In what appears a brazen mockery of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption to date, a former governor accused of absconding amidst his ongoing fraud trial...
The wrangling in the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) took a dramatic turn yesterday as the chairman of the region, Alhaji Umar Mafindi,...
A fresh plot to remove the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, is alleged to be in the making....
There are indications that there is serious security lapse at the nation’s apex legislative institution, the National Assembly, leading to a worrisome increase of cases of...
Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday described as selfish scheming by some notable Yoruba leaders for the South-West presidency. Some Yoruba leaders, including Vice-President Yemi...
There are strong indications that names of some dead persons may be retained on the current voter register of the Independent National Electoral Commission as the...
The 1999 Nigerian Constitution does not have provisions for extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police; checks by Saturday PUNCH have shown. The third...
American space agency NASA has discovered two more exoplanets with its planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Reports say the exoplanets are one of the densest...
Tragedy struck along the Odukpani LGA axis of Ikom-calabar Highway near the Federal Housing estate, Calabar, Cross River State, when a tanker loaded with Petroleum product...
Hours after the runner-up in the just concluded presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo vowed to challenge the outcome of the poll in court,...
A tragic scene played out in the Canadian capital of Ottawa when a moving bus crashed into a bus shelter claiming the lives of three victims...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, intervened in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales by injecting the sum of $263 million, the first in...
A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Friday shared with traditional rulers from South West States the ‘bad’ thing the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has attacked the Director General (DG) of the PDP Presidential Campaign, Senator Bukola Saraki, over comments that President...
he Federal Government has revealed it invested about N2.7 trillion in the last three years on infrastructure in the country. This was disclosed by the Senor...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step down for Bola Tinubu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
At least 61 political parties have demanded the redeployment of Amina Zakari, a national commissioner at INEC, from the 2019 election collation centre committee which she...
The police has said, contrary to speculations, it moved Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, to a different hospital out of care. Melaye was earlier...
With three days before the January 14 he was given to provide Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has...
Security operatives wearing masks on Friday whisked embattled Senator Dino Melaye away from the Police Clinic in Garki, Abuja. Though it was not clear where the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end the collection of illegal taxes in the country. The President made the vow on Friday in Abuja, pledging that...
The latest viral Docu-series titled Surviving R.Kelly, which chronicles the different allegations of sexual abuse levelled against R&B singer R.Kelly has generated lots of comments and...
Authorities in Poland have arrested two men involved in cyber business over allegations of spying. Reports say the arrested suspects include a Chinese employee of Huawei...
There are fears of an eruption of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the runner-up in the just concluded presidential election vowed to challenge...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has released guidelines for the registration for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board also warned candidates...
Nigerian Army said it has arrested a wanted member of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group, Babagana Abubakar (aka Alagarno). The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman,...
By John Chukwu… Nothing shatters and destabilises a nation like insecurity. No nation can make a meaningful and sustainable progress – politically, socially and economically –...
The hagglings between the Federal Government and Labour unions over the new minimum wage may take a new dimension, as a section of labour has threatened...
The government of Edo State has ordered that principals of 28 private secondary schools in the state whose results for the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate...
A former chairman of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Chidi Odinkalu, has raised the alarm that there were enough arms in the hands of...
Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria sold tickets worth about $1.7 billion from January to December 2018, THISDAY investigations have revealed. The amount indicated that there was...
A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Jerry Obasi has stated that the dream of Ndigbo to produce Nigerian president in 2023 was...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that the Federal Government’s Advisory Committee has no relevance to the new National Minimum Wage agreement. Mr. Ayuba Wabba,...
Indications emerged, yesterday, that chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, may lose his position unless President Muhammadu Buhari changes his mind. It...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday attacked the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for saying that there would be economic crisis in Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari went...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said the ongoing strike would not be called off until the Federal Government fully implemented all the offers...
Twitter users in China are facing threats, lengthy interrogations and even days in a detention center after posting messages critical of the Chinese government, according to...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to declare a state of emergency after his failure to get funding for his promised border wall. Trump issued the...
A 29-year-old serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), identified as Odedele Feranmi appeared before an Osogbo Magistrate Court over the killing of a...
The nation’s stock market, for the first time in 2019, posted slight gain after the close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has plans to raise a total of N1.809 trillion from the debt market, in the first quarter of 2019. The...
Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed the nation’s foreign reserves rose by $6.418m from $$43.041bn on December 17, 2018 to $43.047bn as...
The vote results in the Democratic Republic of Congo which witnessed opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi emerge winner of the presidential elections has been rejected by the...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has defended Federal Government’s heavy borrowing, saying it has become necessary in order to invest...
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have settled their differences over the $8.1 billion demanded by the apex bank, out of...
The gruesome murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be the subject of global investigation, so says Amnesty International. The rights group made the call...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday failed to acknowledge the letter sent by the governor, Akinwumi Ambode to present the 2019 appropriation bill. The...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have lined up 10 international friendlies for the Super Falcons ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. According to thenff.com,...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as “one of the most unpopular governors” in...
The Federal Government and the Peoples Republic of China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Chinese to support the Armed Forces of Nigeria...
