The All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to harken to his wife’s demands and correct...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the release of more of the kidnapped Chibok girls, after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following...
Reports emerging from the Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria plans to raise $312.50 million (about N95bn) as its last auction bond market recorded about 25 per cent less yields than anticipated. The DMO in its report of the deal, made available to Ripples Nigeria, indicates that three-ranged local currency bonds were offered for the market reflecting those of: 2021, 2026 and...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has thrown more light on why it suspended 19 banks from selling dollar realised from international money transfer services to Bureau De Change in Nigeria. Proceeds from cash transfer through licensed international agencies, like Western Union, Money Gram,...
In what looks like a move to nail the former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed fresh...
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by a judge who of recent has giving several controversial judgements, Justice Okon Abang, has ruled that Jimoh...
By Reuben Abati… People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if...
By Okey Ndibe… Last week, agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) carried out a series of commando-style raids at the residences of numerous justices,...
By Taju Tijani… Talking heads, chattering lawyers and social media highways were set ablaze when it was revealed that judges were ambushed, shocked and awed by...
By Tony Ogunlowo… In less than a months’ time the Americans will be heading to the polls to elect a new President. And unless Republican contender, Donald...
Orbital ATK hasn’t flown since its Antares rocket blew up seconds after liftoff in October 2014, burning up thousands of pounds of supplies bound for the...
The National Judicial Council, NJC has accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of trying to intimidate and cow the judiciary with the raid on the...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he has his doubts over the reported release of 21 Chibok girls, saying the report may be...
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has been handed the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” The...
The Federal Government in conjunction with the German Energy Partnership Project yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, formally flagged off its independent power supply initiative to all...
Doctors are to test the just released 21 Chibok girls for any sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS, a security source told our correspondent in Abuja...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, is to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of renowned journalist, Mr. Dele Giwa, with a...
At least four persons were feared killed and three others injured yesterday after Nigerian Customs Service (NIS) officers shot sporadically while chasing rice smugglers. The incidents...
THE House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education yesterday queried the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, over pre-budgetary spending which violated the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The...
Director General of Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed to return the N10 billion seized...
The kidnapped Romanian Engineer, Mr. Nedeclu Christian and two Nigerians in his official team have regained their freedom after about 72 hours in the custody of...
No less than 20 lives were lost when a car laden with bombs exploded near a checkpoint close to the Bab al Salama- some meters away...
The police have now begun investigations into the killing of a 25-year-old commercial motorcyclist (okada rider), Saheed Omotosho and the battering and subsequent arrest of his...
Authorities in China have jailed Jin Daoming a senior Chinese official who worked in anti-corruption departments for almost 20 years, for life, over allegations of corruption...
Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr, has warned his players to forget sacking of the Desert Foxes’ Manager, Milovan Rajevac, saying it might ginger the Algerians to...
Watford boss Walter Mazzarri backed injured Nigerian striker Isaac Success to play against Middleborough on Saturday, despite the player’s claim of injury which necessitated his absence...
The selling pressure and momentum of activities intensified on Thursday at the Nigerian stock market as investors remained unexcited by emerging corporate earnings for the third...
November makes two years since Rauf Aregbesola was sworn in as the governor of Osun State for a second four-year term, yet he continues to run...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Berlin, the German capital for an official visit. On arrival he was met by Charge d’ Affair of Nigeria to Germany,...
Real Madrid’s prolific goalscorer Alfredo Di Stefano, who spearheaded the club’s five European titles in the 1950s, is to have a street named in his honour,...
The Federal Government has released the names of the 21 Chibok Girls that were released by the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The names were released...
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday inaugurated a 49 member campaign council for its candidate in the forth coming Ondo State governorship election, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN)....
Barcelona have announced Javier Mascherano will sign a two-year extension on Monday keeping him at the club until 2019. Mascherano, 32, was heavily linked with a...
Cafter meeting for two days in Abuja. They extended the meeting to a third day — today. The council is one of the federal executive bodies...
Chelsea have announced a new £60 million-a-year sponsorship deal with Nike, the “largest commercial deal in the club’s history”, after severing ties with Adidas six years...
A new twist has been added to the ongoing allegations of corrupt practices in the judiciary, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, said...
Claudio Ranieri is at a loss to explain Leicester City’s away-day blues in the Premier League as he prepares to take his champions to Chelsea. The...
Tyson Fury has vacated his WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles to deal with his “medical treatment and recovery”. The Briton, 28, has admitted taking cocaine...
A group has called on the federal government to descend heavily on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) known as shiites, as it “has started to exhibit...
Russian authorities are warning their citizens of an impending nuclear war as diplomatic ties with the US reached its lowest point since the cold war. Reports...
There was palpable tension in Enugu on Wednesday as the state began the recruitment of neighbourhood watch members in all its communities. Our correspondent learnt that...
Fiery singer-songwriter and actress of Itsekiri ethnicity, Omawumi Megbele has revealed that she doesn’t give a hoot about those complaining about her weight in a post...
Less than a month after she revealed in a post on Instagram that she cried on her first date after cutting ties with her ex-hubby Maje...
German police has revealed that 22-year-old Syrian-born Jaber Albakr, who was arrested for planning a bomb attack in Germany after explosives were found in his apartment...
Candidates applying to study in universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education in the country, may soon breath a sigh of relief, as the Senate has passed...
The Senate, today, resolved to set aside 3% of the Federal Value Added Taxes (VAT) for the development of ravaged North-eastern part of the country. Also,...
Bank workers in the country may be in for a better deal over the security of their jobs as the e Bankers Committee, Wednesday stopped retrenchment...
The release of 21 out out 218 Chibok girls in the captivity of of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has been confirmed by the Presidency....
Emerging reports indicate that 21 of the girls who were kidnapped from Chibok Secondary school in Bauchi state have been released. They have been taken to...
