The impending exit of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa seems to be looming large after Vice President and the new African National Congress (ANC) leader...
Authorities in Kenya have deported opposition member Miguna Miguna for playing a key role in the mock inauguration of Raila Odinga last week. The opposition member...
Media aide to former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, Kassim Afegbua, who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police, on Wednesday made himself available at Force headquarters,...
Former Imo governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has lamented that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha lacked respect for the office he occupies. He said if Okorocha respected...
The Nigerian Army has announced launch of Exercise Ayem Akpatuma targeted at tackling cases of kidnappings, and herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others in Benue and Taraba states....
The House of Representatives has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, to apologize to Benue State’s Governor Samuel Ortom over comments made by...
Senator Buruji Kashamu has described as a serious risk any presidential aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to contemplate using Ekiti State...
Snapchat owner Snap Inc on Tuesday reported surging growth in users and revenue in its latest quarter, reviving hopes that it can survive competition with Facebook...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has described as an insult to all governors in Nigeria the statement credited to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO); Mr....
A violent clash between some youths and mobile policemen broke-out in the Upper Igun area of Edo State after a policeman reportedly pushed a man to...
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was suspended by the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has been...
For declaring him wanted Mr. Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has dragged the Nigeria Police, the Inspector-General of...
African champions and Nigeria’s D’Tigress basketball team have been drawn alongside Argentina, Turkey and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup. This was the outcome...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has described Ibrahim Idris as a misfit for the position of Inspector General of Police (IGP). The governor accused the police...
A move by Israeli authorities to forcibly evict tens of thousands of African asylum seekers has sparked growing protests in the country’s capital of Tel Aviv...
To any keen observer of political discourse in Nigeria, there is no question that Muslim and Christian fundamentalism have a chokehold on Nigeria. These twin God’s...
The profit-taking at the Nigerian stock market continued on Tuesday for the second consecutive trading session as investors opened up more sell orders to attract bids...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for local refining of crude oil to make fuel available and easily accessible to all...
President Emmanuel Macron of France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and will seek to address the joint session of the National Assembly, Ambassador...
Similarly, about seven people have also been killed in the two local government areas of Kaduna State by herdsmen. According to Senator Shehu Sani, who represents...
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly intercepted a man transporting firearms to Benue state. Oko Micheal, deputy commander of Jigawa state...
Signs that President Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates in the 2019 general election will walk on tight rope to get elected emerged on Tuesday with...
The Federal Government says it is planning to increase insurance coverage for the agricultural sector from the current 500,000 farmers to 3.8 million farmers. The Managing...
China has continued its clampdown on activists, lawyers and anyone in the country deemed to be vocal against government policies after it confirmed the arrest of...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Senator Bola Tinubu to lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) reconciliation team...
Authorities in India are now on the hunt for an unlicensed doctor who reportedly infected at least 40 people with HIV in the northern state of...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court as a disgrace to the judiciary in Nigeria. He said that...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has frowned over the amnesty his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, granted to cultists who killed no less than 23 persons...
A plea bargain option sought by a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Olajumoke Akinjide, over her alleged fraud of N650 million,...
Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki on Tuesday began defence in his alleged false assets declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCT) with a former...
A new study by a group of scientists is saying there could be extragalactic exoplanets outside the solar system. The study, published February 2 in The...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, constituted a committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile and build confidence among members of the party. The team will...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned in strong terms Police declaration of Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of General Ibrahim Babangida, wanted over a statement he...
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared Kazeem Afegbua, the spokesman of former militray president, Ibrahim Babangida, wanted over the statement he issued on behalf...
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said yesterday it would end the sale of this year’s unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) forms today. The board gave...
Despite the looming threat of Nigeria’s expulsion from the Egmont Group, a 152-nation network of national financial intelligence units, the Senate and House Committees on Anti-Corruption...
A serving minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has purchased a massive edifice worth N280 million in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, New Telegraph has...
The general state of abbatoirs in Lagos is worrisome. Improper handling and processing, coupled with poor transportation methods, unhygenic display and sale of meat is a...
Several ad hoc committees of the Senate with mandates to carry out investigations have failed to present reports of their probes despite the fact that their...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 43-year-old man identified as Mr. Olusegun Adefemi who lives in the Ijede area of Lagos...
The deployment of large number of policemen including the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, who was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to relocate to...
A report by New York times has revealed that the lawyers of President Donald Trump of the United States of America have advised him against sitting...
Kenyan authorities have lifted the ban on NTV and KTN which can now be accessible on air after a ban on four TV stations for attempting...
By Reuben Abati …. The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly...
The Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has stated that the real reason former governor of the state, Dr Ikedi Ohakim wants to make a comeback as...
Nigerian equities reopened on Monday with a tinge of profit-taking as investors sought to monetise capital gains after quoted equities surged to a high of N16...
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, Monday said over 300, 000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency were taking refuge in...
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, Monday blamed poor preparation by state governments for the current spread of Lassa fever and other public health challenges in...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Sen. Abubakar Kyari has faulted claims by the military authorities that all 27 local government areas in Borno state have been...
Chief of Staff to the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose’, Dipo Anisulowo, has accused him of destroying the state’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
