A committee set up by the outlawed Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recommended for the expulsion of the legally recognised...
One female employee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was injured on Thursday when a letter bomb exploded in her face while trying to open it,...
The football chief of Madagascar Ahmad Ahmad has dethroned Issa Hayatou of Cameroon at the ongoing CAF elections being staged in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ahmad clinched...
Tony Ogunlowo… From the 8th of March the Nnamdi Azikwe International airport, in Abuja, Nigeria’s second busiest airport will close for approximately six weeks for repairs....
The Senate, on Thursday, walked out the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, over his refusal to be properly kitted in his service...
When the first rejection was announced, I had sent in a commentary and now I have been further vindicated. We put whoever is the Chairman of...
Some consumer advocacy groups in the country have threatened to institute a class-action suit against the Nigerian Bottling Company if it is established that an infraction...
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has suspended plans to hold a Christian Day of Mourning this Sunday. A statement by the National Secretary of CAN,...
Tennis superstar Roger Federer played superbly on Thursday to claim a third consecutive win over rival Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career to...
Supreme Mavin Dynasty (SMD) head honcho Don Jazzy has denied rumours making the rounds that he intends to sack his brother, D’Prince for non-productivity. The rumours...
A tiger statue placed in front of a military base in West Java has been destroyed by the Indonesian army after it became a laughing stock...
You can blame the economy or competing devices such as tablets, but in recent years, many consumers just haven’t noticed a big enough difference between their...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be participating in Anambra Central senatorial election, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled. This was as...
To curtail miscreant and terrorists activities in Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday pulled down buildings suspected to be dens of kidnappers, Boko Haram and...
Fear that the parent company of Guinness Nigeria, Diageo, has concluded plans to reduce its share holding in the company became clearer on Wednesday as it...
The internally generated revenue (IGR) of Lagos State has maintained its lead over what the totality of 33 other states realise, haven risen by about N33...
A Federal High Court Judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife Olubowale as well as Joe Agi (SAN), have prayed a High Court of the Federal Capital...
The US Justice Department is accusing two Russian spies of allegedly accessing millions of Yahoo user accounts through spam campaign. The two “criminal hackers” of Russia’s...
The Nigerian Army has reminded Nigerians, especially those in the north east part of the country that is “a grievous mistake and criminal offence to continue...
The Nigerian Army says it has set up a Board of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances that led six of its men to allegedly beat up...
The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has declared his unalloyed support for embattled Auchi-based cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman, founder of the Omega Power Ministry following...
Nigerian equities continued on the uptrend on Wednesday as investors sustained bargain-hunting amidst indications that several quoted companies may announce their earnings report and dividend recommendations...
English Premier League side Manchester City were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League on away goals after losing 3-1 in their round of 16 second...
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...
By Sam Ibemere… ‘Buhari don fall our hand,’ a friend belched as we sat glued to a Nigerian television network that was offering a ‘free show’...
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 Ethiopian government official has informed that gunmen from South Sudan killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 others during an attack which occurred in the Gambella’s...
The federal government has indicated it’s readiness to pay about N59.3 billion debts owed by its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs)...
No less than 2,262 children in eight Egyptian schools have been hospitalised after consuming meals provided as part of a government food program for school kids-...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting, his first since his return from his medical vacation in London. Present at...
In what will seem like a return leg to the 2017 Australian Open final, world-renowned Tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have both set up...
Five-time champion, Novak Djokovic extended his impressive winning streak at Indian Wells to record 19 matches after battling past Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in a...
The Senate has again rejected the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Magu was first rejected...
At least six persons have been killed, including four female suicide bombers in an early Wednesday suicide attack on Maiduguri, Borno State. The unfortunate event was...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has “put on hold” the controversial import duty payment on cars which has generated a lot of controversy for the service....
Embattled Controller-General (CG) of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, on Wednesday, failed to appear before the Senate to defend why he refused to suspend...
Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn has announced that he has joined the board of directors at Microsoft. The move follows Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of...
A crucial meeting between the GSM operator Etisalat and a consortium of banks, which loaned it the sum of $1.23 billion in 2013 has been fixed...
Except Ethiopian Airlines, other foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are yet to heed the Federal Government’s plea to use Kaduna Airport as alternate airport to Abuja...
Defiantly, the 23 officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who allegedly received N360million bribe from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during the December 10,...
The former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, will on Thursday be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja...
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...
