The Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has presented the 2017 appropriation bill with an estimated budget of N221 billion to the State House of Assembly...
A rally within the highly capitalised stocks group on Thursday counterbalanced equally wide losses among several other stocks to sustain the Nigerian stock market on the...
A diplomatic war is playing out between two of Europe’s power houses after Germany accused Russia of “aggressive espionage”. Germany says the move by Russia is...
A serving commissioner in the Kano State Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, Alhaji Faruk Bibi Faruk; as well as the permanent secretary and director respectively...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to a group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation, to initiate proceeding for an order to arrest the Minister...
The Coalition of Human Rights Organizations, SBCHROs is kicking against what it termed numerous road blocks mounted on the highways by the police in the South...
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Thursday varied the conditions attached to the bail granted Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Chief Godwin Obla (SAN), who...
By Joseph Edgar… What mega party? That is my state of mind this morning, a gross lack of respect for this generation of politicians. Their selfishness...
For failure to return passengers’ luggage from its London flights, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) has slammed a total fine of $1.5 million on Arik...
Policy makers have remained upbeat on their expectations of naira rise in value as Nigerians abroad plan to repatriate about $1.5 billion into the country, between...
Veteran comedian Ali Baba came under scrutiny by a fan on Instagram who claimed the ace comedian is not a generous giver. The fan on Instagram...
The Senate, today, shifted the planned confirmation hearing of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu. The acting chairman...
The Upper Legislative Chamber, on Thursday, received the status report of its Constitution Review Committee, chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu....
Worried over the death of three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Senate, on Thursday, called for the complete overhaul of the scheme....
Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and a number of governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday stormed Rivers State ahead of...
Apparently worried by signs that most investors targeted by its $1 billion Eurobond sale are foot dragging, the Nigerian government has agreed to appoint Citigroup, Standard...
The move by Green Party candidate Jill Stein ordering a recount of votes in the just concluded U.S elections is making headway after Michigan concluded a...
On this day, December 8, 1997, reports filtered in that Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, a prominent actor in Nigeria’s political space, had died. He died while being...
Apparently disturbed by the way and manner Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State is dealing with the issue of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also called...
Nigerians generally have a love for blackberry phones and accessories, but it’s time to face facts. The BlackBerry is on its last legs and now is...
Sotonye Martin, boyfriend to a murdered female staff of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Miss Sophia Phillips Horsefall and two others, Innocent Oluche and Wachukwu Ugochukwu...
A pre-dawn operation by the British police saw the arrest of three suspects involved in the running of an organised slavery ring in the southern county...
Relevant authorities in Pakistan are probing the remote and immediate cause of a plane crash which claimed the lives of no less than 47 people including...
A Federal High Court Lagos presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris has further adjourned hearing in a suit by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, till...
Nigeria’s first generation bank, Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc, on Wednesday secured the approval of its shareholders to float a supplementary rights issue to raise...
Even as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is championing a war against corruption, it is seemingly killing one of the country’s oldest anti-corruption agency, the...
Aggrieved Osun pensioners staged another protest yesterday over non-payment of their pension by the state government and stalled the probe of the state’s N34.5 billion bailout...
Anxiety has enveloped the political space in Cross River State following the expected judgment by the Supreme Court scheduled for December 9, 2016 in a pre-election...
Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Mr. Mike Okiro has blamed the federal character principle for the dearth of South East Police officers in the top...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned its suspended Appropriation Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin to appear to answer to petitions against him. He was therefore permitted...
By Okey Ndibe… I have said this before: one of the hardest tasks is to predict how Nigerians would react in any given situation. We are...
President Muhammadu Buahri has taken interest in the case of a youth corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo who died in the Kano camp of the NYSC reportedly...
By Joseph Edgar… It was a very friendly conversation with a tinge of humor, serious banter and a lot of prayers wishing his successor well. This...
Reacting to recent bombings in the Niger Delta area of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari had stated that the country’s unity is not negotiable. He also...
Foremost Nigerian celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji acquired a brand new 2016 Range Rover Autobiography worth about 70 million. Controversial and outspoken radio personality Freeze of Cool...
As the Nigerian economy continues to crawl deep into her biggest recession in recent decades, small businesses and large corporations are looking for ways to trim...
About five months after receiving a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Mr. Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, revealed that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will be passed by the Red Chamber before the end...
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai is in Ghana Observing the country’s Presidential and Parliamentary Elections at GIMPA Polling Units A and B, Accra with othyer members...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday layed before the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti, a N93.4billion 2017 Budget he termed “Budget of Higher...
The planned hike in prices of internet data by service providers in Nigeria is already taking its toll on Nigeria’s banking system. The quality of service...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday at Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, said it is unsafe to talk about events and situation of things in Nigeria. The reluctance...
Indication emerged on Tuesday that the Federal Government had sent to the National Assembly, a bill seeking the establishment of a special anti-corruption court to try...
Losses suffered by leading quoted companies on Tuesday halted the early December rally that started this month as investors started the traditional cautious trading that seeks...
New Mega Party Targets 16 Governors With an eye firmly fixed on the 2018 governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun States and 2019 general election, the...
An abducted journalist, Mrs. Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye has regained her freedom in Makurdi, Benue state after four days in the kidnapper’s den. Mrs. Tor-Agbidye, a news editor...
When Robert Clarke (SAN) stoked the debate over military intervention on November 25, everyone expected him to be fried for having the audacity to even think...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the dismissal of no fewer than 662 workers from the state public service for allegedly forging their West Africa...
The court asked the parties to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the motion seeking an injunction to restrain the commission from probing the...
The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested three of the kidnappers that murdered one and kidnapped five expatriate members of staff of...