Statesman and chairman of Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has expressed fears over moves by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to purchase war planes from the United States,...
The Federal Government has picked holes in the recently released third quarter report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), indicating that over four million jobs...
A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, and other leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Okigwe zone of the state have threatened to...
By SOC Okenwa…. Every new year in Nigeria some prominent pastors and men of God would give their prediction of events for the year — good...
Controversial US President Donald Trump has waved aside a possible interview session with Robert Mueller’s team of investigators who are looking into possible ties between the...
The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on his Benue State counterpart to embrace the challenge and protect his people from the marauding herdsmen’s...
An alliance between Chinese and French universities and institutions to promote artificial intelligence (AI) was established Tuesday. Eight education institutions from China and France, including Tsinghua...
A video clip in which the Commissioner of Special Duties in Kano State, Abdullahi Sunusi, asked his supporters to stone ex- Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has gone...
To ensure a violence free poll, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, has announced the deployment of no less than 4,300 policemen for...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the number of political parties in Nigeria has risen to 68 as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday...
The Presidency on Wednesday expressed dismay at people who are insinuating that the reckless killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen are happening with government apparently doing little...
Aminu Atiku, the son of former Vice President of Nigeria Abubakar Atiku did the unthinkable when he snatched his 9-year-old son, Aamir from court premises after...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to go ahead with its planned protest in Kaduna State despite an order by the state Police Command, and Governor...
Scores of angry Palestinians thronged the streets of Kasur in the northwestern part of the country on Wednesday morning to protests the rape and murder of...
Shareholders of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc will today Thursday January 11, vote on a bid by Affelka SA, the foreign majority core investor in Seven-Up Bottling...
Investors in Nigerian equities have netted N1.27 trillion as capital gains over the past seven trading sessions as bargain-hunters turned the stock market to almost an...
World’s most expensive player, Neymar made it 20 goals in 22 appearances as he scored a penalty in Paris St-Germain’s 2-0 win over Amiens in a...
Super Eagles duo, Victor Moses and Alex Iwobi played against each other as Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Arsenal in a Carabao Cup...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the substantive Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), following the ouster of Ayodele...
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have sacked Prince Abdullah bin Saud who was appointed president of the Saudi Marine Sports Federation back in October for giving a...
Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr expressed delight after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed Nigeria’s friendly match against England’s Three Lions ahead of the 2018...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that no amount of intimidation would make him reverse his stance on open grazing, vowing to continue with...
The stage is now set for the Handshake Across The Niger summit scheduled to hold on Thursday, January 11, 2018, in Enugu State. In a statement...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, Wednesday apologised to the people of Benue State over his much-criticized controversial comment describing the killings in the...
The Federal Government says it is still undecided on whether or not to deploy troops to Benue State in response to the killings there. The Minister...
In response to the recent killings in Benue and Rivers States, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has directed members of the Senate Adhoc Committee...
The fate of the planned rerun election for Anambra Central Senatorial district is in the balance as a Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to discard Governor Yahaya Bello’s promise to deliver more votes in Kogi State than Katsina, the home state of the...
By Wole Soyinka… It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonizingly short span of time. How often must...
Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday lambasted Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his threat to sack striking teachers. The party, added that...
The troubled Buhari presidency may have to contend with vote losses in the Benue axis if threats by Tiv indigenes are to be taken seriously. Represented...
By Churchill Okonkwo… At the peak of the Innoso-GTBank saga last December, a friend challenged me to “find the courage to write about the travails of...
No less than 254 companies bidding for Nigeria’s crude oil purchase and lifting contract for the period 2018/2019 were on Tuesday unveiled by the Nigerian National...
The World Bank’s January 2018 Global Economic Prospect report launched on Tuesday in Washington DC, has predicted 2.5 per cent economic growth for Nigeria in 2018....
The US Senate has summoned Facebook, Google (or rather, Alphabet) and Twitter to testify at a January 17th Commerce Committee hearing that will “examine the steps”...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, ministers and other political appointees received salaries amounting to N3.4 billion in 2017. This was contained in the document the...
By Louis Odion… As the nation groped in fuel darkness during the Yuletide season, the Nobel laureate’s distraught words perhaps best described the shame and tragedy...
The Benue State government under Governor Samuel Ortom says it has not recruited, nor armed any militia group to help tackle the menace of herdsmen in...
A former permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Clement Onubuogo, on Tuesday forfeited to the Federal Government the sums of N664,475,246.6 and...
The brewing row between Steve Banon and President Donald Trump over comments he made in a new book title “Fire and Fury” has seen the ex-chief...
A suspected thief identified as Joseph Edeth was paraded before Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on three counts of stealing, escape from custody and unlawful damage. Reports say...
Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and others to court by for...
The turn of events in the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, between May 2015 and January 2018, leaves many learning new lessons in how not to squander an...
The US, Britain and Zionist have been blamed by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the violent protests that have rocked the capital of Tehran...
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the immediate probe of Malami. Sagay, while...
Investors in Nigerian equities have so far this year earned N755 billion as net capital gains as impressive performance in 2017 and expectations on impending corporate...
Amnesty International has condemned the wave of violence in Nigeria, calling on government “to do more to end epidemic of gruesome killings of dozens of people...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday released the timetable for the 2019 general elections. While briefing journalists, INEC said the presidential and National Assembly elections...
The Presidency Tuesday said it was “both unfair and unkind, for anyone to keep insinuating that the President is condoning the spate of killings in Benue...
The Nigerian Army has deployed special troops to Benue and Nasarawa states to confront the spate of killings emanating from herdsmen-farmers’ clashes. Chief of Army Staff...
