There was confusion, yesterday; after claims emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved the immediate prosecution of the President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF),...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is facing fresh challenges in the South south, thus slowing down his campaign ahead of next...
There were strong indications over the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari will extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, who is supposed...
If President Muhammadu Buhari’s N8.83 trillion budget is passed by the National Assembly without changes, the education sector would be getting its worst allocation in terms...
As the furore over the emergence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, Amina Zakari, as the head of collation for next month’s presidential...
There are indications that the cracks in the leadership of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic may have informed the decision of its governorship...
The Federal Government and its agencies will spend N3.29bn on sewage, cleaning and fumigation in the 2019 fiscal year, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The details of...
Since the turn of the century, China has worked hard to become one of the fastest-rising powers in space. In 2003, the Chinese National Space Administration...
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo with many on the edge after the head of the election commission revealed that the announcement...
Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has attacked the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, and...
There was a harvest of criminals of some sort when men of the Taraba State Police Command paraded no less than 25 suspected cultists’ and political...
The Minister of Defence, Brigadier-General Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd) has expressed fears there may be links between bandits attacking communities in Zamfara State and the Boko Haram...
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has said his administration has solely been responsible for fighting the Boko Haram insurgents in the north eastern state. Shettima...
Nigeria literally threw N197 billion into the flames in the first nine months of 2018, representing the value of gas flared during the period. According to...
In order to encourage investment in modular refinery in the country, the Federal Government has given approval for the reduction of import duty rates on modular...
The strained relationship between Washington and Moscow has been further complicated following tit-for-tat detentions. Reports say a day after Russia arrested an ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has revealed that the French Development Agency (FDA) has given support of about $300 million to power transmission projects in...
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has denied booing President Muhammadu Buhari at the joint session of the National...
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization, PPCO, claims it has been vindicated for raising the alarm over an alleged relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has cautioned Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s wife against the continued use of his hair as a...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says his role in Nigerian politics is that of a watchman. Obasanjo was quoted as saying this on Thursday in Abeokuta, the...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. This information was contained in a...
In the wake of reactions that have trailed her appointment as the head of National Collation centre for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the coming...
The Christian Association of Nigeria has announced that its members observe a national day of prayer on January 10, 2018 to pray for the peaceful conduct...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has leaked an audio online where the Director-General of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,...
Amid fears of violent protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a delay in announcing election results, the US has deployed soldiers to neighbouring...
Former governor Ayodele Fasoye has reacted to the appointment of a supposed Niece of President Muhammadu Buhari, Amina Zakari as the head of INEC collation centre...
Phone numbers, addresses, as well as private messages of German politicians, journalists and celebrities have been stolen and uploaded online by unnamed hackers. The massive leak...
All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his failure to fix the country’s power sector after supposedly spending...
An ambush by armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists group has left no less than two personnel of the Nigerian army dead. Reports say...
Political parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), have threatened the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should it refuse to remove Amina...
Despite its avowed declaration to begin the much trumpeted Operation Python Dance nationwide on January 1, 2019, the Nigerian Army could not live up to its...
The current upsurge in Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian Army units in Borno and Yobe states are not only as a result of inadequate weapons as...
Nigerians are to brace up for austere times this year again as notable economists have predicted a bleak future for the country this year, saying the...
Controversial US President Donald Trump has declared that he is ready to keep government shutdown for years if he does not get the billions of dollars...
The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised an alarm over a delay in announcing poll results claiming it could allow the ruling party...
The director-general of President Muhammadu Buhari campaign organization, Rotimi Amaechi, has described politicians in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as rich people while those of them...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Plateau state, Malam Halilu Pai has sought the help of political parties to ensure...
By Joseph Edgar… It was Falz the bahd guy who did this wonderful song. He himself taking a cue from an American who had sent shock...
Plans by the Federal government to stop threats from organised labour in the country to embark on a nationwide strike may have suffered a setback as...
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has recalled Dasuki Galadanchi to Imo state as the commissioner of police in charge of the command, two days after...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N161bn for the 2019 Tertiary Education Trust Fund Intervention activities in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The Executive Secretary,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to participate in the forthcoming general election despite their ongoing strike action. The agreement was reached at...
The presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari and Amina Zakari, a national commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), are not blood relations. Presidential spokesman, Garba...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, met behind closed doors on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja one day after his...
Senator Dino Melaye Friday slumped as he entered the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARs) headquarters in Abuja. Dino had surrendered to the police after an eight-day siege...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State was determined to end the reign of Senate...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has said the crisis within the party structure in the state would...
The Aare Gani Adams-led members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has said it is yet to decide which party or candidates it will support in...
PepsiCo has announced that it will be rolling out a fleet of snack-carrying robots on the University of the Pacific’s campus in California. The robots —...
