United States Olympic Committee has concluded plans to reward American Olympians with bonus payouts for podium finishes. USOC pays athletes $25,000 for a gold medal, $15,000...
Ireland’s Olympic team has been thrown into turmoil on the eve of the Rio Games after it emerged that a boxer has failed a doping test....
China has sent a policeman to the Rio Olympics to help protect its sports delegation, journalists and traveling spectators, after a Chinese hurdler said he had...
The Slovenia Olympic Committee will send a plane-full of sports fans to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics for cheering Slovenian athletes at the event live, local...
The CAF Organising Committee for Women’s Football has disqualified Equatorial Guinea from November’s Women African Cup of Nations in Cameroon after being found guilty of fraud,...
Uche Ogah who has been declared as the rightful governor of Abia State, by a Federal Court was in court on Thursday to answer for allegations...
The 11 Russian boxers qualified for the Rio Olympics have been cleared to compete in the Games by an International Olympic Committee review panel, the International...
World number one Novak Djokovic was handed a blockbuster first round Olympics match on Thursday when he was drawn to face Juan Martin del Potro who...
Stand-up comedian Basketmouth has slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for restricting hundreds of global remittance companies from operating in the country limiting customers to...
Chaotic scenes marred the arrival of the Olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday just as the opening ceremony of the event takes place later...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued a letter warning Abdulmumin Jibrin from making any further statement against Yakubu Dogara over his alleged budget padding. Lawal...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally intervened in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), promising to do more to ensure a lasting solution. He...
EME honcho Banky W has weighed in on the comments by General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye who advised...
The governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has extended an olive branch to his predecessor, and benefactor, Mr Peter Obi. He called on Obi to forgive...
The Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, who jihadist group, Islamic State (IS) said it has replaced has said that he is still charge. Shekau in an...
Former MTN Project Fame winner Iyanya went into a moment of rage when he allegedly threatened a Calabar based radio personality cum comedian known as Last...
Abiodun Agbele, aide to Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court Abuja, in the sum of N500 million for...
The new Boko Haram leader, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, has said that he is out to blow up churches and kill all Christians. Al-Barnawi, was reported as...
If you remember what it was like to be a teen, then you understand the pressure your young one is going through right now. Fitting in...
By Comrade Shedrack Fubara… The fundamental aspect of Nigeria’s national life that must be restructured is the current structure of governance of Nigeria. In looking...
Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, has said that virtually every Nigerian is corrupt in one way or the other. He said this at the national...
James Faleke has again failed to unseat Governor Yahaya Bello at the Appeal Court, having earlier failed to do so at the Kogi state Governorship Election...
But for the timely intervention of the Presidency, Nigeria U-23 Eagles would have missed out of their first match of the Rio Olympics against Japan by...
In a move seen as a slap in the face of mouthy estate mogul turned politician, Donald Trump, wealthy Republicans who are unhappy with their presidential...
A higher profit margin has compelled fuel marketers to now divert Jet A1, also known as aviation fuel, to domestic use as kerosene, so says a...
The President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza has rejected the deployment of up to 228 United Nations police officers to monitor and possibly quell fresh violence which...
By Okey Ndibe…I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve the interests of its most unconscionable criminals,...
Technology is changing the way everything works and the world is getting a lot easier to live in. for example, twenty years ago, one had to...
By Prince Charles Dickson Ph.D… So, if a turtle loses his shell, is he naked or homeless? The idea of Nigerian unity has always been more...
The expectation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) revenue filling any gap caused by drop in price of crude oil may have been dashed, as monthly...
Aisha Buhari, has rubbished the claim by Governor Ayodele Fayose that she cannot travel to the United States (US), owing to her involvement in the Halliburton...
The face-off between Abdulmumin Jibrin and Yakubu Dogara has continued to worsen by the day, the latest is Jibrin describing the Speaker as a mad man....
Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) to Yakubu Dogara, C.I.D. Maduabum, has referred to Abdulmumin Jibrin as being so stupid not to know he is alone in...
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has thrown his weight behind calls for restructuring, provided it would be done within the context of...
Fulani Herdsmen reign of terror continued in Kaduna State, as no fewer than 11 persons were killed when they attacked two villages, near Godogodo town in...
A gas plant, OB-OB, belonging the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, was on Wednesday shut down by angry youths in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egema/Ndoni Local...
Super Eagles assistant captain and Leicester City record signing, Ahmed Musa, showed the English Premier League champions what to expect in the new season after scoring...
Former U-23 Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu and striker, Emmanuel Amuneke, have tipped the current squad to repeat the 1996 feat when Nigeria lifted the trophy in...
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has slammed the Ooni of Ife, Oba, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi for saying that Jesus is his father...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, said it was his responsibility and that of traditional rulers from the Niger Delta to mediate in the face-off between militants...
Nigeria’s Olympic football squad are stuck in Atlanta because of a problem with the payment for a flight to Rio. The delay means the men’s team...
Stand-up comedian Basketmouth took a swipe at his once close friend Daddy Freeze after the radio personality posted a comment on Twitter saying; “A Rolex can’t...
A close ally of Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, has been ordered remanded at the Kuje Prison, Abuja by a Federal High...
Following the reported death of the Boko Haram terror group, the Islamic State jihadist group, ISIS has named a new leader for West African terror group....
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has said that “The restoration of the nation of Biafra is not subject to negotiation”, adding that the only other...
Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that Speaker Yakubu Dogara, is bribing some lawmakers with $25,000 each to sign a vote of confidence for him. The former chairman...
70-year-old Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega has surprisingly picked his wife to stand in as his running mate in elections scheduled to be staged in November this...
Italian police arrested a Syrian man in the northern city of Genoa on Wednesday on suspicion he was planning to travel to his home country to...
The sell-off at the Nigerian stock market worsened on Wednesday as average day-on-day decline grew from 0.04 per cent on Tuesday to 0.52 per cent on...
In its bid to fight inflation in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has gone borrowing, targeting the sum of $773.44 million through the...