Scores of Parliamentary staff in Israel are demonstrating over the sudden imposition of mini-skirt ban by security at the Knesset, or parliament, who had in recent...
By Tony Ogunlowo… It’s all the rage now; every Tom, Dick and Harry is becoming a pastor, setting up their own churches and making lots of...
As the suspension of the company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued to generate uproar, the board of Resort Savings and Loans Plc met on...
The gap between Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Dr. Anthony Obinna, widened, yesterday, as the Governor accused...
Gambia’s President Yayha Jammeh has not shifted grounds concerning his stance on the outcome of the last elections as African leaders failed to reach a deal...
Nigerian equities further consolidated their rally as investors earned N116 billion in net capital gain within the five hours of trading. With nearly three advancers to...
Odiriviroro Umusu, brother of slain Nigerian army officer, Lt. Col. Otos Umusu – the Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, has penned an...
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode wife of the Osun State Governor, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola and Sen. (Mrs.) Oluremi Tinubu were among...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presented the 2017 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. The President also cashed in on the presentation...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented a budget N7.289 trillion for the 2017 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly. The president said...
Africa’s longest serving President, Robert Mugabe has accused some members of the ruling party for their “shameless and unbridled” ambition in their quest to succeed him...
All efforts by some oil firms in Nigeria to lobby the National Assembly for support against a recent allegation that they were covering up debts of...
A report of the Senate adhoc committee on North-East Humanitarian Crisis, on Wednesday, indicted the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. David Babachir Lawal....
The recent discovery that Nigeria owes about $7.5 billion to local contractors has become another issue that may mar Nigeria’s quest to lure foreign investors into...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the 2017 budget to a joint sitting of the National Assembly, soon after arriving Nigeria from Gambia Details: 2017 BUDGET:...
No fewer than 101,500 defenseless Nigerians were allegedly murdered since 1999. Of this figure, 47,500 occurred in the last five years and 9,700 since May 29,...
Little Dragon, a startup has developed smart educational software designed to sniff out the emotional response of users and reflect it back to them through UI...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized at least 12 properties from a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, and his...
Two notorious kidnappers identified as Best Iyoha, 34 and 27-year-old Junior Ekete who are said to be wanted by the police have been nabbed by operatives...
A federal court in Malaysia has rejected the appeal of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction and five-year jail term. The...
The Independent Electoral Commission in Gambia has been taken over by soldiers who according to reports entered the premises of the electoral body, instructing its chairman...
Contrary to the opinion of Super Eagles coach Gernort Rohr that Nigeria’s captain John Mikel Obi is being punished by Chelsea boss for going to the...
Ahead of 2019 general elections, and in recognition of cracks within the All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party on...
Nigeria loses an estimated $1billion (about N305 billion) in revenue every year due to the falsification of gas flare data, the Minister of State for Petroleum...
A former governor of Jigawa State, Dr Sule Lamido, has said it is “funny and contradictory” for the federal government to keep blaming the Peoples Democratic...
The modest price recovery in the previous three trading sessions broke into a major rally on Tuesday as the stock market reopened to increased bargain-hunting transactions....
A Federal High Court siting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Jude Okeke, on Tuesday granted Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and...
In a bid to get the country out of the economic recession, the Federal Government, has marshaled out plans to explore new streams of incomes to...
The fear of many on the credibility of Mavrodi Mondial Money box (MMM) may have become true as more than $700 million belonging to Nigerians, who...
Today makes it 10 days since the Nigeria senior women team started their sit-in-protest at the Agura Hotel, Abuja over the Nigeria Football Federation’s failure to...
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Banjul, the Gambia Tuesday morning to meet with the country’s President, Yahya Jammeh, who lost the presidential election penultimate week. The Nigerian...
Senator Dino Melate (APC, Kogi State) has derided the present administration for allowing corruption thrive in the NNPC in spite of its stance against graft. The...
Lawmakers, predominantly drawn from the North-East and North-West geopolitical zones, on Tuesday disagreed sharply on the floor of the Senate. This followed the removal of Kano...
Manchester City midfielder and Ivory Coast international Yaya Touré, who was arrested in Dagenham, east London, for drink-driving on November 28, has released a statement on...
Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 61, of Caryville, Tennessee, who has been making children smile as Father Christmas for 9 years now recounts how a five-year-old boy died in...
Luxury gadget and phone makers, Apple wants to play a bigger role in the advancement of emerging technologies. According to reports, the company may donate $1...
Three suspects identified as Unegbu Daniel Chukwu, 42; Ettah Joseph, 28; and Wopara Bright, 31 have been arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, of Jakarta- an ethnic Chinese Christian, tearfully appeared in court denying that he intended to abuse the Koran at the start of...
By Reuben Abati… When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million...
Worried that his confirmation by the Senate may meet brick walls, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), almost 48 hours after elections in some federal and state constituencies rerun election in Rivers State were concluded, has announced...
No fewer than 35 women were abducted yesterday by armed bandits in Matankari village under Dansadau Emirate of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The...
Seventeen states of the federation are to benefit from the 2016/2018 Medium Term Development Plan of the Federal Government which is expected to be financed from...
Contrary to the expectations of Nigerians that they would soon have improved electricity supply of 6,000 megawatts in the country, which was the target for 2016...
The Presidency has concluded the process for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000, The PUNCH has learnt. In...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a human rights group, has asked Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu...
42-year-old British-Algerian journalist, Mohamed Tamalt who has been in coma for more than three months after he embarked on a hunger strike in protest against his...
Moves are being made to prevail upon incumbent Gambian President Yahyah Jammeh who surprisingly rejected the outcome of the last presidential election citing serious anomalies while...
Chidi Ajaere, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The GIG Group was one of the famous picks on Monday when YNaija released its official list of 100...
The Nigerian Bankers Committee may have resolved to pay more attention to the agricultural sector as a more positive approach to achieve an early recovery of...