The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in five states with 282 deaths. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the...
The Senate on Thursday passed amendments to the Electoral Act 2010, approving the use of electronic voting in future elections. It also approved that election results...
Multimillion dollars debts to banks, gas producers and Korean Electricity Power Company (KEPCO) have constituted a major threat to operations and survival of largest power generation...
A Nigerian pilot, Ademilola Odujinrin, on Wednesday made history when he emerged the first African pilot to undertake a solo flight around the world. Odujinrin, popularly...
By Jiti Ogunye… Sadly since 1999, the National Assembly has continued to violate the principle of separation of powers embedded in the Constitution in the name...
Arsenal Boss Arsene Wenger has ruled out the possibility of selling star player Alexis Sanchez to Chelsea and claims Arsenal do not need to sell their...
Barely twenty four hours after Senators hurriedly suspended the immediate-past Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, lawmakers have deserted the chamber. Unlike Wednesday where the number of lawmakers...
Following their matchday 16 1-1 draw against Nasarawa United on Wednesday, Kano Pillars winger Amos Gyang has expressed his disappointment over the result that made them...
Last month Google filed a lawsuit against Uber alleging that the ride hailing company colluded with a former Google engineer to steal trade secrets and proprietary...
Tennis great Rafael Nadal has continued his fine start to 2017 with a comfortable victory over Jack Sock in the quarter-final of the Miami Open to...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the leadership of the Senate to without delay withdraw its summon of the chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee...
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the Senate lacks the power to summon him. He, therefore, lambasted the...
Concerned by the inability of some government officials to resume work at the appropriate time, Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade on Wednesday denied the Secretary...
Alleged Canadian stripper Miss Stephanie Otobo in a new video now making the rounds on the internet, laid a curse on Apostle Johnson Suleman claiming the...
Nigerian equities continued to show widespread buying sentiments but share price losses recorded by some highly capitalised stocks continued to undermine the overall market position. Continuing...
Not happy with government’s failure to meet its obligation to pensioners, Nigeria House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, said the lawmakers are ready to go and...
An order blocking President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban has been extended by a federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday until the state’s lawsuit is resolved....
Three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang in Epe have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command following a raid. Reports say...
For allegedly soiling his hands, one of the three deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been suspended over a plot to defraud...
Two days after one of President Donald Trump‘s son in-law’s and his most senior advisers Jared Kushner was questioned over his ties with Russia, the US...
Shareholders of Access Bank Plc have approved a total dividend payout of N18.8 billion for the 2016 business year. At the annual general meeting in Lagos,...
The Federal Government has listed its first-ever Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond (FGNSB) on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), paving way for investors in the...
The management of Nigeria Professional Football League side Rivers United have handed the team’s Technical Adviser, Stanley Eguma, a one-match suspension following his late arrival for...
Embattled Nigeria Professional Football League side Wikki Tourists grabbed a late goal to beat Enyimba 1-0 in the matchday 16 clash at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa...
Nigeria is ranked fourth, globally, in the volume of soft drinks’ sales and consumption , as recorded in 2016, according Head of Market Development, German Engineering...
Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Hameed Ali, has approved immediate redeployment of 337 Assistant Comptrollers of Customs to various Commands across the country. The redeployment according to...
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt decisive measures and terminate what he described as “reign of impunity” in...
At last Nigeria’s quest to have a Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) join the conventional commercial banks has become real. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
While President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday set up a committee to proffer solution to the current faceoff between the executive and legislative arms of government, one...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) will on Thursday head to France to attend Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD’s) Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum which holds...
Following the worsening relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government, President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to look into the causes of...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday lamented that about 60 per cent of eligible voters were unregistered between 2011 and 2015. The lawmakers accused the Independent...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has insisted it would not divulge the cost of President Muhammadu Buhari medical bills in the United Kingdom because it could endanger national...
Despite the row brewing between the Nigerian federal executive and its National Assembly, the lawmakers have given approval to the $500 million Eurobond sale for the...
A woman who tried to run over police officers on Wednesday in front of the U.S. Capitol was shot at by cops stationed at a cruiser...
Mrs. Zainab Ibrahim-Kokobili, a relationship manager with Matiama, Abuja branch of First Bank Plc, on Wednesday testified how Chief Raymond Dokpesi, got a whooping sum of...
Following their 2-1 defeat to Guinea in an international friendly on Tuesday night, Cameroon Coach Hugo Broos has threatened to resign from his duty post over...
In an effort to speed up the tech ecosystem in Africa and make it compete on a global scale, investor agencies, including SpeedUpAfrica will make the...
The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union has officially been signed into law by British Prime Minister Theresa May following June’s referendum which...
Founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has made good his promise to sue those involved in his alleged adultery saga after officially slamming...
The debt burden accumulated by the thirty six states of the federation has risen to over N3.342 trillion. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), revealed this...
Former Senate leader Ali Ndume has fallen into troubled waters with his colleagues, and has been suspended for six months. The suspension takes immediate effect and will...
Two inmates have thus far been declared dead and thirteen others injured after two days of violence bat a Mexican prison in Cadereyta. The riots were...
The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, over his alleged disparaging comments against the Red Chamber. Sagay is...
The national team Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has said he is impressed with the eagerness and competitive spirit among the invited new players at the Super...
President Muhammadu Buhari, has forwarded two ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. The two names are Steven Ikani Ocheni from Kogi State and Suleiman Hassan...
Activities lined up to celebrate the 65th birthday anniversary of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu continued today. His friends, family members and political associates...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has again fixed a new date for resumption of exploration work on one of its deepwater wells, the Bonga...
South American giants Brazil have become the first team to seal their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. Brazil secured a 3-0...
The Senate has protested against the retention of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission despite the rejection of...
