The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson and former military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, met behind closed doors in Minna, the capital of...
An Ethiopian government official has informed that gunmen from South Sudan killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 others during an attack which occurred in the Gambella’s...
The federal government has indicated it’s readiness to pay about N59.3 billion debts owed by its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs)...
No less than 2,262 children in eight Egyptian schools have been hospitalised after consuming meals provided as part of a government food program for school kids-...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting, his first since his return from his medical vacation in London. Present at...
The Senate has again rejected the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Magu was first rejected...
At least six persons have been killed, including four female suicide bombers in an early Wednesday suicide attack on Maiduguri, Borno State. The unfortunate event was...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has “put on hold” the controversial import duty payment on cars which has generated a lot of controversy for the service....
Embattled Controller-General (CG) of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, on Wednesday, failed to appear before the Senate to defend why he refused to suspend...
Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn has announced that he has joined the board of directors at Microsoft. The move follows Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of...
A crucial meeting between the GSM operator Etisalat and a consortium of banks, which loaned it the sum of $1.23 billion in 2013 has been fixed...
Except Ethiopian Airlines, other foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are yet to heed the Federal Government’s plea to use Kaduna Airport as alternate airport to Abuja...
The former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, will on Thursday be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja...
An attempt to kidnap a Bishop and his wife was thwarted by men of the Nigerian police who intervened foiling the plot by suspected kidnappers. Reports...
A Jordanian woman who assisted in the 2001 suicide bombing of a Jerusalem restaurant has been placed on the “Most Wanted Terrorist” list of the FBI....
The Federal Government has approved an additional N4500 monthly subsidy to all the 200,000 N-Power beneficiaries to enable them purchase an electronic tablet that will further...
A ruling by the European Union’s top law court which states that employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols is legitimised discrimination...
It is no longer news that all is not well between the Senate and the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd). The...
Transcorp Power Limited plans to generate 25 per cent of Nigeria’s total power capacity before the end of the 2018. Transcorp Power Limited, a subsidiary of...
Nigerian equities broke into a major rally on Tuesday as investors upped demand for value stocks across major sectors of the economy. With nearly two advancers...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the latest inflation rate, indicating the first slowdown in the inflationary trend in the past 15 months. The...
English Premier League champions Leicester City are through to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League after a thrilling 2-0 victory against Spanish giants Sevilla at...
Atletico Madrid’s striker Fernando Torres is set to return for his side’s UEFA Champions League last-16 second leg tie with Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. He is...
With great vexation, Ogun State House of Assembly during its plenary on Tuesday summoned the Customs boss, Hameed Ali, to appear before it to explain why...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appears not ready to give up its seeming investigation of former President Goodluck Jonathan. This is as the anti-graft...
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in a move that may not be unconnected with an unending face-off between him and his successor, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the embattled Controller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Col. Hameed Ali, have held a meeting to resolve...
The governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) National Reconciliation Committee, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday described the comments on the submission of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday revealed that 86 new political associations want to be registered as political parties ahead...
Baring any last minute change in plans, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, will tomorrow (Wednesday) appear before the...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday, intercepted a sum of N49 million cash at the Kaduna Airport following...
The diplomatic row between Malaysia and North Korea has intensified after authorities in Malaysia issued a warning stating that they’ll soon begin deporting North Korean’s without...
No less than 54 broadcast stations have had their licenses revoked after refusing to pay mandatory fees within the 60-day window permitted under the law by...
Men of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, following a tip-off, raided about eight flats where all sorts of cosmetics and household consumables which have expired...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara at the State House. These two principal...
The Controller-General (CG) of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali, has written to the Senate, informing it of his inability to appear before the Red Chamber. In a...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its scheduled nationwide public hearing aimed at amending the party’s constitution in the lead-up to its non-elective national convention...
Four more suspects have been grilled over the investigation of the N19billion illegally deducted from the London-Paris Club loan refund. Besides, about N500million of the cash...
A technology that could bring us closer to edible robots is underway as a new paper released by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police Command have arrested a ‘high profile thief’ identified as Prince Agabi Junior Okanu who specialises in...
Nigerian equities opened this week to a tight market situation with a tit-for-tat pricing trend that held the price changes to a balance. With equal number...
Hard stance Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his military to assert ownership of Benham Rise area to Beijing – but in a nice way. Duterte...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has given the credit recorded during his stint as acting president to his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo while speaking with state...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pointing accusing fingers at German Chancellor Angela Merkel claiming she is “harboring and supporting terrorists”. Erdogan’s comments are coming just...
The draw for the English FA Cup semi-finals took place at Stamford Bridge on Monday night after the quarter-final clash between Chelsea and holders Manchester United....
Last season’s champions of the English FA Cup, Manchester United, have failed to advance to the semi-final stage of the competition. Chelsea edged past them in...
A Federal High Court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered the arrest of five officials of Governor Rochas Okorocha government over the demolition of...
ByIbraheem Dooba… Three thousand years ago, the war between two 800-pound gorillas of that time, Egyptian and Hittite empires, was threatening to destroy them all. They...
The nation’s chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has told Professor Jerry Gana to stop touring the country and speaking for...
The trial of Muhammed Dele Belgore, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, a former Minister of National Planning, commenced on Monday. A...
