Giwa Football club of Jos on Wednesday failed to show up for their Nigeria Professional Premier League match against Akwa United at the Ilorin Township Stadium,...
Oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, SPDC, Wednesday, said it has declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude exports following a leak on...
The secret to lasting weight loss does not come down to complicated calorie-counting and weight-loss gimmicks. Instead, it’s about working with your body’s natural hunger and...
The Federal Government has finally dumped the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, after weeks of speculations, as the product will now...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday said British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s assessment of Nigeria’s corruption status was correct. It would be recalled that a video had surfaced...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not ask for an apology from the British Prime Minister for the unpleasant remarks made against Nigeria, but would rather...
The governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday, warned gun wielding youths in the state against acts that could lead to another 1999 Odi massacre....
The Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government, TSA, has again come under attack, as the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has opposed the...
An unusual selfie stunt by a young daredevil American went awry when he fell from a 128-storey high Shanghai Tower building after taking pictures in an...
A PDP chieftain and governorship aspirant in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has been detained by the EFCC after he reported to the offices of the...
FIFA said on Tuesday that the country that will host the 2026 World Cup will be chosen in May 2020, as it resumed the selection process...
Dinamo Bucharest will honour the memory of midfielder Patrick Ekeng by sending the Romanian Cup to his family in Cameroon if they win the trophy. Cameroon’s...
West Ham departed the Boleyn Ground in style, scoring twice in the final fifteen minutes to claim a 3-2 win over Manchester United. With the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in the United Kingdom to participate at an London Anti-corruption Summit being hosted by Prime Minister, Davis Cameron. he was welcomed...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has given the Joint Senate Committee on Special Duties, Establishment and Public Service up till May 25, 2016 to complete work on...
Facts have emerged on the reason for the last week’s investigative visit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Sterling Bank, as the bank...
Apparently miffed by the insidious remarks by Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, which classified Nigeria and Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’ nations, the Presidency on Tuesday described...
A 75-year-old farmer Nurudeen Koleosho has been apprehended by the Ogun State Police for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl said to be suffering from Autism. Reports...
The Debt Management Office (DMO), which oversees Federal Government’s debt issuance programme, has estimated that Nigeria needs $25 billion, about N4.9 trillion, annually for the next...
Head of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami opposition party Motiur Rahman Nizami has been executed in Bangladesh after he was convicted of genocide, rape and massacres. Members of...
Financial services regulators have launched a concerted seize and forfeit hunt to recover a total of 2.5 billion ordinary shares which were allegedly illegally issued by...
Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday that a failure to win a third Grand Slam title was among the factors which finally caused him and coach Amelie...
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, admitted he would have liked play at the Olympic Games after he was left out of the squad in order to take...
The second round matches of the Dayak Tennis Championship holding at the National Tennis Centre, Abuja served off Wednesday with three Nigerians in action Tuesday saw...
U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has invited six overseas-based professionals led by Liverpool loanee, Taiwo Awoniyi to beef up his squad for the invitational tournament in...
Real reasons why the Buhari-led government will sustain its massive crack down on corrupt politicians are beginning to emerge. Ripples Nigeria has learnt that the hunt...
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun Olu Adegboruwa, has joined the list of people who have fallen into the snare of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday arraign a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal M D Umar Dikko before a Federal...
The resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta assumed another dimension on Tuesday, as three soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has obtained an order to detain a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode, who was spokesman for...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… There is one Oba in Nigeria that most of the people have in common, that is Omo N’Oba of Benin. Most ethnic...
By Okey Ndibe… I was disturbed by a report in last Sunday’s edition of The Punch newspaper. It read, “Buhari orders military to crush new Niger...
As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to attend British Prime Minister, David Cameron hosted anti-corruption summit in London, the latter has been caught on camera telling Queen...
The Defence Headquarters has denied granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram insurgent group, describing an online report that 800 Boko Haram members had been...
By Churchill Obinna Okonkwo… With the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, a new entity with strangers in an unfamiliar society...
By SOC Okenwa… The Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) is not one without scandals from time immemmorial. From 1999 when democracy was restored after the June 12...
By Sonala Olumhense… The following article is intended to be read as an extension of, addendum to, Femi Falana’s “How Nigeria Can Raise U.S.$200 Billion From...
By Prince Charles Dickson… We grab a dog with the hands and it escapes; thereafter we beckon it with two fingers. (If both hands cannot detain...
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican presumptive nominee, Donald Trump are both in a race described as close to call in three battleground states such...
A knife-wielding 27-year-old German attacked and killed one man and injured three others on Tuesday at the Grafing train station near Munich. German police are now...
The National Association of Resident Doctors has declared five days of warning strike beginning from Wednesday May 11 in agitation over what it calls “remuneration injustice”....
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has condemned the vexed issue of domestic violence, which has continued to rear its ugly head...
Bayern Munich have announced the double signing of Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels and reported Manchester United target Renato Sanches. Sanches, the 18-year-old Benfica and Portugal...
Following allegations of embezzlement, the Federal Government (FG) has ordered the EFCC to investigate how more than $32 million of funds from Global Fund Grants received...
The star prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Michael Wetkass, on Tuesday, confirmed that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was worth over N4 billion...
Robot-fighting stuff of manga and anime is coming to a venue near you after Oakland, Calif. startup MegaBots Inc. raised $2.4 million in seed funding. According...
Ibrahim Uwais, son of a former Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Mohammed Uwais, has been reported killed by a US airstrike on a town near...
Sporadic gunshots by unknown gunmen which killed two security details stationed at the Rivers State Judiciary has led to the immediate closure of the premises. Reports...
The number of supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be reducing by the day, especially as concerns his leadership thrust and economic direction. A one-time...
The abducted son of ex-Pakistani Prime Minister, Ali Haider has been set free from captivity in Afghanistan in a joint operation by Afghan and US forces....