My very good friend Charles Aigbe of UBA called me out of the blue and in a shaky voice he asks me if I had heard...
British Member of Parliament Jo Cox has died from injuries she sustained after she was stabbed and shot by an assailant. The 41-year-old mother of two...
Lafarge Africa Plc, Nigeria’s sixth largest quoted company, has raised N60 billion in two series of a bond issue, making history as the largest corporate bond...
A team of astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University has discovered a new exoplanet that orbits around two stars. What’s...
The Islamic sect, Boko Haram has floated an FM radio station, which it plans to use in furthering its terrorist acts, and its demand for an...
Just about every kid loves a lazy day on the couch with a favorite movie or show on TV. But too much time in a sedentary...
Daniel Sturridge’s injury-time goal was enough to give England victory; with four points, they are close to the second phase. With three points, Wales aren’t far...
The suit filed by Nnamdi Kwokocaha-Ahaaiwe asking the court to nullify the election of Muhammadu Buhari as President has gone to sleep as an Abuja High...
The bodies of at least 34 refugees abandoned by people smugglers and left to die of thirst have been found in the Niger desert. According to...
The battle for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got fiercer on Thursday as supporters of Senators Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff...
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was expected to return to Nigeria today after the expiration of his 10 days’ vacation in London has extended his stay by...
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have explained why they withdrew their support for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff at the aborted Port Harcourt convention after...
One of the greatest menace to the Nigerian government, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, who have continued to defile all security checks to attack oil installations in...
By Joseph Rotimi… Last week, a senior was lynched in a market in the northern city of Kano in circumstances that are yet to be clarified....
France coach Didier Deschamps was more than just relieved after his team scored two late goals to beat a stubborn Albania team 2-0 to reach the...
By Sam Kargbo… My first mental encounter with the State of Florida in America was in The Old Man and the Sea, the novel that earned...
Corinthians boss Tite was named as the new coach of Brazil on Wednesday, succeeding Dunga, who was sacked after the team’s humiliating exit from the Copa...
Argentina’s star Lionel Messi on Wednesday was respectful of Venezuela, ahead of their quarter-final clash in the Copa America Centernario. After the game against Bolivia, Messi...
An impatient tricycle rider and a passenger sitting beside him lost their lives when the driver rammed into a petrol tanker which was stationed at the...
16 hours after an alligator snatched at 2-year-old child in its jaws and dragged him underwater at the Walt Disney World beach leisure centre, divers have...
An attempt by the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to regain freedom was Wednesday scuttled by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, when it...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, Wednesday, adjourned the trial of media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and his firm, Daar Holding and Investment Limited, till October 19...
President Muhammadu Buhari, barring any last minute change of plan will return to the country today after a 10-day vacation in London. The president had traveled...
Nigerian equities halted their three-day consecutive price depreciation on Wednesday as the release of the much-awaited framework for the implementation of the flexible foreign exchange (forex)...
The volatile oil producing Niger Delta region has been in the news again, not only for its great endowment with the black gold, or it being...
The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has said the country at the moment does not know the quantity of crude oil it produces. The Executive...
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to immediately initiate a “sustainable plan” to end the militancy in the Niger Delta, adding that...
Nigeria National League side, Prime FC of Osogbo, continued their yearly cupset in the Federation Cup after defeating four-time league champion, Kano Pillars, 2-1 on Wednesday....
Nigeria women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress on Wednesday crashed out of the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics after group rivals, Korea defeated Belarus...
Top sports administrators have commended the decision of the House of Representatives on its resolutions on the leadership ‘crisis’ in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. At...
Oscar Pistorius has removed his prosthetic limbs and hobbled around the courtroom at his sentencing hearing in South Africa. The former Olympic athlete was on his...
The family of departed Nigeria coaching legend Shuaibu Amodu has announced that the eighth day fidau prayer for the former NFF Technical Director will take place...
Players of Euro 2016 minnows Iceland hit back at Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo, labelling him “not a gracious human being” after he criticised the Atlantic islanders’...
The EFCC on Wednesday arraigned Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel Dudafa and Iwejuo Joseph Nna a.k.a. Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah before Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal...
There was a drama of sorts at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja Wednesday as opposing groups, consisting mainly of youths,...
The Federal Government, Wednesday, said it has resolved to adopt more of external borrowing so as to achieve its aim of stimulating the economy and providing...
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected. “This surprising finding may be an...
By Prince Charles Dickson… Two events occurred over the last one-week, that both sobered me, and got me reflecting about Nigeria. I must confess I think...
A regional head of education has confirmed that at least 230 students of a rural school in Burundi were sent home on Tuesday for defacing the...
A fake military personnel who posed as a Squadron Leader of the Nigerian Air Force has been arrested by the police for impersonation and beating up...
The presidency has noted, that states that do not contribute to the school feeding programme would have their students in primaries four to six exempted from...
It appears the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on people with allegation of corruption, has finally caught up with Senator Ali Modu...
By Ahmed Boulor Fuji exponent Saheed Osupa is now back to school to study political science after he was spotted on the 14th of June,...
At least eight pro-government and opposition politicians are now on the wanted list of Kenyan police after a court on Tuesday ordered their arrest over alleged...
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which held at the...
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and opposition leader of the New Democratic Party, Thomas Mulcair both surprisingly shared a kiss in a stunt to denounce...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set the stage for the devaluation of the naira, as it said on Wednesday that it will allow the...
By Levi Obijiofor…The departure of President Muhammadu Buhari to London on official holiday to treat an ear infection has stirred debate in Nigeria about the appropriateness...
The Federal Government has announced the release of N280 billion for the implementation of capital projects that were captured in the 2016 budget. The money is...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again, filed an application, asking the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Danladi Umar, to disqualify himself from further...