Despite expectations, solid minerals in Nigeria cannot easily displace oil as a dominant sector of its economy, investigation has revealed. It was projected that in five...
No fewer than 4,395 prospective couples wishing to participate in the Kano State Government’s mass wedding have so far registered for the programme. The state government...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has suspended the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters/Rural Development, Barr. Samuel Okoronkwo. Okoronkwo’s suspension is believed...
Two first-half Sergio Aguero goals has sent Manchester City on their way to a 4-1 victory at Stoke City in the Premier League as manager Pep...
By Dele Momodu… Fellow Nigerians, you must be wondering what this title is all about. Please, calm down, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of Nigeria’s iconic...
By Reno Omokri… I never believed that true life is stranger than fiction until I read the case of Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the young man who...
Sapele is a tantalizingly unexplored slice of Delta State in Nigeria. Created as a trading village by the Europeans, the city today has grown to be...
At least five bodies of drowned migrants and 534 others were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea by Italian coastguards following a number of rescue operations carried...
United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has been scheduled to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja next week. Kerry, who will also be meeting...
Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said, Speaker Yakubu Dogara, in his “foolishly” ways, can’t compel him to reveal more lawmakers and members of executive arm involved I the...
A tribunal has found 13 anti-slavery activists culpable of inciting illegal riots in Mauritania last June and has slammed each of them with a 15-year sentence....
A new technology which helps some Audi cars talk to traffic lights by counting down to a green light has been developed. The German car makers...
Three men are now in the custody of the Jigawa State Police Command for variously defiling three girls. According to reports, one of the suspects, 40-year-old...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has stepped in to alleviate the plight of late Rashidi Yekini’s aged mother, Sikirat Olobi. Saraki, who on Friday sent a...
Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio. Bolt,...
A bubbly, happy Elena Isinbayeva, a picture of her pre-Russian-doping self, announced to media on Friday that she was putting an end to a pole vault...
By Tony Ogunlowo… As the budget padding controversy rages on members of the public wonder what’s next. When it comes to pilfering public funds Nigerian politicians...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, may have more than enough to contend with, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on...
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, explained why he submitted himself to the police for investigation over allegations of...
There are indications that Federal Government may have started a probe of the N300bn allocated to the National Assembly in the 2014 and 2015 budgets. According...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed why he and three other eminent Nigerians brought President Muhammadu Buhari to help salvage the country. According to the former...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it handed a better Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari than it meant it when the party took over in...
If the current effort by Nigerians living outside the shores of the land is sustained, naira, the local currency may soon regain some lost grounds against...
The Nigeria Football Federation has rejected insinuations by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung in a television interview that the issue of...
Japanese Businessman, Dr. Katsuya Takasu, has expressed his desire to watch and reward Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles in their quest to win the football bronze medal at...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned against the use of security agencies to disrupt the coming rerun election in the state as was the case...
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, has begged Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke with State House correspondents...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday, urged the nation’s Dream Team VI in the men’s football event at the ongoing Rio Olympics Games not...
Nigerian athletes have been promised better preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Team Nigeria yet to register its name on the medals table after...
Newly appointed Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has invited Captain John Obi Mikel, Flying Eagles kid striker, Victor Osimhen, and five members of the current...
The slide of the value of naira has started impacting negatively on Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserve (FER), which has suffered a 15 per cent drop in...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469 applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for the just concluded screening at the...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Presidential Villa Abuja. The Speaker has now met President Buhari...
Suspected Niger Delta militants on Friday blew up oil facilities at Owhrode community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The attack took place 20 kilometres...
, early Friday morning won the men’s 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an...
Taxi drivers in Abuja on Friday staged a protested march against alleged intimidation and harassment by V.I.O, Road Safety and Civil Defense. The drivers in their...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has slammed a N100, 000 bail on a 28-year-old man, Bimbo Iseyin, who allegedly stole two vehicle tyres...
Jealousy is a normal emotion experienced by many people in relationships, but it’s important not to let it get out of control. Our top tips will...
Migraine can be triggered by anything from fluctuating temperature, weather changes, stress, lack of sleep and even strong odours. But there are few foods that can...
Following a failed jailbreak on Thursday, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared a state of emergency on Abakaliki Prisons. He made the declaration when...
By Reno Omokri… The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were...
American multinational online transportation network company Uber is about to cross an important milestone that no automotive or technology company has yet achieved as it prepares...
By Okey Ndibe… I wish I knew the exact words Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari when they met privately last week. My...
Former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa says he suspects foul play over the way and manner the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accused...
Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila has joined other principal officers of the House of Representatives, to describes allegation of budget padding by Abdulmumin Jibrin as baseless. This...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration failed to account for N33tn in national oil revenue alone. It also accused...
Commercial activities at the Ughelli pump station of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, were yesterday shut down by hundred of protesting workers over backlog of...
A conman identified as Chike Nnaemeka, aka Dr. Justified is now telling officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) how he duped an official...
Three days to the end of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Team Nigeria took delivery of the much awaited kits after most of the athletes had concluded...