Ahead of the 2018 governorship election of Osun State, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be in disarray. Some people suspected to be supporters...
The Nigerian Army has approved the promotion for 3,729 troops fighting the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North-east part of the country. Brig. Gen. Texas...
Embattled former South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye has been convicted of abuse of power and coercion during her time in office by a court in Seoul....
Former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has said that politicians and not Boko Haram, herdsmen, kidnappers and other criminal elements, are the real threat...
The diplomatic row between Russia and the West still festers as Moscow has told the UK that it will be sorry for accusations levelled against it...
An official of one of the centres used for the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination in Lagos has been arrested by the police for allegedly engaging...
Miffed with the uncertainty over their future as national officers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) yesterday started...
Proponents of tenure extension for All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and others seem to be adamant, The Nation learnt yesterday. There is a plot...
The House of Representatives has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion for arms procurement to fight Boko Haram as a policy statement which cannot...
Nigerian equities rode on the back of increased bargain-hunting to halt a running downtrend, recouping net capital gain of N46 billion in their first positive trading...
The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has made a shocking prediction about the 2019 elections in Nigeria. The cleric revealed that...
Just days after the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA) said it had lost faith in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its failure to...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the apology of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), arguing that it was both “half-hearted” and “deceitful”. MURIC said the...
By SOC Okenwa… It appears from the look of things as the general elections draw nearer that we are in a ‘season’ of looting and looters...
By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu… One thought that Nigeria had gotten past the stage where the Federal government pronounces accused persons guilty even before they are found guilty...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has already diversified the Nigerian economy. He pointed to Nigeria’s exiting of...
The Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF), Winifred Oyo-Ita, has suggested that private media sabotage and political agenda may be responsible for President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Senator Dino Melaye has run to the Supreme Court praying it to declare the petitions submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission seeking his recall as...
While the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some Nigerians continue to kick against President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion for insurgency fight, the Nigerian...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion for the purchase of equipment to fight insurgency as a renewed attempt...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja gave reasons why he was not inclined towards signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) among ECOWAS countries. According to...
Unhappy with what they described as “outrageous” amount of money being charged for antenatal care by Ondo State government, women in various stages of pregnancies Thursday...
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Kogi State, Ali Janga, who was removed following the escape of suspects in Senator Dino Melaye’s gunrunning allegation has been...
The decision by Nigeria’s sprint queen and lone medal hopeful at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor not to compete in the...
The planned closure of the Marine Bridge and Wharf Road in Apapa, Lagos, concurrently from next week will spell doom for the country’s seaports. Dangote A.S....
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has called for an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee to discuss the dates for fresh...
The Australian government has confirmed it will open an official investigation into the Facebook data scandal that saw data from 87 million Facebook user accounts shared...
A final verdict on the habeas corpus plea filed by ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been taken by the Supreme Court in Brazil which...
Tragedy struck at Mbiya village in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State when assailants suspected to be herdsmen attacked and killed four members of a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday issued a notice of election for the July 14, 2018 governorship poll in Ekiti State. While the notice...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has alleged that the $1 billion approved by President Muhammadu was not for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko...
Attempts by Russia to initiate a joint inquiry into the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has failed. The move by...
Nigerian equities remained on the downtrend for the second consecutive trading sessions in the second quarter, raising concerns on the extension of the losing streak that...
The presidency has called on Nigerians to ignore the “loud voices of critics” and take time out to reflect on the “blessings” they have enjoyed under...
Months after a controversial bill by the National Assembly to further regulate Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria received widespread public backlash and suffered derailment, the federal...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s leadership crisis was evidence that the party was lacking in respect for internal...
Former governor of Plateau State and current senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang, has denied the allegation by Information and culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, that he...
Edo State Environment and Sustainability Commissioner, Mr. Reginald Okun, has been dismissed by Governor Godwin Obaseki over undisclosed reasons. The governor sacked Okun on Wednesday. He...
As the Boko Haram terrorist sect continues its attacks in the North East part of the country, despite government’s claims that they have been defeated, President...
Partial results and certified tallies seen by Reuters from nine of the 16 voting districts in Sierra Leone reveals that Samura Kamara of the All People’s...
The opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games kicked off on Wednesday in Gold Coast, Australia. Nigeria’s team represented by 90 athletes 45 officials is led...
National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Odigie Oyegun has finally lost out in the attempt to extend his tenure and that of other...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria which met on Wednesday after a long stretch has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at...
Nasim Aghdam, the 39-year-old transgender woman who opened fire at the suburban Northern California campus of Google’s YouTube, wounding three victims before killing herself was “angry”...
Ahead of the 2019 general election the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Congress (OYC) appears to be heading for the rocks following a vote...
The Federal Government has commenced efforts to rebuild communities in some parts of the country damaged following herdsmen and other criminal attacks. Already, President Muhammadu Buhari...
Elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s eight years in power under civil rule as a tragedy and calamity. He said that...
Two police officers looking into the fatal shooting which occurred at YouTube’s offices in California say the incident was being investigated as a domestic dispute. The...
The Governor of Kogi State was on Tuesday seen on crutches when he attended the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of the All...
Pandemonium struck in the Rundele, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State when yet-to-be identified gunmen killed two persons and abducted a community leader According to...
