By Reuben Abati… The road to Kaduna from Abuja was horrific. I had been told that the journey would take no more than one and a...
Two French investigating magistrates have decided that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy should stand trial for alleged illegal financing of election expenses during his 2012 campaign....
Barring any unforeseen development, Nigeria will stop importing refined petroleum products by 2019, so says the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. Speaking...
Conscious singer African China got many wondering about the attitude of some policemen after he shared a video of an overzealous cop who threatened to shoot...
The Senate, on Tuesday, came in strong defence of President Muhammadu Buhari and maintained that he has not bridged any section of the constitution by extending...
Ondo State’s Governor Olusegun Mimiko has described the recent removal of the state House of Assembly Speaker, Mrs. Jumoke Akindele as unconstitutional. While noting that the...
A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, may have landed in troubled waters as the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered temporary forfeiture of...
The Nigeria Police says it has recovered about N111.3 million from 23 officials of INEC who took part in the Rivers State rerun elections. Pictures have...
Newly signed Mavin act Iyanya Mbuk may follow in the footsteps of his label mate Tiwa Savage by penning an international record deal with Jay Z’s...
The Nigerian Police Command has received the consent of a Lagos State court to extend the detention of serial scammer, Seun Egbegbe. According to the Police...
Eagle eyed officers of the NSCDC foiled a suicide bomb attack when they intercepted two suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the troubled city of Maiduguri, the...
There’s been reactions from every corner over the threat Nigeria will have to face in their bid to qualify for the World Cup in Russia, having...
A Commissioner at the Public Compliant Commission in Benue State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav yesterday expressed disappointment with the Presidency for ‘not telling the truth’ about President...
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Tuesday sacked 10 out of his 16 commissioners and retained six. A statement issued by the Secretary to the...
There are indications that most foreign airlines in the country may suspend flight operations to the nation’s capital following government’s decision to close down the Nnamdi...
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Tuesday extended the ban imposed on five Nigerian officials by the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation...
The long drawn face off between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over deployment of foreign exchange realized from...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal, says that the sum of N9.8 billion allocated to his office in the 2017 budget...
A policeman attached to the Okitipupa Police Division in Ondo State identified as Corporal Michael Olujimi, has reportedly lost his life after he was sent to...
Human Rights Group, Amnesty International is accusing the Syrian government of pursuing a “policy of extermination” after it revealed that as many as 13,000 people were...
A mission by Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to “pull” debris out of orbit with an electromagnetic cable which will direct it towards Earth where it...
Hundreds of protesters have stormed the northern Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois to demand justice for the alleged rape and brutalisation of a victim, named as Theo....
Lagos State Governor Akinwumi Ambode has hinted of his government’s plan to remove yellow buses, better known as danfo, from Lagos roads before the end of...
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday told protesters in Lagos that they have the right to vote out the...
Nigerian equities opened on Monday to a surge in sell orders, worsening the market situation that had seen quoted equities losing N167 billion last week. At...
Fresh out of prison, former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori is making the news for more than just his release from incarceration. The former...
Between Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) and his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, there appears to be no common ground on how to best deal with an alleged case of...
Nigerians seeking a quick fix to the myriad of challenges confronting the country have been told again to wait a little longer. The Minister of Transport,...
Amidst the growing confusion surrounding the true state of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health condition, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has said the president is hale and hearty...
After the Pharaohs of Egypt threw away their lead to lose 2-1 to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final, Egypt...
A former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, on Monday denied the confessional statement he made to the Economic...
The former, Kogi State Deputy Governor, Dr. Phillips Omeiza Salawu, weekend explained his role in the employment of WASC holder as medical officer while in office....
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to permit him to settle his alleged N26million fraud case out...
Though back in Nigeria from a UK prison where he served term for money laundering, EFCC alleges that Ibori still has some 170 charges pending against...
The United Nations through its secretary-general, António Guterres has disturbingly revealed that over 201 million people will be jobless in 2017. The new UN chief, also...
The roller coaster marriage of rapper Jay Z and pop diva Beyonce is now being threatened after it was revealed that the Roc Nation CEO allegedly...
The capital city of Abuja is abuzz with hundreds of youth thronging then streets as the #OcuppyNigeria protest takes off in Abuja despite police disapproval to...
Like in 2014, Nigeria has again been beaten by South Africa and Egypt in the banking sector rating of the World Bank for 2016. The country...
A non-governmental advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the United States President, Donald Trump, requesting that he authorize the release...
Though the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given seven days to First Nation Airways, within which to pay a fine of about 33.5 million, the...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has restated its resolve to continue the struggle until the region of the South East of Nigeria is separated from...
The three members of the House of Representatives exonerated of the sexual misconduct allegations levelled against them by the US Government have picked lawyers to handle...
Not only is it the world’s most populous country, it’s now also the world’s biggest producer of solar energy. On Saturday, the National Energy Administration (NEA)...
Charles Okah, a brother to Henry Okah and leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has decried his solitary confinement at...
Luck has ran out for a one-chance gang member Ajibola Alao, 29, after he was nabbed by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the...
24 hours after the Romanian government decided to back down on a controversial plan to relax anti-graft laws, mass protests are still ongoing in and around...
Contrary to the thinking of most Nigerians that former Delta State governor, James Ibori, came into Nigeria of his own volition, it has been revealed that...
Nigeria and some other African nations may soon begin to pay more for better fuel quality as their efforts to curb the inflow of harmful, dirty...
In a thrilling Nations Cup final showdown in Gabon on Sunday, the Indomitable lions of Cameroon came from behind to beat the Pharaohs of Egypt 2-1...
The Presidency has insisted that there is nothing to worry about as far as the health condition of President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned This follows growing...