World’s second largest populated country India has successfully broken a previous record set by Russia when it launched no less than 104 satellites into orbit with...
The federal government may have quietly drawn a battle line with the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. The governor has cried out that the government...
Soulful singer Timi Dakolo has taken the liberty to provide documented proof that he followed due process to remake the song ‘Send Down The Rain’ in...
In what looked like a palace coup, governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday, sent packing from his cabinet, four commissioners over undisclosed reasons. This followed...
Imo State’s governor and the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) chairman, Rochas Okorocha, has like many other Igbo leaders, decried the marginalisation of the people of the...
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the day a tribunal under late General Sani Abacha tried him over alleged role in a coup to topple that...
The Presidency and the Senate are set to clash again over the confirmation of acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu,...
An unrepentant armed robber identified as Hussein Mohammed said when fielding questions from journalists that it was God’s doing that he became an armed robber after...
Contrary to claims that about 20 per cent of the Naira in circulation is fake, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said this is not...
Kim Jong-nam the estranged half-brother of North Korean President Kim Jong-Un has lost his life after he was reportedly poisoned following an attack by two suspected...
The order of the Federal High Court which granted Federal Government interim ownership of the disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, has been challenged by two...
Incumbent President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma is preparing grounds for the take over of the presidency by his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after announcing months ago...
For the sixth consecutive trading session, Nigerian equities closed Tuesday on a negative note over concerns on possible constrained earnings of major fast moving consumer goods...
French giants Paris Saint-Germain stunned Spanish side Barcelona with a 4-0 defeat in their UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 first leg tie on Tuesday night. Two goals...
Troubled Arik Air on Tuesday announced that it was suspending its flights to London and Johannesburg. The development is believed to be one of the immediate...
Emerging reports indicate that another airline, OAS Helicopters, may have fallen into the custody of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Signs that the airline...
Any doubts regarding President Buhari’s intention to gun for the presidency in 2019 were cleared on Tuesday by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),...
The illegal insertion of items into the appropriation bill, referred to as padding by many Nigerians, may have reared its ugly head again in 2017 budget....
The Abuja High Court, Gudu, on Tuesday dismissed an application by former Benue State governor, Jolly Nyame for a “no-case” submission. The judge presided over by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Saturday February 18 as date to conclude the remaining elections in Etche and Omuma local government areas of...
Former Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu is to lose the $9,772,00 and £74,000 recovered from him to the Federal Government. A Federal...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned for the 5th time former managing directors of Bank PHB and Spring Bank, Francis Atuche and...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ali Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday in Abuja, described the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) as one of the...
Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, on Tuesday, blamed the lack of smooth implementation of the 2016 budget on its late passage by the National Assembly....
The last has definitely not been heard of the troubled marriage of Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh and her philanthropist husband Oladunni Churchill, which is blessed with...
There is now every indication that Nigeria has accepted to divest Federal Government equity holdings and shares in most national assets as it has targeted raking...
The war of words between Timi Dakola and Majek Fashek may have turned the hunter to the hunted. A day after the veteran reggae musician Fashek...
Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, have set the ball rolling for a possible rift with the Federal Government over the fallout on how the...
Dateline, January 19, 2017: President Muhammadu Buhari left the shores of Nigeria for medical vacation in the UK. His absence left a vacuum which was filled...
The takeover of the debt-ridden Arik Airline, and Aero Contractors by Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) may not be the last of government’s intervention in...
An Ikeja High Court ruled yesterday, that 26-year-old Anuoluwapo Samuel will be put to death by hanging as punishment for taking the life of his friend...
The recent ballistic missile launch by North Korea which is seen by many as an apparent provocation has seen China blaming the action of Pyongyang led...
The autonomous flying taxi simply named “184” is ready to take to the skies this summer, ferrying paying passengers around the Emirati city of Dubai, according...
By Aliyu Tilde… I will start this long piece by a short story. It was one Saturday in August 2002 and Buhari was just few months...
Newly sworn-in President of the Gambia Adama Barrow has declared that his country will not quit the International Court of Justice (ICC) in a move which...
The coach of Nigeria Professional Football League side Lobi Stars, Godwin Uwua, has expressed disappointment following his three-week suspension by the club after his team’s 0-0...
The governor of Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima, on Monday narrated how much his state has suffered from the evil acts of the Boko Haram terror...
The Nigerian government on Monday revealed that it is in partnership with five countries to produce weapons to fight against the Islamic Boko Haram terrorist group....
A few weeks after the American Justice Department warned that President Donald Trump’s dealings and communications with Russia could leave him in a compromised position, national...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has offered suggestions as to how the opposition PDP can reclaim the power it lost to the ruling APC in 2015. The...
The Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday heard how Umar Dikko, a former Chief of Air Staff allegedly spent about a quarter of...
Players of Nigeria Professional Football League side Katsina United got N50,000 each courtesy of the club’s management following their 0-0 away draw against Lobi Stars on...
Manchester City closed the gap on leaders Chelsea as they moved up to second in the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Bournemouth at...
The Comptroller-General of Prisons (NPS), Jafaru Ahmed, on Monday said that inmates’ feeding budget of N19.8 billion proposed in the 2017 budget would not be enough...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Yakubu Mahmood, on Monday disclosed that purchased of ballot boxes for the 2019 general elections will gulp about...
Nigerian equities suffered a loss of N33 billion on Monday, continuing a losing streak that had seen investors losing N122 billion last week. The decline...
The former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, on Sunday declared at a thanks-giving service in Oghara, his homeland, that he was no thief and cannot...
The National Assembly yesterday queried the Foreign Affairs Ministry for spending N343million on the Global Communication Network (GCN), a device for linking of the country’s missions...
Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that he would not do anything differently from resisting paying his electricity bill like most...
Ex-Nigeria international Yakubu Aiyegbeni has joined English League One side Coventry City on a short term deal that culminates at the end of the season. The...
