Despite taking charge of only eight competitive matches, Giuseppe Iachini has paid the price for Udinese’s slow start to the season. Udinese sacked manager Iachini the...
Ahead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, notable leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said the party is heading to doom...
Rangers International on Sunday emerged champions of the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League after beating El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri 4-0 in their last match of the...
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane denied his side were facing a crisis after they drew 1-1 at home to Primera Liga minnows Eibar and racked up...
The Lagos State Government in collaboration with a Lagos-based company, Phosguard Fumigant Ltd., a Non-Governmental Organisation are launching a campaign where residents will be paid for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a 24-man Electoral Reform Committee with a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani as chairman. It would...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday hosted a cocktail event as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 56th Independent Anniversary. The event had members of the diplomatic...
Edo State Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, has said members of opposition political parties in the state should not expect him to appoint them as members of his...
Nigeria has concluded plans to raise a total of N129.67 billion in treasury bills next week, even as its foreign reserves recorded its worst slip in September 2016, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) data,released at the weekend. The apex...
Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), a Niger Delta militant group has said it would not release 24 Nigerian soldiers it claimed it captured on Friday and vowed...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said even though the Chibok girls still remain in captivity, that the Federal Government has defeated...
The Nigerian Navy said it has apprehended four crude oil thieves who illegally refine crude oil into automotive gas oil (AGO) in Niger Delta. A statement...
Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee Chairman on Information, Gboyega Aribisogan, has said there was no plan to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose by the lawmakers. This...
Soldiers fighting banditry, kidnapping and livestock rustling in the North West, have arrested several bandits in Kaduna and Katsina states. During a clearance operation, some of...
There are strong indications that the United States (US) government may launch attacks against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East, as a drone base being constructed...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome has urged the Federal Government to walk its talk on agriculture and the quest...
Residents of Assakio Development Area in Lafia, Nasarawa State were thrown into confusion on Saturday following the sudden appearance of a strange cross five feet away...
The decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to ignore the NWC in the Ondo State governorship primaries is hurting as...
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a team of astronomers reveal the first hot core to be found outside the Milky Way. A hot and dense...
Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old kindergarten student at Townville Elementary School, who was critically wounded in the shooting at an elementary school in Townville, South Carolina, died...
Another black man has been shot dead again by a white cop in Los Angeles following a car chase. According to Sgt. Barry Montgomery, cops tried...
Despite the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, a good number of Nigerians have stated that there is a need for...
Two men have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for being in possession of dismembered human body parts. The duo, Wole Oke, 38, and...
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pointed at unemployment as a major problem facing the country at the moment and cautioned that if care is not...
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday celebrated with his party’s famous critic, Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party...
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, one of the major oil producing states in Nigeria has insisted that it is not possible for his government to...
The names of those responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year Australian Foreign...
Nigeria enters her 56th year as an independent country in deep sorrow. Nigerian politicians who are largely responsible for the economic woes, recession and depression in...
By Hakeem Babaloa… Bi o san ko san olorun ma fi were dan mi wo (Whether it will be cured or not, oh Lord, I reject...
“… President Buhari, on coming into office in 2015, ignored the looming economic danger and focused single-mindedly – and, in retrospect, unwisely – on the fight...
The Confederation of African Football (caf) president will be limited to three terms in office from next year’s election in March 2017 Junior Binyam, CAF’s media...
Nigeria U-17 women team, the Flamingoes on Saturday began their campaign at the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in Jordan on a losing note after they...
According to an internal memorandum reported by Der Spiegel magazine on Saturday, Germany’s economy ministry believes a Donald Trump presidency would severely damage the U.S. economy....
Fresh crisis is about to brew in the Niger Delta region as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reportedly handed the debt recovery...
The Somali capital of Mogadishu has been hit by an explosion caused by a car filled with explosives which blew up near a restaurant killing at...
As Nigeria marked its 56th independence anniversary, Niger State Peoples Democratic Party Chairman (pdp) , Mr. Tanko Beji has bemoaned the present situation of the country....
By Femi Fani-Kayode… Nigeria is 56 years old today. Consequently it is time to speak some home-truths and look at where we are in the scheme...
Residents of Olakula area of Idiroko in Ipokia Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State witnessed a jaw-dropping spectacle on Wednesday as maggots dropped continuously from...
Oil prices fell Friday despite decision of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut production by 200,000-700,000 barrels per day (bpd). This is after...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians for their patience, steadfastness and perseverance amidst the economic woes ravaging the country since he assumed office. President Buhari who...
Nigeria is on the verge of losing Liverpool youngster Ovie Ejaria after being called up to the England Under-20s squad for the October international break. Ejaria’s...
The 1st of October is much more that flags and partying, it’s about Nigeria severing ties with the British and declaring independence. No doubt the day...
Former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has dismissed reports on the social media and websites of his death in a South African hospital. The former Atlanta...
Arsene Wenger would be a good option as England manager, the FA’s chief executive has hinted. Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn says Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger...
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard at a main military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank...
Social media giants, Facebook has added Hausa, Fula, Maltese and Corsica languages to its offering bringing the total languages available on the platform to 100. Facebook...
Ugandans are expressing anger over the killing of Alfred Olango by a US cop with many especially in the town he left more than two decades...
In a move to avoid trial, Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and 13 others, accused by Abdulmumin Jibrin of padding the 2016 budget, have asked...
As Nigeria marks 56 year of nationhood as an independent state, messages have been pouring in from within and outside its shores congratulating and encouraging the...
Nigeria is 56 years old today! The history of our journey to political freedom need not be rehashed here. It is a tale that has been...
