The moves by Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson-led Peace and Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not have yielded the desired result as...
Paul Nchui, who allegedly poisoned food that led to the death of two persons and 46 hospitalised in Oboso community of Mbube in Ogoja Local Government...
Tragedy struck at the Cameo Night Club in Cincinnati, Ohio when a gunman opened fire killing one person and injuring 14 others in the process. Initially,...
The rampaging menace of Fulani herdsmen played out again at a farm in Delta State when a 50-year-old senior staff of Delta State University, was brutally...
The coast may be clear for Nigerian exporters of non oil products, as the Federal Government says it has concluded plans to settle the outstanding $670.25...
Thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets of Moscow to join protests organised by Navalny, a Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner, who urged people to take to...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has revealed that the Federal Government is concentrating on infrastructure development to get the country out...
There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to commence lobbying of the Senate for the screening and final confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as substantive...
Some N481bn may have been stolen from the 2016 budget through padding, according to the content of a letter written by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,...
If all things go well, Nigeria will rake in about N14.67tn into its economy from both foreign and local investors before the end of the 2017...
The death toll as a result of the meningitis epidemic in Sokoto State has now risen to 21. The State Health Commissioner, Dr Balarabe Kakale, confirmed...
Uber Technologies Inc suspended its pilot program for driverless cars on Saturday (March 25th) after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona...
Carrie Lam whose victory was predicted as she had Beijing’s support has been elected as the first female leader out of Hong Kong. Eric Cheung, a...
IN spite of the ecstasy that greeted the Federal Government’s release of N522 billion being the first tranche of London-Paris Clubs loan refund to the states...
Over the past five weeks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its regular interventions at the foreign exchange market sold over $2 billion dollars to...
Fresh attack on Tse-Chia village by gunmen near Kasar in Zaki-Biam witnessed the killing of three people and the razing of houses and property. The incident...
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office into the operations of the Geneva-based Addax Petroleum Limited in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will next week apply to court for arrest warrants against some suspects named in the charges relating to the $1.1bn...
Further investigation into the life of the London attacker Khalid Masood reveals that the 52-year-old visited Saudi Arabia on three occasions. UK police say Masood’s trips...
The wave of killings and lawlessness across the vast central African nation of Congo DR which broke out after the government of President Joseph Kabila failed...
Nigerian equities witnessed a reversal in the immediate past week as macroeconomic concerns dampened investors’ appetite for quoted shares. Despite increasing inflow of corporate earnings reports...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria will no longer be at this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship holding...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday threw his weight behind the Governor Seriake Dickson-led Peace and Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to...
By Joseph Edgar… We have always been told that the Ahmadu Bello University was an excellent citadel of learning, the pride of Nothern Nigeria and the...
The Senate says it’s position on EFCC’s acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, and why it refused to confirm his appointment has been justified. Spokesman of the Senate,...
Although there has been no official statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) concerning the matters arising, but the friendly game between the Super Eagles of...
There were indications yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari will insist on Mr. Ibrahim Magu becoming the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
The president, Nigeria Ship owners Association of Nigeria (NISA), Aminu Umar has said that Nigeria was losing a huge amount of money due to the fact...
The qualification scandal that has enveloped the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has deepened. Documents...
By Femi Adesina… I learnt an enduring lesson on the day General Sani Abacha died. It was June 8, 1998, and death had laid its icy...
The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that government has within two months received about 2,351 tips from individuals bordering on embezzlement of public funds and other...
Small and medium-scale farmers in Nigeria have attracted $200 million World Bank loan facility to the country. The bank’s loan will have a low-interest rate, and...
The city of Lagos, known for its aquatic beauty, is sadly turning out ugly stories. The once beautiful water fronts and creeks now appear to hold...
The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees from some states as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Saturday PUNCH can...
The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) is now in possession of the Department of State Security (DSS) report that sealed the fate of...
Outspoken Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has said that governance of the country has been reduced to a theatre of the absurd as occasioned by appointees...
The General Court Marshal (GCM) of 7 Division, Nigerian Army sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a soldier serving with Operation LAFIYA DOLE to two...
Just days after Dr Allwell Ojri jumped into the Lagos Lagoon and drowned and few hours after a woman, Mrs. Abigail Ogunyinka tried jumping but was...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), should be answerable for all...
Investigations into the identity of the London Parliament attacker, reveals that Khalid Masood (the suspect) has a Nigerian step-father who lives with his mother in the...
Egypt’s ousted President; Hosni Mubarak has regained freedom six-years after a top appeals court on March 2 acquitted him of charges that he ordered the killing...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has explained that his men arrested only Yoruba suspects in the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State because...
A 39-year-old suspect identified as Mohammed R has been arrested by cops in Antwerp, Belgium after he attempted to drive his car into a crowd in...
Eagle eyed fishermen reportedly rescued a woman who tried to take her life by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon over unpaid debt. According to Fatai Owoseni,...
The Secretary of the Katsina Emirate council has issued a statement announcing the suspension of a traditional ruler in Kastina State over rape allegations leveled against...
Singapore’s Ministry of Transport has revealed that it is in talks with companies to start trials on flying taxis. These futuristic vehicles are part of a...
No less than 29 inmates escaped to their freedom from a jail in Tamaulipas, Mexico after fleeing prison through a 40-meter-long tunnel believed to have taken...
There is an apparent glut in the foreign exchange market as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday, said of $100 million it supplied to...
No less than 250 migrants have been reported drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after two partially submerged rubber dinghies which ferried them were found off the...
Some militant leaders in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region on Thursday gave new conditions for President Muhammadu Buhari to meet, in order to ensure total peace in...
