Ever since Florence Otedola aka DJ Cuppy (the daughter of Nigerian billionaire business tycoon Femi Otedola) ventured onto the music scene, she has kept a low...
By Churchill Okonkwo… Political hypocrisy in Nigeria is so pervasive that it calls to mind the 1664 classic play Tartuffe which is centered on a hypocritical priest...
Professor Olufemi Bamiro, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), was shot in Ibadan on Tuesday evening by gunmen after their attempt to...
The Nigerian Army said it has finally captured the insurgent group, Boko Haram’s last stronghold in Northeast Borno State. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the...
Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has said that suicide bombers will go to hell...
The Senate, today, passed a motion, inviting President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the National Assembly on how to get the country out...
The much feared economic recession has started taking its tolls on the manufacturing sector in Nigeria with some medium sized firms already on the verge of...
In its desperation to get a willing buyer of its crude oil and gas, Nigeria has concluded arrangement to turn to China following reports that the...
There has been a trail of devastation after Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, made landfall in the Bahamas on Wednesday after...
Bethel Samuel, 28, an aide of a pastor who oversees a new generation church in the Port Harcourt area has been arrested by security operatives from...
Yahoo Inc. reportedly spied on millions of users of its popular webmail service, scanning users’ incoming emails at the behest of United States intelligence agencies. According...
Confusing reports has continued to trail what really led the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership, to reject its election panel report to cancel Ondo State primary...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected on arrival a bill proposing a fresh national conference and referendum, which will afford Nigerians the opportunity to discuss...
An attack in northeast Kenya by suspected militant group al-Shabaab has reportedly claimed the lives of at least six people. According to Kenya’s regional governor, the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national caucus has described as a ‘charade’ the Edo State governorship election held September 28, which result was announced September 29....
Igbo leaders at a meeting in Enugu on Wednesday unequivocally declared that it was real that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has an agenda to Islamise...
Senator Ken Nnamani and 24 others were on Tuesday inaugurated by the Attorney-General of the Federal (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as members of the committee on Constitution and Electoral...
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has accused western powers of frustrating efforts by the nation in addressing its power challenges. Adeosun, who spoke in...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… There are two events that are of major significance this week. The first is the birthday of a man of immense integrity and...
As concerns keep growing over the fate of 50 Nigerian students being detained in Turkey over allegations of having links with coup plotters who attempted to...
Arsenal striker, Alex Iwobi, showed Chipolopolo of Zambia what to expect at the weekend as he scored two goals as the Eagles beat Plateau United 3-0...
Players of the Super Eagles Wednesday demanded to know when their outstanding allowances and bonuses from previous Nations Cup matches would be settled. NFF President, Amaju...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, has said the Nigerian Army is already in a celebration mood over what it called its defeat...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has been given the matching order to rescue the nation’s economy in 21 days or...
An anti-corruption movement, The Integrity Group, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to beam the anti-corruption searchlight on all former first ladies in the country....
A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, has lost her bid to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and other anti-graft agencies from...
The on-going protests and violence that has engulfed the Oromiya region of Ethiopia has claimed the life of a US citizen who was killed in the...
Manchester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has predicted the fall of Chipolopolo of Zambia when they host the Super Eagles in the opening game of the 2018...
A yet-to-be identified knife man who stabbed two cops and broke the nose of a third policeman in Brussels has been shot in the leg and...
José Mourinho believes Anthony Martial may be emerging from the difficult time in his personal life that has affected the Manchester United forward’s start to the...
Arsenal defender, Per Mertesacker, says being named Arsenal captain has given him a “huge motivation” to return from injury. “I feel really confident of having a...
England interim boss Gareth Southgate is set to earn £500,000 in two months as he sets about helping the Three Lions out of troubled waters and...
English club Arsenal is reportedly ready to hand Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi a bumper new contract at the Emirates Stadium. The Nigerian signed a new...
Former governor Danjuma Goje’s alleged N25billion fraud case has been adjourned till November 22 by a Gombe Federal High Court sitting in Jos. Sitting on the...
As the world celebrates Teacher’s Day, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called on government to prioritise the payment of salaries and general welfare of teachers...
The political fortunes of the Tinubu dynasty, today at the Senate, took a hit, as lawmakers, frustrated a bill seeking to give Lagos state a special...
The Nigerian military has decared that it was in full support of effortds resolving the crisie in the Niger Delta through dialogue. It however threatened that...
Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO), said its one-week roadshow had successfully taken off in London aimed, at promoting a planned $1 billion investment loan into the...
Etisalat brand ambassador Eniola Badmus is thanking her stars after she escaped a fire outbreak which occurred in her apartment last night. The chubby actress took...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council Meeting (FEC) at the Council chambers in Abuja. The body also took time out to...
A Rivers State chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Nnamdi Abbah, has reportedly been abducted by unknown gunmen. This is coming less than 24...
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will only extend further help towards Nigeria’s recovering from its recession only if it increases taxes, reduce interest rate...
The health condition of popular comic actor Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe is said to be deteriorating following an SOS message sent out by...
Days after protests turned bloody following a stampede caused by police in the Ethiopian region of Oromia and Amhara, authorities have arrested Seyoum Teshome, a notable...
A 35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has been electrocuted at her fiance’s home on Ajoke Kazeem Street in the Idimu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt...
Hong Kong student activist, Joshua Wong, 19, who was invited to come and speak at two universities in the Thai capital of Bangkok was detained on...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has resolved to take the case of its leader Mr Nnamdi Kanu, to the Economic Community of West African States...
The wish of Mickailia “Ila” Adu, the 20-year-old daughter of Nigerian born British pop singer Sade Adu to become a man has been granted as she...
Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, has ruled out withdrawing from the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki. Saraki had through his lawyer, Kanu...
Youths said to be loyal to the APC national Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday called on Senator Bola Tinubu to stop playing god. This is...
