Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says his re-election in 2019 “is almost a done deal”, despite stepping on many toes. He however added that getting...
Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, says President Buhari has the ability to “squeeze water out of stone”. He said this while...
President Muhammadu Buhari has come out in opposition to the position of his party’s National Working Committee (NWC), saying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an enhanced salary structure for officers of the Nigeria Police. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said the new salary structure is aimed...
Security officials in Mexico have arrested no less than 39 asylum seekers who tried to breach its border with the United States. The arrests were also...
Relief has come the way of a UK student, Matthew Hedges as he has been granted presidential pardon by the UAE days after he was slammed...
Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has said that oil companies appear more comfortable paying fines for gas flaring than taking steps to end it. The governor,...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has been given approval by its board for its restructuring to accommodate new directorates and state branch offices across the country....
Prices of crude oil made marginal gains on Monday after losing nearly 8 percent on Friday, with Brent going back to over $60 per barrel. Front-month...
The Presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has pledged strategic support for the creative industry if elected into power. Atiku’s pledge...
The refusal of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook to honour an invitation by the UK parliament to attend a hearing into the scandal involving Cambridge...
The international oil benchmark for Brent crude, on Sunday did not only fall to its lowest this year but also lower than the proposed 2019 budget...
The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Usman Gur Mohammed, has said that the failure of Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to invest in the...
The reason Nigerian soldiers continue to suffer casualties in the battle to root out Boko Haram in the North East has been blamed on the unconventional...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend received the report of a panel of seven experts on research blueprint set up in order to enhance...
Supposed new Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Ikem Uzoezie, and other lawmakers loyal to him have dragged the state Commissioner of Police (CP),...
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, over the weekend, gave conditions under which he would support a presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls....
Southsouth is lobbying for Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. With the...
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, indications have emerged that some governors and chieftains of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are working...
THE quest for cheaper funds by corporate bodies and fear of non-performing loans by banks have triggered a boom in the market for Commercial Papers, CP,...
THE depreciation of the naira in the last two weeks may persist this week following increased demand for dollars triggered by political campaign activities across the...
By SOC Okenwa.. Last week Sunday marked the official commencement of electoral hostilities toward the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Political parties (including the ruling APC...
The World Bank, in its latest report on Nigeria’s economy, has said that fiscal deficits in the country will likely widen further in 2018. According to...
The federal government on Sunday said that it spent over N7 billion to provide security for unity schools between 2017 and 2018. This was disclosed by...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described as a national embarrassment, the increase in attacks by the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has raised the alarm that the proposed postal commission bill currently before the National Assembly will lead to...
In a bid to end the ongoing strike in public universities, the Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to stage an emergency meeting with the Academic...
In a bid to recover N43 billions owed it, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has entered into partnership with the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for...
Nigerian Air Force pounds terrorists’ location in response to deadly Metele attack A heavy blow has been reportedly dealt on terrorists after their location was pounded...
US President Donald Trump has been accused of not telling the truth in response to the murder of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to Democratic senator,...
A coalition of Christians under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), has called on Nigerians to rejected the option of choosing among “lesser of...
As the campaigns for the 2019 presidential polls heat up, the two major political parties in the contest are still at each other’s throats, giving reasons...
Temporary relief has come the way of Prime Minister Theresa May after European Union leaders approved UK’s Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday. Reports...
A report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the over N60 billion revenue shortfall in the books of power distributors is slowing down...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership position to...
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday admitted that he might forego his senatorial ticket for Kwara South Senatorial District for the incumbent Sen. Abdulrafiu...
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has launched a covert plan aimed at defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President...
Tension has started building up in Delta State due to the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to award oil infrastructure surveillance contract to...
There are fears that the recent spate of attacks on military barracks and formations in the North-east may be a precursor of much bigger assaults by...
Thirty days ahead of Christmas celebration, commercial sex workers hanging around New Romeo and Juliet, a popular open bar, club and event centre in Ejigbo, by...
A legal practitioner Lawrence Anyia has said that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, should be given the opportunity to explain why leader of the proscribed Independent People of...
Conveying the ‘dead’ (read assault rifles) in a casket, the ambulance made its way into the serene and empty streets of Ijero-Ekiti on a Monday evening....
A former governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Saturday said it was wrong for former...
A week after the fighters of the Islamic State West African Province attacked the Nigerian Army 157 Battalion’s base in Metele, Borno State, scores of dead...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, his wife and children have recovered three properties worth about N500m from the Economic and Financial...
The recent attack of Boko Haram insurgents on Nigerian soldiers have continued to generate comments by Nigerians who fear for the security of the country. Reacting...
Some Facebook documents have been seized in an unusually aggressive step by the UK parliament. A number of internal documents belonging to the social media giant...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a yet-to-be-named 14-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed her father to death at the Cable Point area...
Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, 94, is reportedly unable to walk and is said to be ill due to old age prompting a move to...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday said that Nigerians should hold President Muhammadu Buhari to his promise to ensure violence-free campaign as...
