The Presidency Friday listed its 2017 achievements called ’17 Highlights from 2017’. Among the achievements are: Nigeria’s recession exit, naira stabilising against the dollar, bumper food...
A ruling by South Africa‘s top court has held that parliament must now set out rules for impeachment proceedings against President Jacob Zuma over a case...
Former world no. 1, Novak Djokovic has postponed his long-awaited return to the sport as he pulls out of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship because of...
The rising wave of attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt has witnessed the killing of nine people who died when gunmen opened fire at a church...
A middle-aged man identified as Andrew Koku, who happens to be a resident of Ayedere in the Obada area of Abeokuta is now cooling his heels...
China on Thursday opened a 1km-section solar expressway for testing. Solar panels are laid beneath part of a ring road surrounding Jinan, capital city of Shandong...
A bill that seeks to criminalise “triple talaq”, a style of instant divorce used by some Muslim Indians has been passed. India’s lower house of parliament...
The bloody explosion that rocked a supermarket in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has been described as an “act of terror” by President Vladimir Putin....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered over N27.7billion from six banks being unremitted withholding tax on dividends. Also, about seven more banks were...
Doctors at Cedarcrest Hospitals, Abuja Thursday continued their efforts to stabilise Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, who had a power-bike crash on Tuesday...
Some bridges in Lagos are at a risk of buckling under the weight of parked heavy-duty trucks. The Ijora, Eko and Carter Bridges are under great...
With the December 31, 2017 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for Micro-Finance Banks (MFBs) to enrol their customers on the Bank Verification...
There is no sign of improved electricity supply to Nigerians as the nation recorded an average power sent out of 4,108MW on December 26, data from...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans for sub-regional development projects worth 29.66 billion dollars from 2018 to 2022. President of the...
The Olode of Ode Ekiti, Oba Samuel Aderiye, has branded President Muhammadu Buhari “God-sent”, adding that he “wants a better Nigeria”. Oba Aderiye stated this while...
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) Thursday refuted the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that its members owed the oil firm...
By Gideon Oghenetega… The political class would appear to have made up its mind about the 2019 elections. Nigeria ‘compulsorily’ has to choose between a Buhari...
The embattled House of Representatives member and its former chairman on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, who was suspended about 15 months ago, on Thursday, met President...
With the ongoing fuel crisis and the untold hardship it is presently unleashing on Nigerians, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, directed the Senate...
Ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship, beginning in two weeks’ time, Super Eagles fitness trainer, Okechukwu Akas has claimed that the players are not fit...
Huawei Technologies Co., China’s biggest maker of smartphones, said the head of sales for its domestic consumer business has been detained in a corruption investigation. Police...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has confirmed in a statement that Yusuf Buhari, son of Nigeria’s President has...
Despite outcry from the Muslim world, Israeli transport minister is planning to name a railway station currently under construction after US President Donald Trump. Reports say...
Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has berated the State Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National...
A former campaign manager and aide to President Donald Trump has been accused of sexual assault by US singer Joy Villa. The musician has filed a...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Progress and former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to bury...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have quizzed a former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Mallam Suleiman Dikko, for alleged N20billion...
At least 36 prison inmates escaped yesterday during an attack on Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa-Ibom State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ogbajie...
As the effects of the lingering fuel scarcity bite harder on the citizenry, some unpatriotic Nigerians have made and still making huge fortunes from this unsavoury...
Amidst recent upsurge in the importation of arms and ammunition into the country, maritime industry stakeholders are in tango over usage of scanners at the nation’s...
The Major Marketers Association of Nigeria confirmed that its members, including Total Nigeria Plc, 11 Plc (formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc), Oando Plc, Conoil Plc, MRS...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of providing cover for huge sleaze directly involving All Progressives Congress (APC) interests and urged its...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has challenged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to admit that the Federal Government was responsible for fuel subsidy payments following his comment...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has hit back at the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), saying its members got “appreciable volume” of petroleum...
The National President, Rice Farmers Association, Aminu Goronyo, Wednesday in Abuja promised Nigerians that the price of a 50kg bag of locally produced rice would crash from...
The fierce protest by angry citizens of Imo State against Governor Rochas Okorocha’s renaming of Assumpta Avenue as Muhammadu Buhari Road has paid off as the...
Director General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe is not a happy man right now with the avalanche of challenges confronting...
Former footballer George Opong Weah has been elected as the new president of Liberia after a peaceful presidential runoff between him and Vice President Joseph Boakai....
The Labour Party (LP) has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors of Ekiti and Akwa Ibom states, Ayodele Fayose and Emmanuel Udom respectively, as well...
What is your New Year resolution? For some, the New Year means a new, fitter, healthier you. 2018 is the year to lose weight, join a...
For forcefully seizing and illegally occupying their land, a group of landowners based in Abuja have filed a suit before the High Court of the Federal...
12-hours after the Eze G.A. Omodu, the Paramount Ruler of Mgbuolua in Rundele Community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, was kidnapped by unknown men,...
Vote counting has started in Liberia after a peaceful presidential runoff between George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai which was characterised by low voter turn...
Days after two residents of Illinois filed lawsuits against Apple for slowed down batteries, the luxury phone making company has been hit with six more class-action...
The former chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, has claimed that the alleged $48.5 million fraud, over which the Economic...
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a 17-man fact-finding mission to bring back Nigerians trapped in Libya. The team may also open talks with Libyan authorities...
Uneasy calm has enveloped Owerri, following the renaming of Assumpta Avenue by Governor Rochas Okorocha, to Muhammadu Buhari Road. The Road which was named after the...
The Deposit Money Banks in the country have set up a multimillion-naira fund to fight scammers as the banking sector continues to record rising cases of...
A former Attorney General of Abia State, Dr. Awa Kalu (SAN), has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against detaining suspects before conclusion of...
Miss Ehiguese Mildred Peace, representing Adamawa State recently emerged as the new Miss Nigeria at the grand finale of the beauty pageant held in Lagos while...
