The continued ballistic missile tests by North Korea has forced Japan to extend unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang by two years. That much information was made available...
Social media giants Facebook has launched a tool to help its users spot fake news online. The recently launched resource will spot false news and misleading...
Dateline: January 10, 2017, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo September 28, 2016 governorship election opened his case at...
Apparently not happy with the Wednesday April 5, 2017 judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which nullified the corruption charges against Justice...
By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu… Not many had expected the judicial outcome of some of the cases brought against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before courts,...
It was drama on Thursday at the Anambra State House of Assembly as Speaker, Mrs. Rita Maduagwu, surreptitiously vanished into thin air with the mace to...
Nigerian equities continued to ride on increasing demand for value stocks to sustain a second day of consecutive rally on Thursday. Considerable rallies within the large-cap...
Mr Ahmed Raji (SAN), counsel to the former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, on Thursday insisted that the Federal High Court Abuja should not...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood, has presented a 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. Mahmood,...
The House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday expressed hope that President Muhammadu Buhari will not fail in the debts owed to Nigerian pensioners. He...
Immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed hope that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will become vibrant again despite the lingering crisis rocking the party’s leadership....
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has come out in defence of Super Eagles’ Ahmed Musa who was reportedly arrested by the police in Leicester on suspicion...
The Senate, on Thursday, raised the alarm over growing tensions in the Niger Delta region, following the alleged refusal of the Federal Government, to offset five...
Wife of Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience has floored the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The court on...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up one place from 41st to 40th position in the latest Coca-Cola/FIFA world rankings released on Thursday on Fifa website. The...
The wife of Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack/hate crime inside Pulse, a gay...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Nigeria a hard knock over its policy of guiding the naira to appreciate in value through weekly pumping of...
It’s sad when things come to an end, but the amazing thing about life is that when one door closes, another one opens. When we experience...
A distraught mother of a 16-month-old girl (names withheld) raped by a 16-year-old neighbour, has revealed how doctor’s at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA, Ebonyi...
Leaders from Japan and South Korea will today discuss possible sanctions against North Korea’s recent missile activities at a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and...
A motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma will be debated by South Africa‘s parliament on April 18 according to the national assembly after he...
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof Itse Sagay, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is condoning evil and that the party has...
Apple was Thursday taken to court by Australia’s consumer watchdog for violating laws by allegedly refusing to look at or repair some iPads and iPhones previously...
Tottenham Hotspur produced a sensational late turnaround to beat a stubborn Swansea side 3-1 away in their English Premier League week 31 clash on Wednesday night....
Quoted equities broke the stalemate that marked transactions on Tuesday into a decisive rally on Wednesday as investors stepped up bargain-hunting for value stocks across the...
In spite of their poor run of results so far this season, the head coach of Rangers International, Imama Amapakabo, is confident his team will secure...
There are emerging reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained former Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu. Aliyu it was learnt is undergoing...
An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff, Christian Nwosu, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to accepting N30million as bribe from the N23billion allegedly stolen by erstwhile petroleum...
The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has called on Zamfara State Governor Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari to blame the...
Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has denied he said that the present meningitis outbreak in Nigeria was God’s punishment on the country for indulging in fornication...
Professor Pat Utomi on Wednesday accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as cause of the present economic recession in Nigeria. The present Federal Government had continued...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the alleged comment the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) chairman, Itse Sagay, made against the Senate and described...
Ekiti State’s former governor and present Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi, has initiated a N500million suit against the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Fayemi took...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council Meeting held at the State House Council Chamber in Abuja. in attendance were Vice President...
Former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has ended his contract with English third-tier club Coventry after featuring for the side only thrice. According to a statement...
Nigeria through the Debt Management Office (DMO) has concluded plans to raise a total of N135 billion ($429.25 million) through sale of naira-denominated bonds at its...
The High Court of the FCT in Maitama, Abuja on Wednesday threw out the charges against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate...
At a time he was unsure of what path to settle for in his life’s journey, the young and active Ziggy (not real name), eventually decided...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched his administration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan for the country. The brief event, which took place inside the Council Chambers...
Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday night in Abuja, endorsed a political solution, for the crisis bedeviling the party....
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has criticised comments credited to governor of Zamfara State, over the outbreak...
The second edition of the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit kicked off on Wednesday with the state governor, Nasir El’rufai reeling out reasons investors should come...
Not satisfied with the judgment ordering the unfreezing of Mike Ozekhome’s N75 million account, the EFCC has gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the...
The chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), is not taking the summons issued to him by the Senate lightly. He has...
Private companies providing cheap access to space could open up a whole new frontier in manufacturing, reports say. Impressive as it may sound, it’s just a...
The North Korean government led by defiant leader Kim Jong Un has fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. The move by Pyongyang is...
40-year-old Robert Wylie has been arrested after his 13-year-old son Nathan Wylie died of suspected heroin overdose. The boys father, Robert has been jailed in a...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that what is most paramount is for the present government to ensure that it does those things it promised to...
Equities traded on a tie on Tuesday with investors matching up advancers with decliners in a dead heat that saw the market almost closing flat. The...
Ten Senate standing committees are yet to submit their 2017 budget reports on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to the Committee on Appropriation,a development that may jeopardise...