trump says he’s not blaming George W. Bush for 9/11, but he claims that if he’d been president, the attacks never would have happened. In...
At the end of it all, and after a near death experience when she was stabbed in the neck while campaigning in the city of Cologne...
A lot of questions are being raised concerning the whereabouts of N5.2billion ($25m) cash paid by an Indian firm for an oil block nine years ago....
To guard against loss of lives as a result of electrocution and down time on networks all due to use of substandard electricity equipment, the Federal...
The move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to ascertain the truth concerning allegations of fraud against former Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio has...
What can a man not do while chasing a pussy cat? I mean, the ingenuity a man can employ in trying to get in between the...
These are indeed trying times for embattled immediate-past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam. Barely one week after being quizzed for over nine hours by the...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Reactions have continued to trail the arrest of acclaimed Director of Radio Biafra and the leader of the Indigenous...
By Adekoya Boladale . . . Don’t tell me you did not miss the days when we took turn to pass insults on the maladministration of...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu has given the biggest hint yet that she may have found love again months after...
Novak Djokovic says he “always felt in control” following his victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Shanghai Masters final. The Serbian, who managed to beat British...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, has raised the alarm over the transfer of the State Commissioner of Police saying it is part of...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital). . . As the race to the Lugard House, Kogi State Government House, heats up, the political environment in the...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets began their title defence on a glorious note late Saturday night after defeating hard-fighting USA 2-0...
The World Bank has asked for more time to make a full disclosure of the detailed breakdown of disbursement of monies recovered from the late Head...
A spectacular performance from Neymar ensured Barcelona didn’t miss the injured Lionel Messi as he scored four to help the European champions come from behind to...
The right clothing can give a young man precious seconds to make his case and influence others. It is worth paying attention to your clothing...
By Frisky Larr The thesis suggested by the title of this essay will not come as a surprise to any political observer within the Nigerian experimental...
By Peter Claver Oparah . . . For those who have sentenced themselves to inconsolable wailing since Presudent Buhari and APC defeated former President Jonathan and...
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has won a second term, the country’s election commission has announced, six days after polling ended. Mr Conde, 77, won in the...
Eighty four Church of England bishops have revealed that they wrote to David Cameron last month urging him to accept at least 50,000 refugees from Syria....
Police released two composite sketches and are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects responsible for stabbing U.S. airman Spencer Stone in Sacramento, California,...
