Confusion is becoming the second name of the Biafra struggle as a third group emerged on Thursday, claiming to be the secessionist group to be reckoned...
First it was not really clear, who Abu Musab al-Barnawi is when the Islamic State (IS) group, appointed him as the head of Boko Haram in...
President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016. The summit, co-organised by...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will return to former club Barcelona in the Champions League after the two sides were drawn in the same group. The...
Hope Solo has received a six-month suspension for calling the Swedish football team “a bunch of cowards”. The U.S. Women’s goalkeeper made the comments in the...
Smarting from the nomination of her yet-to-be-released movie titled “Okafor’s Law” which got a nod recently at the Toronto International Film Festival TIFF (one of the...
A Spanish court has overturned a decision to impose fines on media group Mediapro and four leading clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona for breaching rules...
Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a...
Juventus will find it hard to replace Paul Pogba in the Champions League, according to Fabio Cannavaro. Fabio Cannavaro has endorsed the capture of Gonzalo Higuain...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Okon Abang, on Thursday refused to hear the suit filed by Abdulmumin Jibrin to...
President Muhammadu Buhari played host to a number of visitors today at the State House Villa, Abuja. Among them was Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State;...
The Federal Government has been provided with a golden opportunity to end the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta, as Traditional rulers and other stakeholders from...
Nigeria’s snacks industry has attracted the interest of a private equity firm founded by Sir Bob Geldof in a boost for Africa’s biggest economy, reports FT....
The campaign official of mouthy Republican nominee, Doanld Trump, who goes by the name of John E. Jaggers has declared that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is...
Very few women look at their relationship in the way I’m about to describe. If they did, they would spare themselves days, weeks (maybe even years)...
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Thursday lashed out at the Nigerian media, saying he would not talk to them any longer due to what he described...
Lifestyle plays a major role in healing your high blood pressure. One can effectively control high blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle that you can even...
Fast food giants, Domino’s ran a test flight on the outskirts of Auckland on Thursday, successfully demonstrating a delivery system where a drone lowers the pizza...
Professor Charles Soludo, on Thursday in Kaduna State, took the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, to the cleaners detailing what the government must do...
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has ordered the detention of its athletes who just returned from the 2016 Olympics in Rio for not winning a...
Ace comedian, Ali Baba has taken a stand over the arrest and detention of Joe Chinakwe by the Ogun State Police Command, for naming his dog,...
If news making the rounds is anything to go by, then Nollywood actress Funke Akindele may have finally tied the nuptial knots with her heartthrob, JJC...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has declared that policemen have been barred by the Administration of Criminal...
STAFFERS of Bendel Feed and Floor Mill, BFFM, Ewu, in Edo State have dragged the management of the company and the Assets Management Company of Nigeria,...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s dictatorship is reaching its peak and that no one is safe with his anti-democratic stance....
In a move that may open a can of worms in the oil rich Niger Delta, the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on Wednesday, said...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has announced a N5 million reward for anybody with useful information that would lead to the arrest of a former amnesty...
The embattled factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has accused the government of Governor Kashim Shettima of creating and funding Boko...
Six months after accusing Wizkid of trying to bring him down and suggesting that Wizkid’s hit song, titled Ojuelegba, sounds the same as the track 13...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo, has signed for Kano Pillars. The deal, which makes him an ambassador of the League Management Company (LMC), will see...
Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is doubtful for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier billed for September 4, 2016 in Uyo after getting injured during...
A militant group in the volatile Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Warriors, NDW, has warned that releasing the Okah brothers, Henry and Charles, will worsen...
The chances of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu emerging next governor of Edo State received a boost on Wednesday with the defection of hundreds of Social Democratic Party...
Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach built on commanding first-leg advantages to cruise through the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday, while Russian side Rostov thrashed Ajax 4-1...
Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation are set to hand National U-23 coach Samson Siasia a query over the team’s decision to share the $390,000...
The death toll arising from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake which rocked the central Italian city of Umbria has reached 247 as rescue operatives worked throughout the...
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have turned down a request by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to hold its Ondo State governorship primary within the premises...
The suspension of nine commercial banks from participating in Nigerian foreign exchange market has resulted in investors selling off their shares in panic at reduced values...
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has pegged $42.5 benchmark for oil for the 2017 budget as it approves a two year Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF....
The Kano State House of Assembly has ordered the immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions on public buildings in Kano Metropolis and all the local government...
Governor Abdullaziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that the allegation of blasphemy against Islam and Prophet Mohammed that led to the killing of eight people...
Equities regained the uptrend on Wednesday as highly capitalised stocks broke a tight market to return the overall market position to the upside with a gain...
The Federal Government has told state governors that it is illegal for them to cut worker salaries, or reduce their work hours by sending them to...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… Mr. John Kerry, the American Secretary of State, President Barack Obama’s confidante and Mrs. Hilary Clinton’s successor in office, came to Nigeria the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has readmitted United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc into the foreign exchange (forex) market after the commercial bank hurriedly remitted...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointed of Dr. Ezekiel Oseni as the acting Managing Director of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund, NERFUND. Oseni’s appointment was...
A Fulani herdsman, Abubakar Usman, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 65-year-old mother, Khadijat, and his brother’s wife, Ramatu Shagari, aged 35. The 25-year-old suspect...