The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) on Saturday justified its withdrawal of $2.201 billion from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) fund, insisting that the corporation...
Amid calls by some supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for it to sanction governors Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun of Imo and Ogun states,...
Barely three months to the next general election, are some chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, urged on by aggrieved members...
British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Laure Beaufils, has said ISIS West Africa, and not Boko Haram, was responsible for the rise in insurgents’ attacks...
The Nigeria Police Force has said that it is making strident efforts aimed at recovering the huge cash stolen from six banks by armed robbers who...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, for allegedly receiving N100m from embattled former...
There were strong indications on Saturday evening that the Senate would, this week, begin the process to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold his assent...
A day after U.S. prosecutors detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help his 2016 presidential election campaign, President Donald Trump has called for...
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has cried out over inadequate availability of petroleum products at their stations, saying their members are being sent out...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the transmission capacity of the country has increased to 8100 megawatts from 5000 megawatts three years ago. This,...
France’s ‘yellow vests’ protesters seem unfazed despite the arrest of 211 people by security officials as they hurled projectiles, torched cars and vandalised shops and restaurants...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said he was not going to support any particular party or candidate in the coming 2019 general elections. He however...
As campaigns for February 16, 2019 presidential election heightens, the issue of whether to support, or not to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid is apparently...
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has been pacified by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The governor has therefore dropped his...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited one of the spokesmen of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, for alleged “cyberstalking”. Okupe,...
Law Graduates Forum of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Saturday praised President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the NOUN Amendment Act. A statement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Saturday that the bank accounts of its vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have been frozen on the orders of President...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has retrieved more than 700 voter cards from non-Nigerians resident in the country. Muhammad Babandede, comptroller-general of NIS, disclosed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for winning an anti-corruption lifetime achievement award. Ribadu was...
Ahmad Lawan, Majority Leader of the Senate and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari not signing the electoral act amendment...
Nigeria has agreed to cut 40,000 out of her 1.7 million barrels per day crude oil production after two days of touchy negotiations in Vienna capital...
US President Donald Trump has quipped in a tweet on his time line that investigators have found no evidence of collusion with Russia. Trump tweeted: “After...
French security forces had a tough time dealing with demonstrators as over 1,500 protesters converged on the Champs Elysees to rally over a hike in diesel...
Oil marketers on Saturday, denied signing any agreement with the Federal Government over the lingering N800 billion subsidy arrears. The oil marketers also insisted that their...
Irate passengers have urged the minister of aviation to probe the near air mishap involving Aero Contractors on Thursday night at the Port Harcourt international airport....
President Muhammadu Buhari may present the 2019 Budget to the National Assembly next week. But the lawmakers said they have not received any official communication from...
Reported discovery of alleged improvised explosive device (IED) around the Asaba end of the River Niger Bridge created anxious moments on Friday by residents of Asaba...
African Cup of Nations 2013 highest goal scorer, Emmanuel Emenike, has said encouragement from the technical crew of the team led by late Stephen Keshi, was...
The National Conscience Party (NCP) has disassociated itself from the adoption of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, as the consensus candidate...
Facts have emerged why the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, turned down an offer by the presidency and national leadership...
THE national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC has set machinery in place to whip Governors Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha in line towards advancing...
A major row is brewing in the police circles following the disappearance of the statement of the ring leader of the April 5, deadly robbery attacks...
The presidential election, which is scheduled to hold on February 16, 2019, may take five days to collate and announce its result, Saturday PUNCH has learnt....
The sudden death of a security guard identified as Moses Noah who reportedly committed suicide by electrocuting himself has left his family members in shock. Reports...
A new music technology has been created by researchers as a fresh way to appreciate music. It comes in the form of a wearable device which...
Thousands of French security forces are already on the streets of Paris as they brace up for a fresh wave of anti-Macron protests following a hike...
Michael Cohen, former lawyer of US President Donald Trump has admitted to having contacts with Russian interests as far back as 2015. That much was revealed...
The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has reacted to the backlash that greeted his fundraising antics during a recent harvest...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if the National Assembly management does not meet its demands. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) has asked the National Assembly to save Nigeria’s democracy by overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he declined assent to the electoral bill sent to him by the National Assembly. He gave his reason in...
The Benin Division of the court of appeal has pronounced judgement granting prisoners to be included in the voting process starting from 2019. Five prisoners, Victor...
A report by written by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand reveals that more than 7,400...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at a special meeting on Friday, has approved the proposals for the 2019 budget. The special meeting, which was called and...
With about two months to the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has again refused to sign the Electoral Bill into law, and has returned it...
China is preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing...
The Senate Minority leader, Biodun Olujimi says President Muhammadu Buhari who is also the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had nothing to show...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians in a national broadcast over ugly stories around his personality and government....
The national chairman of KOWA Party, Alhaji Saidu Bobboi, has dissociated the party from its presidential candidate, Adesina Fagbenro-Byron, anti-Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) statements...
The Federal Government, Thursday, issued another N100bn seven-year Sukuk. The new Sukkuk bond will be due in 2025, according to a statement published on the website...
