A top US lawyer identified as Alex van der Zwaan faces up to six months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines and has been fined $20,000...
The Senate has commenced moves to replace the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the National Commission of Colleges of Education (NCCE) with new agencies....
Three revenue generating agencies of the federal government: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian National Petroleum Resources (through the Department of...
The nation’s economy may be exiting a six-month apathy and cautious mode imposed on it by the standoff between the federal legislature and the executive, as...
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria on April 9 for London, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to take place between April...
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Coalition for Nigeria Movement have supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari administration is a failure. The...
Several bank accounts linked to the bribery trial of Eni and Shell executives in Milan, Italy, in the infamous Malabu oil scam, have been blocked by...
Reports emerging from Tuesday’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), point to a deadlock...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has nullified his initial acceptance of a letter of resignation by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Bernard Odoh,...
The Nigeria Police on Tuesday paraded the two arrested principal suspects in Senator Dino Melaye’s alleged gunrunning case, Kabiru Seidu aka ‘Osama’ and Nuhu Salisu aka...
The Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Led by by chairman of the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in cryptocurrency, stressing that virtual currencies are not legal tender in...
Two firefighters identified as Kyle Hibst and David Wittkamper were both feared dead when their single-engine airplane collided with a jet on an airport runway in...
Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby has invited Dutch topflight player, Sophia Omidiji, to join his team ahead of Friday’s friendly with France in Le Mans. The...
A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a four wheel robot small enough to fit inside a shoebox which is designed...
Heritage Bank Limited, has partnered with the West Africa Trade and Investment Forum: Conference and Exhibition on sub-regional integration of economies of West African countries in...
The Secretary to the Ebonyi State government (SSG), Professor Benard Odoh, has resigned. He said his action was sequel to alleged wrongdoings of the state Governor...
Ohanaeze Youth Congress (OYC), the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the president of the parent body, Nnia Nwodo, of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as one that thrives and runs on lies. The group stated this...
A major strike by train drivers and other workers at the French state railway SNCF has paralysed rail travel across France. Reports say the strike is...
Following the inclusion of his name in the list of looters released by the Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, former governor of Niger State, Babangida...
The long arm of the law has caught up with one Okwudili Okoro for allegedly hacking his elder brother Azuibike Okoro and his wife, Jacinta to...
A Lagos based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has instituted a case against the Federal Government before the Federal High Court in Abuja for failing...
A possible dispute seems to be looming in the West African country of Sierra Leone with the opposition party claiming to have won the recently staged...
By Reuben Abati… Less than a year to the next general elections in Nigeria, the biggest deficit in the political process leading to that moment is...
By Patrick Egwu… In efforts to eliminate widespread allegations of corruption, mass cheating, extortion of candidates and collusion by officials, as well as other malpractices and...
Federal legislators are in a fresh push to ensure the completion of the multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta Steel Complex, ASC, as a public company. Sources at the...
The presidency yesterday dismissed as untrue, reports that President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked last Friday and escaped being lynched by suspected irate members of the Shiites...
Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is to explain how about $250million of the $500million recovered from the family of the late Head of State, Gen.Sani...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and...
About four power generation plants that are capable of adding 1,262MW of electricity to the power grid are primed to commence operations in the next two...
The Presidency has responded to the latest statement made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo describing President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as a failure. Special Adviser to the...
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has branded Ibrahim Mantu, former deputy senate president, a hero. Mantu had recently generated controversy when he...
Angry youth in Taraba reportedly harassed and chased out of their constituency, Garba Hammanjulde, a lawmaker representing Bali-Gassol federal constituency in the House of Representatives. Premium...
The Nigeria military Monday said at least 15 persons including a soldier, were killed and about 83 others seriously injured on Sunday night which saw soldiers...
Months after his much-circulated letter criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office and urging him not to seek reelection, former president Olusegun Obasanjo has once again...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has argued that for the alleged lists of looters to be credible, that the name of President Muhammadu Buhari should appear...
An aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has released a list of looters he said President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Information and Culture Minister,...
Scores of South Africans have been thrown into a state of mourning following the announcement of the death of relentless anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Revered for...
US President Donald Trump has come under fire following his Easter tweets where he informed that there will be no deal to legalize the status of...
Russia says it is not responsible for the ongoing diplomatic spat with the West over the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
Manager Alan Pardew has left relegation-bound West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League on ‘mutual consent’ after eight successive league defeats. The former Crystal Palace...
By Festus Okotimi…. Way down south where bananas grow, A grasshopper stepped on an elephant’s toe The elephant said, with tears in his eyes, “Go pick...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi?.. In Nigeria, like in other countries of the world, it is a moral duty that citizens should reinforce and not undermine the government...
Leading US privacy, civil liberties and human rights organizations have launched a campaign calling on tech companies to take concrete steps to protect their users in...
By Olakunle Olawole…/ I went to a bed-bug riddled school around Yaba (Yabatech) whose unofficial mandate is to make docile the crop of young people who...
Feeling embarrassed by incessant summons by the National Assembly, telecommunications companies, under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have dragged the...
There are growing fears in the United States of America after President Donald Trump informed that there will be no deal to legalize the status of...
A 25-year-old man identified as Dodo Baraje is now cooling his heels in police net after he allegedly killed his uncle simply identified as Baraje, 50,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to probe sources of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 campaign...
