Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Tuesday named the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying its long-held reputation as...
Africa boasts of some of the world’s most fascinating cultures and traditions that dates back to hundred of years. There are a couple of fascinating African...
The wife of the Lagos State governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode recently hosted the finals of the first edition of the female Football Competition named after her,...
Nigerian-born World heavyweight champions, Anthony Joshua, will take on Bulgarian boxer, Kubrat Pulev, for the IBF title on October 28 in Cardiff. 36-year-old Pulev, who is...
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of 2006 Gulder Ultimate Search reality TV show winner Hector...
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has revoked the concession of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex. The council, which also approved the immediate commencement of...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday confirmed the release of the sum of N350bn to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government...
The Federal Government has concluded plans to carry out an extensive review of the port concessionaires and their operations in the nation. Acting Director General of...
Nigeria loses an estimated $1 billion yearly in the West African bunkering market valued at over $3 billion as some oil companies operating in the country...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel has denied allegations of receiving bribes in exchange for juicy oil contracts. An online news medium had alleged...
Employees of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are threatening to go on strike over unverified outstanding claims of N665million presented to the management, it was...
Amidst the clamour for full participation of youths in Nigeria politics, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has said that most...
Super Eagles trio of Victor Moses, Wilfred Ndidi and Leon Balogun were included in the CAF 2018 World Cup Qualifier Matchday 3 Best XI announced on...
Picture and video sharing social media site Instagram is making an apparent effort to seize the initiative after a massive data hack, but the hackers say...
Six months after the Senate mandated its joint committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and Gas to probe an alleged N10 trillion-subsidy fraud by...
Two days after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test, South Korea is targeting bigger arsenal after an agreement with the United States to scrap...
The weekend fire that killed eight at Moi Girls Boarding School Nairobi was sparked by an arsonist, so says Kenya’s education minister, Fred Matiang‘i who also...
By Reuben Abati… Religion was not quite a major divisive issue in the community in which we lived in the Old Cross River State in my...
By Alex Otti… “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it” Genesis 9:7(AMP). A good friend of mine called...
In response to Pyongyang’s sixth missile test, South Korea has staged live-fire missile drills simulating an attack on the North Korean nuclear site. Reports say the...
Investors in Avon Crowncaps & Containers (Nigeria) Plc risk losing more than N807 million in current valuation of their shares following the suspension of the packaging...
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that Stanbic IBTC, in the second quarter of this year, facilitated about $589.84 million capital inflow into the...
Oil and gas stocks witnessed a major selloff in August, orchestrating a downtrend that saw Nigerian equities with net capital depreciation of N117 billion during the...
Barely two weeks after the signing of six agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Federal Government has initiated moves to seize assets of a...
Two top contenders for the post of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Chief Bode George, a former deputy national chairman; and Otunba Gbenga Daniel,...
The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have kick-started their campaigns ahead of the 2019...
Prudential Plc, one of the oldest insurance companies in the world, has acquired majority equity stake in Zenith Life Assurance Limited. Prudential acquired the majority stake...
THE top five banks in the country recorded N363 billion decline in customers’ deposit in the first half of 2017, H1’17, reflecting their inability to meet...
Japanese automaker Honda has agreed to a $605 million settlement to pay for buyers’ claims related to deadly Takata airbags in the US. The money Honda...
A day after North Korea tested its sixth nuclear missile and reveled that it has developed a missile ready hydrogen bomb which has “great destructive power”,...
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Chris Ezike, has confirmed the kidnap and murder of a Catholic priest identified as Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo,...
Resident doctors In the country have announced their decision to commence an indefinite strike starting today (Monday). They reached the decision after a meeting that lasted...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are now in Cameroon for the second leg of the World Cup qualification encounter. Three-time champions Nigeria play Cameroon on (today)...
Patience, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has recovered her N2bn hotel which was sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in June,...
The 10-year jail terms of an American, two US-Iranianians with dual nationality and a Lebanese resident of the US have been confirmed by a court in...
Leaders around the world have jointly condemned North Korea‘s testing of its sixth nuclear missile and its revelation that it has developed a missile ready hydrogen...
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has received a backlash from Kenyan judges after he issued a “veiled threat” and called them crooks for overturning his election...
By Fidel Albert… California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It’s economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is...
The ongoing diplomatic spat between Russia and US is reaching fever pitch after Putin summoned a top U.S. envoy in Moscow to issue a note of...
Two days after his election was nullified by the Supreme Court after it was established that there were irregularities committed by the election board, the president...
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crew mates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record....
The Edo State Police Command played host to different gangs of suspected criminals including 70 suspected armed robbers, cultists, kidnappers and murderers who were all paraded...
Erstwhile aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Pastor Reno Omokri, has stated that the Muhammadu Buhari government has failed to lift the economy....
The 36 State Houses of Assembly will begin work on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution any moment from now, The Nation gathered yesterday. They...
The Federal Government has said it is awaiting approval of the National Assembly to settle its liabilities to fuel marketers for subsidy claims. Minister of Finance,...
Women of Ezi Ajah, Amuro community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have embarked on a hunger strike to protest the alleged abduction...
Aside from the massive recurrent national grid investments in Nigeria running into several billions of the United States dollar, the country is said to be spending...
Moments after it was rocked with two shallow earthquakes, defiant North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un revealed that it has developed a missile...
Tragedy struck at Moi Girls School Nairobi, when a fire outbreak which started around 10 am claimed the lives of no less than eight students. According...
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said Nigerians have the constitutional right to live, work and raise their families anywhere in the country without...