The Nigeria Union, South Africa (NUSA), says it has officially protested the alleged beating of five Nigerians, one day after the killing of Olamilekan Badmus, a...
Barely hours after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s aide, Laolu Akande, appeared to confirm Osibanjo’s approval of the controversial contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Angered by alleged insincerity of the Governor Rochas Okorocha-led government of Imo State, no less than 500 tricycles, popularly known as Keke, riders on Thursday blocked...
The minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbe, on Thursday, sought the nod of the Senate to review the export prohibition law to enable the country export certain...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday, revealed that seven suspected cases of dreaded Monkey Pox have been recorded in four Hospitals in Abuja, with...
Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El’Rufai, on Thursday, presented the Kaduna state 2018 budget to the State House of Assembly. El’Rufai during the presentation, stated that...
More than one week after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, constituted a committee to probe the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, on claims that...
The Supreme Court in Thursday adjourned the hearing on the appeal filed by a former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) to January 25,...
George Oppong Weah, former footballer and the only African player to win Ballon d’Or is in the lead as vote counting continues across Liberia following that...
At the inception of the Buhari-led government, economic indices were somewhat stable. Inflation was single digit, fuel price was below the N100 mark, consumer price index...
A recent discovery made by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the evidence of ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits that may offer clues about life on the...
Henceforth, medical doctors working in public hospitals who engage in private practice have been banned following a decision reached by the Federal Government on Wednesday. Reports...
Violent protests have erupted in Kenya moments after several changes over a new election law were approved by parliament – dominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ruling...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has urged boat operators to ignore threat of sanctions by the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) pending the final outcome...
Aid workers Wednesday fled Gwoza in Borno State after the Boko Haram sect launched a deadly attack on the town on Tuesday night. Gwoza, which at...
Former First Lady Patience Jonathan used her mother’s company to launder about N2.114b, according to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives. Besides, Magel Resort Limited,...
One of the companies named in $20 million bribery scandal five years ago is currently jostling to grab another contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)....
The Senate has indicated its readiness to continue with the investigation of the allegations levelled against the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, by Senator Isa...
Two men have been arrested by French cops in connection with a fatal stabbing attack on two women at the Saint-Charles train station in the southern...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday stated that its troops involved in counter-insurgency effort in the North-East killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents after repelling attack by the...
Twelve days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Ekiti State’s Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, and Accountant-General, Yemisi Owolabi, the commission Wednesday confirmed...
The National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has urged President Muhammad Buhari to intervene in the feud between the...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday restated the commitment of the Federal Government towards securing the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls. According to a statement by...
Reports have emerged that gunmen attacked Wereh Village in Barkin-Ladi, Plateau State Tuesday, killing a former Plateau State Head of Service, Moses Gwom, and two other...
The move by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow $5.5 billion foreign loan has been kicked against by the Peoples Democratic Party. It said it was...
Isaac Adewole, Nigeria’s Minister of Health has stated that it is not yet confirmed that the ailment spreading across some states in the country is monkeypox...
The Senate on Wednesday considered and passed for second reading a Bill for an Act requiring regular publication of existing vacant positions in Federal Government offices...
As the world approaches the very final matches of the qualifying series, 23 countries are already assured of a place including hosts Russia at next year’s...
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has been accused of masterminding the leakage of the memo he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari...
There is an on-going scramble in Anambra State as scores of parents are rushing to pick up their wards in schools after IPOB members alleged that...
Scores of protesters in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu in Kenya were teargassed by police after most of them had refused to disperse moments after they...
ustice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the permanent forfeiture of some houses purportedly owned by a former Minister of...
The unthinkable played out at a private hospital in the Osogbo metropolis area of Osun State when rapists, armed with axes and machetes, invaded the health...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, who recently disagreed on contracts awards, on...
In an obvious show of force over the continued missile activities of North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un, the US military has flown two strategic...
Russian hackers have been reportedly found using Kaspersky software and the discovery has led US officials to order federal agencies to remove the company’s products from...
Among the two leading economies in Sub Saharan Africa, Nigeria’s economy would grow faster than that of South Africa in 2017, according to the International Monetary...
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West, has described the response of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to Minister of State (Petroleum), Ibe...
In a bid to avert incidence such as system collapse, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to carry out...
There are strong indications that the Cross River State Government is considering abandoning the hosting of the 19th National Sports Festival. According to sources, the state...
A night-time curfew has been imposed by the government of Malawi to halt the killing of more citizens after no less than five people were lynched...
•What becomes of Sections 130(2), 148(1) of the Constitution and Section 1(1) of NNPC Act? •How can the NNPC Tenders Board appointed by Baru be responsible...
The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has stated that there was no hope in the forseeable future for an Igbo man...
As pressure continues to mount for a halt to independence move, Catalonia’s leader, Carles Puigdemont stated Tuesday that although he accepted the “mandate of the people”...
Low-priced stocks, otherwise known as penny stocks, were the toast of investors on Tuesday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as they appeared to be increasingly...
About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers have reportedly failed the Primary Four examination administered to assess their level of competence by the Kaduna State government. As...
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, Tuesday called for an end to the “barbaric practice” of death penalty, stating that it had “no place in the 21st...
Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane picked up a hamstring injury last weekend and could be out for up to six weeks. The 25-year old, who...
Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga has reportedly pulled out of the forthcoming presidential re-run scheduled for this month saying he is stepping down to give the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the Federal Government has been using part of the stolen funds recovered from looters to finance the 2017 budget....
