By Joseph Edgar… We have always been told that the Ahmadu Bello University was an excellent citadel of learning, the pride of Nothern Nigeria and the...
The Senate says it’s position on EFCC’s acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, and why it refused to confirm his appointment has been justified. Spokesman of the Senate,...
Super Eagles’ friendly with the Etalons of Burkina Faso scheduled for Monday in London has been called off after several Burkina Faso players failed to gain...
Although there has been no official statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) concerning the matters arising, but the friendly game between the Super Eagles of...
There were indications yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari will insist on Mr. Ibrahim Magu becoming the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
The president, Nigeria Ship owners Association of Nigeria (NISA), Aminu Umar has said that Nigeria was losing a huge amount of money due to the fact...
The qualification scandal that has enveloped the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has deepened. Documents...
By Femi Adesina… I learnt an enduring lesson on the day General Sani Abacha died. It was June 8, 1998, and death had laid its icy...
The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that government has within two months received about 2,351 tips from individuals bordering on embezzlement of public funds and other...
Small and medium-scale farmers in Nigeria have attracted $200 million World Bank loan facility to the country. The bank’s loan will have a low-interest rate, and...
Senate has summoned top officials of President Muhammadu Buhari administration and four private companies to appear before it to explain an alleged multi-billion Naira fraud in...
After securing a 1-1 draw against Senegal on Thursday, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is optimistic that his side will be at their best on Monday...
While dissociating itself from the failure to have Thursday’s friendly between the Super Eagles and Teranga Lions of Senegal in London streamed live, the Nigeria Football...
The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees from some states as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Saturday PUNCH can...
The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) is now in possession of the Department of State Security (DSS) report that sealed the fate of...
Outspoken Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has said that governance of the country has been reduced to a theatre of the absurd as occasioned by appointees...
The General Court Marshal (GCM) of 7 Division, Nigerian Army sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a soldier serving with Operation LAFIYA DOLE to two...
Just days after Dr Allwell Ojri jumped into the Lagos Lagoon and drowned and few hours after a woman, Mrs. Abigail Ogunyinka tried jumping but was...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), should be answerable for all...
Investigations into the identity of the London Parliament attacker, reveals that Khalid Masood (the suspect) has a Nigerian step-father who lives with his mother in the...
Egypt’s ousted President; Hosni Mubarak has regained freedom six-years after a top appeals court on March 2 acquitted him of charges that he ordered the killing...
Super Falcons of Nigeria moved up one spot to 34th position in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola women’s World Ranking released on FIFA’s official website on Friday....
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has explained that his men arrested only Yoruba suspects in the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State because...
A 39-year-old suspect identified as Mohammed R has been arrested by cops in Antwerp, Belgium after he attempted to drive his car into a crowd in...
Lagos State has secured the hosting rights for the 13th edition of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The movie awards scheduled to hold June 3,...
Eagle eyed fishermen reportedly rescued a woman who tried to take her life by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon over unpaid debt. According to Fatai Owoseni,...
Mother of controversial Stephanie Otobo, on Thursday in Sapele, Delta State, opened a fresh controversy and revealed that she has not seen her daughter in the...
The bail hearing for controversial investigative journalist and blogger Kemi Olunloyo was stalled Thursday following the absence of a magistrate, Alatuwo Fubara, of the Port Harcourt...
The Secretary of the Katsina Emirate council has issued a statement announcing the suspension of a traditional ruler in Kastina State over rape allegations leveled against...
Singapore’s Ministry of Transport has revealed that it is in talks with companies to start trials on flying taxis. These futuristic vehicles are part of a...
Following his being sent off during his side’s Europa League clash against Gent at Wembley in February,Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been banned for three European...
No less than 29 inmates escaped to their freedom from a jail in Tamaulipas, Mexico after fleeing prison through a 40-meter-long tunnel believed to have taken...
There is an apparent glut in the foreign exchange market as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday, said of $100 million it supplied to...
No less than 250 migrants have been reported drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after two partially submerged rubber dinghies which ferried them were found off the...
Some militant leaders in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region on Thursday gave new conditions for President Muhammadu Buhari to meet, in order to ensure total peace in...
The number of prominent voices and groups from South East and other parts of Nigeria calling for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People...
As part of efforts to curb the lingering problem of illegal mining in Nigeria, which the country is said to be losing $500million from, the federal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the sack of a Permanent Secretary, who has been allegedly using his office to defraud the Federal Government through the award...
About 20 construction workers escaped death on Thursday when a building believed to be owned by the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward...
The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has fingered former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwanso, for the spate of arrests of suspects in...
Nigerian equities closed almost flat on Thursday after losses by highly capitalised stocks counterbalanced widespread bargain-hunting. With 20 advancers to 14 decliners, the market showed growing...
Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho leveled scores for Nigeria with nine minutes left to play as the Super Eagles came from a goal down to hold the...
The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, hugged the limelight again Thursday for the wrong reason. This time, the Senate Ad Hoc Committee...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has described as unfortunate the call by his Rivers State counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike that a state of emergency be declared...
An end to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be near as senators Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi led factions of...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has branded Kaduna International Airport as unsafe and said that both aircraft and passengers’ lives are exposed to danger. Members stated this...
Rivers State’s Governor Nyesom Wike has called for a state of emergency in Benue State over incessant killings in the state. Wike argued that Governor Samuel...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said there is no vacancy at Wadata Plaza, the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. He therefore...
By Pius Adesanmi… A fallout of Dinogate: some ABU students and alumni have been roaming the internet with the good news of ABU’s greatness. I have...
Governor Ayodele Fayose was seen recently doing justice to IRESI INU EWE (Rice served in leaves) gotten from a roadside food seller at Moferere area of...
