Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has turned down an invitation to be part of the National Rebranding Conference of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Barring any last minutes change, the all-conquering Golden Eaglets of Nigeria may be received at the Aso Villa by...
In from Ali Smart . . . In efforts to shore up its finances, the Kwara state government has hinted of plans to obtain a N20...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . In what appeared like eating the humble pie, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has apologized to Nigerians,...
Following Tuesday’s sudden retirement of 17 federal Permanent Secretaries, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 18 new Permanent Secretaries for the federal civil service...
Gunmen burst into a clandestine cockfight in southern Mexico and sprayed the crowd with bullets, killing 12 people and wounding five others, officials said Monday. The...
Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney is eager to make an impact on World Wrestling Entertainment after making his name on the football field when he slapped...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Ahead of the 2016 Olympics qualifiers in Senegal, Nigeria U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has picked 26 home-based players...
If properly harnessed, the abundant coal reserves in the country can be used to create economic prosperity, thousands of jobs and solve the nation’s nagging energy...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, was Tuesday, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
The Nigerian Customs Service has generate a total of N747 billion as revenue in the last ten months, Comptroller General, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) has said....
A purge of the Federal Civil Service may be in the offing, as President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered the mass retirement of permanent secretaries. Reports...
20 years ago today, environmental crusader and human right activist, Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders from Ogoniland, were sentenced to death by hanging by...
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc saw unusually large turnover yesterday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as investors staked N7.75 billion on the shares of the...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Here I am trying not to get angry. The federal Government is proposing to give unemployed youths N5,000 monthly allowance...
In October last year, my friend and the then governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Maigatakarda Wamakko invited me to accompany him to Owerri, to attend...
As part of what he said was a piece of political performance art, a radical Russian artist has set fire to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . A group in the House of Representatives loyal to Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, Monday branded House Speaker,...
Burundi’s tit-for-tat killings and government clamp down on protesters in otherwise deserted capital city of Bujumbura taken over by security forces has forced France to table...
In from Ali Smart . . . One airline that held a lot of promise for the Nigerian traveling public was Virgin Nigeria Airways because it...
As protests by agitators for a Biafra state continue to spread, the Imo State governor and Chairman of Progressives Governors’ Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has called...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised an alarm of a likely increase in Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in the banking sector due to the exposure...
The Nigerian Army has set up a committee to probe the allegations partisanship of its officers and soldiers in the last general elections in some states,...
David Moyes has been sacked as manager of La Liga strugglers Real Sociedad a day short of his one-year anniversary at the Spanish club. The 52-year-old...
The Nigerian Army, Monday, announced the arrest of another suspected Boko Haram insurgent declared wanted by the military last week. This was disclosed by the Acting...