Premier League leaders, Manchester City retained their spot by beating champions Chelsea 1-0 in an important match at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday. City were without...
World’s most expensive player, Neymar scored twice – a brilliant free kick and a penalty – as Paris St-Germain thrashed Bordeaux 6-2 in a Ligue 1...
Manchester United strolled to another free-scoring victory against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday, as the visitors increased their losing streak to seven. The Red...
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has argued that Nigeria as a country has failed, and that the present crop of leaders were not...
By Farooq Kperogi Dissent and criticism are not only core structural components of democracy, they, in fact, mark the difference between autocracy and democracy. But it’s...
A three-day total lockdown in the English-speaking region has been issued by authorities in Cameroon in order to prevent a planned gathering to protest ill treatment...
The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has revealed in a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China that America has always opened channels of communication...
By Dele Momodu…. Fellow Nigerians, let me say exciting times are here again. You may ask what is so exciting about this period with our myriad...
By Pius Adesanmi… “It is in the interest of Lagos and Nigeria that the federal government open up and expand the capacities of other ports in...
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are making our geeky childhood dreams come true by building real-life Transformers-style...
The Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz is pleading for international aid as battered Puerto Rico recovers from hurricane Maria’s ruinous aftermath with desperation on...
THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its arch rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Friday that they are ready for the February 16,...
Abysmal multiple potholes on the Benin-Asaba Expressway have continued to wreak havoc on motorists, especially truck drivers as 127 persons have lost their lives plying the...
The police authorities have snubbed a request made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the secondment of a police officer for a special assignment. Police Inspector...
The Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos Archdiocese and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday argued that Nigeria would be...
A group of Christians from a Pentecostal church who were on a routine visit to Kirikiri prison in Lagos, recently, were shocked when they came face-...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious gang members allegedly responsible for an attack in Jos, a forthnight ago, which witnessed...
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, have been ordered by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, to within 30 days pay...
Three jewel thieves identified as Dominique Vilaca, Fofana, 26, and his cousin Youssouf Fofana, 25, all appeared before a court in France where they were handed...
As Nigeria celebrates its 57th Independence Anniversary, Nigerian youths undertaking the National Youth Corps Scheme in Taraba State have made a call on Nigerians to remain...
Top-level talks over North Korea’s threat due to its continued missile activities are set to be on the agenda when US secretary of state meets Chinese...
The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday revealed that the nation’s electricity grid experienced a total system collapse. According to the company, the system collapse...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday attended Juma’at Prayers in commemoration of 57th Independence Celebration of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja. Others at the service included...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has been ordered to produce the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a Federal High Court...
Hours before a scheduled rally staged in the Volga city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was arrested by security operatives who detained him...
Judge Paul Goldspring of London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled in favour of the extradition of Polish-born Michal Herba, 36, for being part of a plot...
Speakers of the House of Assemblies of the 36 states of the federation have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use all security agencies to checkmate activities...
Tragedy struck on a bridge near Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station, which killed at least 22 people and injured a dozen others after a stampede by commuters...
A landmark agreement was made at the International Aeronautics Congress in Adelaide, Australia, where representatives of NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that they...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will let out of the bag what happened during the 2015 general elections that made him lose. He,...
Asian giants China is tightening its noose on sanctions imposed on North Korea after ordering businesses owned by the pariah nation led by Kim Jong-Un to...
Rarely do people feel amazing after a breakup, even if we were the ones who initiated it. It never seems like it at the time, but...
The long arm of the law has caught up with Yahaya Idris, 40, who has been arrested after he allegedly deceived, raped and impregnated the 15-year-old...
Security agencies are yet to search the Abuja property linked to persons suspected to have illegally imported arms in the country. Its over seven days since...
The United States (U.S.) yesterday urged Nigeria to look beyond a military option in resolving internal conflicts. The appeal was made under the auspices of the...
As the October 17 date for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabouts remains unknown, draws closer, one of his...
Authoritative sources from the Nigerian Army have said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in military custody. The sources, from...
One of the world’s oldest leaders, Robert Mugabe has slammed some of his party officials for trying to convince him to retire as he likened them...
Nigerian equities sustained their rally on Thursday with a net capital gain of N112 billion as investors appeared to be rounding off the quarter with portfolio...
Katsina and Kano states on Thursday rejected devolution of power and restructuring of Nigeria as being currently canvassed by majorly of the southern part of Nigeria....
Despite the withdrawal of the October 1, 2017 deadline for Igbos in the North to quit or be forced out of the region, the Arewa youths...
Following Governor Ayodele Fayose’s public declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election in an official ceremony on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (MAN), has urged governments at all levels, especially at the center to be more sector specific in the execution of its...
Rampaging armed men in Zamfara State have abducted an Assistant Commissioner of Police, simply identified as ACP Emmanuel and serving in Gusau, Zamfara State. He was...
The Acting Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mrs Yetunde Oni has been dropped. In her place, the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Saturday 16th February 16, 2019, as the date for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. It...
A Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode, has lamented that despite the much talk about fight against graft under President Muhammadu...
Matters involving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Senator Dino Melaye over his recall process have landed at the Appeal Court. This was as a...
Nigerians who took part in a survey by Ripples Nigeria have contended that there is no need for President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the Minister of...