The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seems to have floored the governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose in efforts to freeze his Zenith bank...
Following their qualification for the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup, Enyimba goalkeeper Fatau Dauda says his side are happy to make it past South...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday participated in the Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Lancaster House, London. He was welcomed by...
Following the invasion of the Senate by some unknown hoodlums, allegedly acting on the orders of a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, the upper legislative chamber, has...
Twenty four hours after some hoodlums invaded the Senate and carted away the mace, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has returned it to...
A few weeks after they were given employment letters to replace those who failed competency tests, the Kaduna State government has sacked no less 4,562 newly-employed...
The Federal Government had asked the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to end its strike and resume work or it will invoke ‘no work no pay...
The World Bank has expressed concern over the alarming rate at which Nigeria and other African countries’ debts are rising. In its ‘Africa’s Pulse’, a biannual...
The Lagos State government has announced that it will by June name new investors for the Fourth Mainland Bridge in the state. The development is coming...
Social media giants Facebook may be forced to exclude 1.5 billion Facebook users around the world if a new European law restricting what companies can do...
For failing to give police useful information on the gunmen who attacked some banks in the Offa area of Kwara State, a hotelier identified as Mr....
One of the 23 persons whose name President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate as nominees for the National Population Commission (NPC) last week, Dr. Saadu...
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio, which it put at 63 per cent, as being “extremely high” and advised that...
THE prevailing chaos engendered by the continued invasion of the Mile Two/Berger/Tin Can axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway by tankers, trailers and other articulated trucks has...
Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) yesterday condemned the disruption of Senate plenary by suspected thugs allegedly led by Senator Omo-Agege, saying seizing the mace was a...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and other members of his executive have not given up on their plans to remain...
The Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by The...
As Health Workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) yesterday began an indefinite strike nationwide, activities at many of the federal hospitals were...
Embattled Professor Richard Akindele, the alleged randy lecturer who was caught on tape requesting for sex from one of his female students in exchange is to...
The Nigeria Police Force said that it has recovered the Mace stolen from the chambers of the Senate by suspected thugs on Wednesday. The force deputy...
Unknown gunmen opened fire at a U.N. security team doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. According to...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… For the 2030 sustainable agenda to succeed, says the United Nation, partnership and collaboration must be given a disciplined attention. This world body...
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing Stormy Daniels has revealed that his client would likely update a lawsuit she has filed against President Donald Trump to include...
KOWA Party has condemned the invasion of the National Assembly by thugs on Wednesday, describing the incident as a prove that the ruling All Progressives Congress...
Nigerian equities closed on the negative on Wednesday as losses by large-cap stocks overshadowed the overall market situation. Despite preponderance of advancers to decliners, benchmark indices...
Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central, has reacted to the invasion of the senate chambers and theft of the mace by suspected thugs, denying any...
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof Richard Akindele, whose telephone conversation in which he demanded for sex from a female student...
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Plc, Nigeria’s most capitalised financial institution, recorded a profit before tax of N52.62 billion in the first quarter of this year, beating...
Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has justified his backing of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and acceptance of the role to be spokesperson for Buhari’s 2019...
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has been briefed by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate chamber and theft of the mace...
Contrary to reports that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was arrested after allegedly leading thugs into the Senate chambers to snatch the mace, the Police said the lawmaker...
The quest by the National Assembly to rework the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010 (otherwise referred to as Election Sequence/Reordering Bill) suffered some setback on both...
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has said that thugs’ invasion of the Senate on Wednesday was an indication that the...
The proposed sale of telecommunication firm, 9mobile, formerly Eitsalat, has suffered a setback as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has restrained moves to...
Trouble started in the Red Chamber at about 11.30am, when some armed thugs, invaded the Senate. The thugs drove into the building in three vehicles- a...
Fifty-five Nigerian politicians, high-level public officials and leaders have been accused of allegedly stolen N1, 354 trillion between 2006 and 2013 from the nation’s treasury. This...
For the first time since 1959, Cuba is about to be governed by someone other than a Castro as Raul who took over from his elder...
The lawmaker suspected to be the brain behind the snatching of the Senate mace on Wednesday, Ovie Omo-Agege has been arrested by the police. The senator...
Federal hospitals across the country have been thrown into a crises situation as nurses, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and other workers, under the umbrella of the...
The Senate has resumed plenary after coming out of a closed door session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon....
Some people suspected to be political thugs on Wednesday morning invaded the floor of the Senate during plenary and snatched away the mace. This is coming...
The World Bank’s 2018 Global Economic Prospect report launched on Tuesday, has shown that the Nigerian economy in 2018 and 2019 will grow lower than the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked not to bank on Lagos State support for his second term bid should he fail to accord the state special...
An international team of scientists has engineered an enzyme that eats plastic. It is a world first in an effort to find a solution for the...
Members of the House of Representatives were fierce on Tuesday over the continued stay in Boko Haram captivity of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls and the...
By Louis Odion… His guttural voice oozes the geniality only long practice at the game could confer. Excitement over the coming harvest would, in fact, seem...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slated dates to hold its ward, local government and state congresses as well...
The deadly attacks and killings of innocent citizens by herdsmen in Benue State and its environs has forced no less than 300,000 students out of school....
Owing to the suspension of the senator representing Delta Central at the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, on...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has described the recent contract by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for engineering, procurement, construction,...
