A fresh outbreak of violent protests against austerity measures in the North African country of Tunisia has witnessed the arrest of 41 more people bringing the...
US President Donald Trump has responded to comments made by Democratic Senator Dick Durbin who said that he used “vile and racist” language during a meeting...
The ongoing rift between Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, and his predecessor and supposedly godfather, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may have deepened further with the sack...
Investors showed strong preference for low-priced stocks, otherwise known as penny stocks, as Nigerian equities reopened on Monday with a modest recovery amidst a tight balance...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday threatened to name and shame politicians who are arming and supporting criminal elements in the society....
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will, on the invitation of Harvard University, Boston, United States, be delivering the inaugural keynote lecture at the university’s “Africa Rising” course...
The United States charge d’affaires, David Young, met with the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Monday, following a summon to clarify President Donald...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured prominent leaders from Benue State and the entire people of the state of his government’s determination to bring to...
The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee and governors elected on its platform would meet at the party national secretariat on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The consultative...
Hon Hosea Ibi, the member representing Takum I constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, who was abducted by unknown gunmen two weeks ago, was...
Former Governor of Ekiti State and current Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has been barred from holding any public office in the...
By Remi Oyeyemi…. Dear Sir, I extend to you, sir, the compliments of the season. I also congratulate you for being among the living appointed as...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… For the first time, I witnessed all the participants in a recently held Delta state Local Council polls ( winners and losers) alike,...
Taraba State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive action against the killings by Fulani Herdsmen...
Dr. Obiora Okonkwo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approached the Appeal Court with a request to set aside the ruling of January 12, 2018,...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has joined South Africa, Botswana and other African countries in protesting against President Donald Trump’s shithole comments by summoning the United...
A twin set of incidents in the Lagos-Ibadan expressway axis of Lagos State on Monday left at least four people dead, with property worth hundreds of...
Suggestions by the governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom, that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ignored warnings that led to the recent killings in the state have...
Following the gruesome murder of several Innocent victims in Benue State, as a result of clashes between farmers and herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has held meetings...
The faction of Boko Haram terrorists led by Abubakar Shekau has released new videos showing the Chibok girls, and wives of police officers purportedly kidnapped sometime...
Liberia’s ruling Unity party has issued a statement after expelling outgoing president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and four other party officials, saying the behaviour of the expelled...
Fulani herdsmen under its umbrella body, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), has said that Pastoralists are actually victims in the killings related to herdsmen/farmers clashes...
A Pro-Democracy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has warned that the proposed cattle colonies for herdsmen, if allowed could prompt civil war in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to show empathy to the plight of Nigerians by paying a visit on the people...
The verified Twitter account of India’s top diplomat to the United Nations was briefly taken over by suspected Turkish hackers early on Sunday, 14 January, morning....
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) on Sunday said that his government will confront herdsmen in the area with everything within its powers should peaceful engagements...
After frantic efforts by rescue officials to recover more bodies, the Iranian oil tanker which collided with a cargo ship off China’s coast before bursting into...
A group of rampaging youths reportedly numbering up to 200, Sunday, stormed the Ojodu Abiodun Police Station located in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun...
Authorities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have started a process that will lead to voluntary delisting of the only soft-drink company quoted on the Exchange-Seven-Up...
Lassa fever outbreak in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has claimed some healthcare providers at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA). Sources said that two doctors and a...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, and the Igbo apex body, will never again hold...
Nigeria’s largest flour-milling company and food conglomerate, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc will today (Monday January 15, 2015) open application list for its N39.9 billion rights...
The governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, on Sunday said that he had to apologise over his comment on the Benue killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen...
In an apparent move to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari romps home in his yet-to-be-announced bid for the ruling party’s re-nomination, a strong lobby group within...
Prospective contractors have intensified race to secure “irrevocable” Letters of Credits (LOCs) from banks as the 2018/2019 crude oil term contracts lifting bids entered critical stage....
FOLLOWING the decision of teachers of Federal Government College, FGC, Odogbolu, Ogun State not to resume teaching until the school principal is removed from office, a...
The “shithole” remarks by President Donald Trump which has sparked widespread condemnation has forced the government of South Africa to protest to the U.S. embassy in...
The feud between Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, and current Governor Abdullahi Ganduje assumed a worrying dimension Sunday as supporters of both...
Minister of Women Affairs and foremost political ally of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Aisha Alhassan, has put to bed speculations that she planned to return...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, Sunday hit back at Miyetti Allah’s allegation that his government was training an anti-Fulani ethnic militia, branding it “cheap blackmail and...
Femi Falana (SAN), Sunday demanded the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and wife, Zeinab, following their media parade...
Reigning African Best Player and Egypt’s forward, Mohamed Salah, alongside Senegal’s Sadio Mane, was on target as Liverpool ended Manchester City’s unbeaten run at Anfield on...
Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi was involved in a goal in the 2-1 defeat of Arsenal at Bournemouth on Sunday. The Gunners continued their miserable recent...
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Monday, meet some leaders from Benue State over the recent killings in the state. Those expected at the meeting scheduled to...
Tiv Youths Council (TYC) of Benue State has vowed to defend their land against marauding Fulani herdsmen, warning that their silence should not be taken for...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has been appointed into the Investments Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). The development was...
Ahead 2019 general elections, Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that what Nigeria currently needs is restructuring and not election....
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing the truth about alleged padding of the 2016 budget may soon have some answers, as the Federal High Court...
Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith World Outreach aka Winners Chapel, on Sunday warned of a looming crisis in some parts of the country, that may...
Two months after Ambassador Ayodele Oke was sacked as Director General of the National Intelligence Agency [NIA] and two days after Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar was appointed...