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...
Embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has sued the Federal Government over the continued siege on his Asokoro residence and his forced...
In from Ali Smart . . . The crisis within Stanbic IBTC was again brought to the fore on Monday when the National Office for Technology...
Benin City, the Edo State capital stood still for several hours as thousands of residents took to the streets to protest some policies of the Governor...
A Jordanian police officer who had earlier lost his job decided to embark on a shooting spree killing three foreigners and wounding others. The police officer...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday administered the oath of office on the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral...
Lamine Diack should be provisionally suspended as an honorary member of the International Olympics Committee, the IOC’s ethics commission has recommended. Diack, the former president of...
A World Anti-Doping Agency report has recommended that the IAAF should suspend Russia from all competitions. A three-man panel, headed by WADA commission chairman Dick Pound,...
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit has likened Chelsea’s catastrophic Premier League campaign to Tiger Woods’s fall from the top of the world of golf. Gullit believes that...
A Benue State High Court, sitting in Makurdi, has dismissed a suit brought before it by the immediate past governor of the state, Mr Gabriel Suswam,...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . Skye Bank Plc has become the latest victim of the non compliance with the Treasury Single Account,...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde has been relieved of his position as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The simmering crisis in the House of Representatives came to the fore again on Monday, as Majority Leader, Femi...
In from Ali Smart . . . The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday fined the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) N18 million following the...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Distraught Benedicta Akpana who was crowned Miss Heritage Nigeria 2015 earlier this year was reportedly robbed in South Africa...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . Justice Danladi Umar, of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, was, on Monday, livid with the Federal Government team...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Gold Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has praised his players for winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile saying...
Pope Francis told followers in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that the theft of documents describing financial malfeasance inside the Holy See was a “crime” but...
Following the recent $5.4billion (N1.4 trillion) fine imposed on the company by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) the Group CEO of MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa on Monday...
A new biography of George H.W. Bush by Jon Meacham reveals that Bush became aware that Trump was interested in becoming vice president. Donald Trump says...
The lynching of a thirteen-year-old boy who was filmed tied to a stake, tortured and beaten to death in Sylhet, has sparked nationwide protests. The four...
In from Ali Smart . . . The Federal High Court in Lagos at the weekend stopped the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) from imposing...
At least eight persons are reported to have been killed on Sunday as protest against the sacking of Governor Darius Ishaku, by Elections Petitions Tribunal led...
In from Ali Smart . . . Time was when MTN Nigeria was the poster boy used by the nation’s telecoms industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Golden Eaglets captain, Kelechi Nwakali, has been voted as the Most Valuable Player of the just concluded FIFA U-17...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Nigeria Golden Eaglets emerged champions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on Sunday after securing a 2-0 win against...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Latest information emanating from England reveal that the trio of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Arsenal are jostling for...