The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) on Tuesday voted to expand the World Cup from its current format of 32 teams to 48 teams. There...
If a $4.8bn (£3.95bn) deal between Verizon goes ahead, then one of the internet’s most venerable companies, Yahoo will change name of major part of its...
The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will accept whatever judgement emanates from the Appeal Court and will...
Nigerian equities braced against the loss of N215 billion last week to regain N114 billion on Monday as the stock market reopened to significant bargain-hunting across...
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo… And it came to pass that of all the ways that we can start a new year, I say, let us start...
Two herdsmen who were at a grazing ground at Eziagulu-Otu community Umuoba-Anam in Anambra East Local Government Area and later decided to go to Otuocha market...
The House of Representatives has questioned the strategy adopted by the presidency in the implementation of the N5, 000 stipend being paid to vulnerable Nigerians by...
The trial of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia continued on Monday with a detailed testimony of an official of Diamond Bank Plc, Ademola Oshodi, of how he helped...
Even though the Senate rejected Mr Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the EFCC, Nigerians have voted that President Muhammadu Buhari retain him in that position....
With two more prominent Igbo joining the race on Monday for the office of the President General of the organization, stakeholders have expressed the view that...
A 64-year-old South Korean monk died after setting himself ablaze during rallies against impeached President Park Geun-hye to protest against his country’s deal with Japan on...
A fresh round of workers’ sack is imminent in the power sector as efforts to mitigate crises in the nation’s electricity sector face difficulties. Minister of...
United States Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington and his key staff have met Acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) Chairman Ibrahim Magu on the...
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Jared Kushner, a New York businessman married to his daughter Ivanka to serve as his senior adviser in the White...
Pressure has continued to mount on President Muhammadu Buhari to forward the name of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to the...
The contentious Corporate Governance Code issued on October 17 by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria that caused the abrupt retirement of Pastor Enoch Adeboye...
Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year award for 2016 at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich...
Leicester City Manager Claudio Ranieri has been named as The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2016 at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich on Monday. The...
Rising after a one-day summit in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, ECOWAS leaders decided they will visit Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in a second attempt...
The Nigeria Police on Monday announced the arrest of all members of the 7-man gang including an ex-police officer, who abducted a former Minister of State...
Star players of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated in the FIFA and FIFPro team of the year at The Best FIFA Awards on...
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had relieved the chief executive officers of the four aviation agencies in Nigeria. No reason was given for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the Secretary, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) Mr. Jim Obazee with immediate effect. This is coming barely...
The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), has frowned at the belated statement of President Muhammadu Buhari over the killings in southern Kaduna by suspected Fulani herdsmen,...
The prayer of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, simply identified as Engr Nwosu, to have the national headquarters of the party unsealed has been refused...
Nigerian Federal High Court judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, has prayed the court to quicken hearing on allegation of fraud levelled against him and his wife, Olubowale,...
Nollywood actor Osita Iheme also known as pawpaw has come out to clear the air over a rumoured rift between him and Chinedu Ikedieze, also known...
The Senate and Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, may again be heading for a collusion course, over Auditor General of the...
By Joseph Edgar… Religion has been tribalized in today’s Nigeria, especially Christianity. This has come to the fore with the recent retirement of the General Overseer...
Snapchat celebrity Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky has unknowingly revealed that he is actually gay. The cross dresser who has on many occasions denied that...
Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz, the estranged hubby of Mavin signee and Pepsi ambassador, Tiwatope Savage took to his Instagram page earlier today to raise awareness over...
Former Chelsea ace Oscar scored on his debut for his new club Shanghai SIPG on Sunday night following his £60million transfer to the Chinese side. The...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said his side’s FA Cup third-round draw against Plymouth Argyle wasn’t as a result of his decision to select an inexperienced...
Luxury phone and gadget makers, Apple has started charging Nigerian users in naira. In changing the transnational currency to naira for Nigerians, Apple is seemingly towing...
A truck bomb attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish in Egypt has claimed the lives of no fewer than eight police...
The Sunday night attack in Borno that left scores dead has heightened tension in military circles, with the Army scrambling its resources to contain rising insurgence....
The Lagos State Annual Thanksgiving service was held on Sunday at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. Those in attendance included the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, his...
Chelsea captain John Terry has confirmed his club will be appealing his red card against Peterborough United in their FA Cup third-round clash on Sunday. Terry,...
Nigeria’s Federal High Court Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Auta, has redeployed about 11 justices of different divisions of the court. Those affected include Justices Mohammed Liman,...
What to do with Nigeria’s inefficient and under-performing petroleum refineries is still a cause for concern. On Sunday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that...
The 2017 financial year may begin on a shaky note for the ministry of finance and some government agencies and parastatals. Informed sources have revealed that...
The defiling of a 4-year-old girl by a leader of a local vigilante group in one of the communities in Ughelli (name withheld) in Delta State...
An Army captain and five soldiers were killed Saturday evening in an evening attack launched by suspected Boko Haram militants on 27 Taskforce Brigade of the...
Sunday marked 1000th day since 276 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram militants, 57 of them escaped immediately in 2014, and one was found later,...
Three days after no fewer than 33 Brazilian inmates lost their lives following a prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil, four other inmates were...
Three “violent terrorists” were shot dead in China in the latest clash with Islamist militants who the government says want to break the Xinjiang region away...
Political gladiators in the northern part of the country are warming their political machines in preparation for the 2019 election. They have, therefore, lined up some...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had recently informed Nigerians that it had suspended Heritage Capital Markets Limited indefinitely from all capital market activities. The regulator,...
There are strong indications that the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, and the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council of Nigeria,...
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has said that the money spent by the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) on the lounge when...