Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the six sacked police personnel attached to him, did nothing wrong but stop a carefully planned assassination attempt on...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the British government have been accused by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of plans to surreptitiously poison and kill its leader,...
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has somewhat gotten his pound of flesh after scornfully slamming celebrities who supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton at the last presidential election....
For allegedly escorting Governor Nyesom Wike to polling units during December 10 rerun election in Rivers State, the Nigerian Police Force has sacked and arrested six...
No fewer than 33 Brazilian inmates have lost their lives following another prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil. However, few details were made available...
One of Nigeria’s old-time and celebrated dance-hall artist, Daniel Wilson is rallying Nigerians against the All Progressive Congress (APC) and by extension the President Muhammadu Buhari...
In pursuit of their quest to wrest political power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of the emerging mega political association, Action Democratic Party,...
The world’s largest solar plant has been unveiled by India with the facility in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu, having a capacity of 648 MW and covers an...
A week after Ripples Nigeria reported that the pair of Muma Gee and her husband Prince Eke may have shown the first signs that their marriage...
Asian neighbours Japan and South Korea are currently involved in a diplomatic row over a statue symbolising victims of Japanese wartime s*x slavery. The row has...
There appears to be an uneasy calm at the corporate headquarters of the country’s leading anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), since the...
The intended closure of Abuja Airport for repairs on its runways in March by the Federal Government has been described as unnecessary by Airline Operators of...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has frowned at the failure of Nigerian Police to make public the communication an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and a...
Threats by the management of a major oil firm in Nigeria, Total Oil, may have made the firm incur the wrath of its workers, leading to...
Super Eagles’ captain John Obi Mikel has confirmed his move to Chinese Super League club Tainjin TEDA in an open letter to Chelsea fans. The 29-year-old,...
Imo State pensioners on Thursday obstructed Okigwe road and the entrance to Government House Owerri, in protest of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s refusal to pay them their...
Barcelona made a horrifying start to 2017 with a 2-1 defeat on Thursday to Athletico Bilbao in the Copa del Rey. The home team secured a...
A Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT has ordered the detention of a 70-year-old man identified as Teacher Senior, of Area 11,...
On preparation for its expected return on January 14, the Ponzi scheme Mavordi Mondial Movement (MMM) promoters have issued instructions to its participants whose accounts were...
There are indications that the forex market liquidity change is far from being resolved as the Naira suffered a major blow Thursday with a bad outing...
The son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been added to the US counter-terrorism blacklist after sanctions were imposed on him by America which...
The accretion of Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves, which started about two months ago, continued in the new year, when figures released yesterday by the Central...
In a bid to stay in the good books of the European Union (EU), Nigeria has agreed to reduce import duties for about 170 items by...
Leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop giving the impression that he is still looking for...
The prime suspect of last year’s July cafe attack has been gunned down in Bangladesh by counter-terrorism police when they opened fire on two Islamist militants...
Nigeria and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, lost more than N100 billion within the five-hour trading session at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday as...
Following an incident involving the accidental gun discharge in the State House on Wednesday, the Presidency has reassured of the safety of the seat of power...
Nigeria internationals Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho were among stars of the round leather game that were recognized at the 2016 CAF Awards ceremony on Thursday...
Nigeria international and Arsenal ladies striker Asisat Oshoala was named the 2016 African Female Footballer of the Year at the Glo CAF Awards ceremony in Abuja...
Algeria international and Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez won the biggest award of the night at the CAF Awards as he was named Best Player on...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday inaugurated a new board that will oversee the Nigeria Women Football League, and charged its members to work with...
To checkmate rising cases of kidnapping, the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) has passed a bill with stiffer penalties including death sentence for offenders. The...
After weeks of criticisms by Nigerians over the grave silence President Muhammadu Buhari maintained on the killings of hundreds of southern Kaduna indigenes by suspected Fulani...
The rumble in Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) over rumoured choice of Bola Tinubu’s crony, James Faleke, as a Minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed new...
Stanbic Bank, Ghana has assured that it is working with the relevant authorities to apprehend a worker who reportedly made away with about N75 million naira...
The Nigerian Army says it has found another Chibok girl, Rakiya Abubakar and her six-months-old baby. The teenage mother and her baby were said to have...
Barring any last minute change, at least five lawmakers from Imo State who are current members of the Eight House of Representatives, may soon dump the...
Of the more than hundred countries, surveyed for possible deployment of the latest technology-driven aircraft (electric aircraft), Nigeria was not among 17 of those selected. Only...
Former Ekiti State Governor and current Minister of Solid Minerals and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi has described Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s allegation of a...
It appears there is gradual improvement and stabilisation in Nigeria electricity generation as Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday, wheeled out about 4,009 megawatts of...
What was expected to bring a long lasting peace to the Niger Delta area seems to have been lost following an announcement on Wednesday by the...
The Rainmaker’ Majek Fashek is blowing hot again in 2017; this time, the veteran musician who has been rehabilitated after having issues with drugs is accusing...
The Turkish city of Istanbul is said to be on high alert as security operatives are on the look out for the Reina night club attacker...
Four suspected kidnappers who raped a woman in front of her husband after which they threatened to kidnap his mother have been arrested by men of...
A leading Chinese tabloid Southern Metropolis Daily has developed and released a new app named Bingdu which not only allows users to read the news, but...
Sustained selloff in the shares of many leading banks and cement-manufacturing companies exerted further pressure on the tenuous market situation at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)....
A military spat between two often uneasy Asia-Pacific neighbours may have been quelled after Australia expressed regret on Thursday and promised a thorough investigation of “insulting”...
As Nigerians expect quick recovery of the country from the economic recession, it is also expected that the Federal Government would drive the recovery plan by...
It appears there is no end yet to the present administration’s perceived investigation of former President Goodluck Jonathan as security operatives on Wednesday raided a house...
The detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has now been extended by Egyptian authorities by 15 days pending investigation to the dismay of friends, colleagues...