The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Wale Oluwo, ex-commissioner for energy and mineral resources in the state, who defected recently from the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it is examining the farmers-herders crisis in Nigeria to determine whether associated crimes fall within its jurisdiction. Fatou Bensouda, lead...
A Kano High Court has barred the state house of assembly from inviting or investigating Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, over any alleged criminal case....
Nineteen out of the twenty-seven lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly have joined Action Alliance (AA). The lawmakers denounced their memberships of the All...
A Federal High Court in Awka, the Anambra state capital has sacked Mr Emeka Ibe as chairman of the All Progressives Congress congress in the state....
Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Thursday said those above 70 years should leave the political stage for the younger ones. Both incumbent...
The clamour for a society which respects the fundamental human rights of its citizens cannot be achieved, if persons living with disabilities are still suffering violent...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has assured stakeholders in the oil and gas sector that the National Assembly will ensure that all...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has said it was looking to completing the second Niger Bridge project by 2022. This was as it revealed that a total amount...
Nigeria’s lower federal legislative chamber, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved June 12 as a day to be marked as Democracy Day in the country....
Coming behind war rattled Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2018 Global Terrorism index (GTI) has ranked Nigeria as the third country, most impacted by strife globally. Nigeria...
A search team is now on the look out for five U.S Marine officers who have been declared missing after two Marine Corps aircrafts collided in...
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President has disclaimed any association between her and an alleged impersonator, Justina Oluoha also known as Amina Villa. Ms Oluoha...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has said that the country’s Exchange Traded Products, ETPs, recorded cumulative average growth rate of 8 percent over the last four...
Embattled street hop singer Small Doctor has explained his rough deal with the Nigerian Police over his possession of illegal firearms, noting that it was simply...
The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada. Canada’s Department of Justice said Wednesday (local time) that Meng Wanzhou, 46,...
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Ogun East senator, Buruji Kashamu, remains recognised as the authentic leadership of PDP in Ogun State....
Sell pressure occassioned by the fast approaching yelutide celebrations and the 2019 general elections caused the net worth of investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE,...
By Joseph Edgar…. Let me touch the tiger’s tail. You know I have murdered sleep. I can’t sleep anymore. May be I should try the anaesthetic...
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has said that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole needs to advise on how to talk...
A primary school teacher identified as Ebenezer Adeyeye will remain in prison custody pending more findings over his alleged rape of a five-year-old pupil. The detention...
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro (SAN ), has been accused of committing N1.4 billion fraud and dragged to court. The Economic and...
A scathing resolution to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been launched by six top US...
If delegates to Thursday’s meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have their way, Nigeria and Libya would join in proposed crude oil production...
The Federal Government has made the National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory for all workers under the Contributory Pension Scheme. According to a circular from the National...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against heeding the advice of those he branded as anti-democratic elements who are putting pressure on him...
The Spokesman for the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has criticised the adoption by 45 political parties of the presidential candidate of the Peoples...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, have hailed the resignation and defection of the Commissioner for...
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has spoken against the senate confirming the appointment of an IGP. Idris said this while demanding that the senate expunge...
By Churchill Okonkwo… On the weekend that Fr. Mbaka was shamelessly trying to extort money by harassing and blackmailing Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, you, Bishop...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asked Nigerians to return the opposition pary to power. He claimed that the best years...
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has described the order to arrest a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke,...
The members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) are set to join their academic counterparts of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in...
All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has suggested that governors of Imo and Ogun, Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun, have no electoral value. He...
US President Donald Trump has poked fun at his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron when he posted tweets about recent large-scale anti-government protests over high taxes in...
After the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was presided over by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari has called for...
By Joseph Edgar… Wale Oluwo is someone I have known all of my life. He is different and bold. He sees life and its vicissitudes totally...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been adopted by about 45 other political parties that make up the Coalition of United...
Brazil-based Hoobox Robotics and Intel have both aligned to develop an artificial intelligence wheelchair that can be controlled by using facial expression. Working together in a...
Help has finally come the way of bedridden Nollywood actor Victor Olaotan after billionaire oil magnate Femi Otedola offered to foot the medical bills of the...
The prices of crude oil fell on Wednesday largely due to swelling supply glut and signs of an economic slowdown just a day before a crucial...
A commissioner under the All Progressives Congress led administration of Akinwumi Ambode in Lagos State; Olawale Wasiu has resigned his membership from the party, and the...
A federal lawmaker representing Oyi/Anyamelum Federal Constituency of Anambra State in the House of Representatives, Gabriel Onyewinfe has decamped from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)...
Plans by the Federal Government to cut wheat importation by 60 per cent by December 2025 may suffer a set back, as imports have exceeded local...
There appears to be a major crack in the political camp of Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, as political campaigns for the 2019 elections intensify...
The normally feisty political chieftains in Oyo State have been unusually quiet. However, the quietness is not what many are taking for granted as the 2019...
The Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and the Permanent Secretary, Sonny Echono, met with the leaders of the Academic Staff...
Real reasons the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, cleared the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor, Abdulfata Ahmed,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, met in Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja, THE PUNCH learnt last...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that over $800 million (N244.8 billion) had been lost to breaches in the Trans Forcados Pipeline this year....
