Governor of Borno State and Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, (NGF), Mr. Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday disclosed that properties worth over $9.6 billion have been lost...
Fani-Kayode…. “Not a single soul has been prosecuted, let alone jailed for the genocide in Southern Kaduna and you are blaming someone for preaching self defense?...
Senators on Wednesday came hard on President Muhammadu Buhari over what they described as the unrealistic projections made in the 2017 budget. The lawmakers who took...
Social media giants, Google has announced the names of five finalists who will embark on a trip to the moon. On Tuesday, Google announced that five...
The organisers of the second edition of Big Brother Naija reality TV show have issued offered explanations why the show is being staged outside Nigeria. The...
Former Senate leader, Senator Ali Ndume, on Wednesday accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, of keeping the Budget of the Senate a secret from other lawmakers....
A U.S. District court has sentenced Edward Majerczyk, 29, to a nine-year jail term for stealing nude photos of Hollywood celebrities by gaining unauthorized access to...
A gun and bomb attack at a popular Somali hotel in the capital of Mogadishu initiated by al-Shabab militants has unfortunately claimed the lives of fifteen...
The leadership style of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been criticised by elites in the country who have expressed their discontent and have decided...
Relief has come the way of parents and staff of Nigeria Turkish International School, Isheri, Ogun State, following the release of kidnapped students and teachers of...
Three persons have been confirmed dead in two separate attacks by suicide bombers in the troubled capital of Maiduguri on Wednesday morning security officials confirm. Danbatta...
By Pius Adesanmi… These are very strange times indeed when an editor legitimizes farce rather than understand the enormous social mission of this important estate of...
The EFCC on Tuesday, arraigned a former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba for alleged fraud to the tune of N2.8 billion He...
By Joe Igbokwe… My family, the Igbokwe family of Uruagu Nnewi, Anambra State is one of the largest families in Igboland and Nigeria. It is made...
A coordinator of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement and a former Vice President of the World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, has described the problem with Buhari’s...
The national leadership of the South East umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned in strong terms the alleged killing of members of the Indigenous People of...
By Churchill Okonkwo… Anytime I hear men of God pray for the death of our “enemies” with shouts of “they will die!” I shiver. As if...
The Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) has queried the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over the award of 10 road and bridge contracts...
Intrigues are developing around the $153 million found in several bank accounts alleged to belong to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The temporary...
Even though global energy demand is expected to rise in 2017, Nigeria may not benefit from it except the country takes certain steps to ensure otherwise....
Piqued by the trial of some Supreme Court Justices, Nigeria’s legal community led by rights activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, is set to file for stoppage of the...
Shareholders of Guinness Nigeria Plc on Tuesday approved the plan by the company to raise N40 billion in new equity funds. At the extra-ordinary general meeting...
Nigerian equities recorded marginal decline on Tuesday as investors turned round to take profit on the recent streak of appreciation. With 25 decliners to 13 advancers,...
Africa’s reigning champions Ivory Coast have been knocked out of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after losing their final Group C tie 1-0 against Morocco...
DR Congo reached the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations last eight in grand style after emerging as Group C winners with a 3-1 victory against Togo...
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has challenged Ndigbo to aim for the country’s most coveted political position , the presidency. Never one to shy away from...
The eight staff and students of the Turkish International School, Isheri, Ogun, who were recently abducted from their school have regained their freedom. Detail of their...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has again retained interest rates at record high of 14 per cent. The committee made this...
An inquiry into the shooting of the second edition of Big Brother Naija has been ordered by the Federal Government after it directed the National Broadcasting...
Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government has no immediate or long-term plan to stifle press...
No fewer than 13 aspirants, including Prof. Charles Soludo, have indicated interest to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the All...
Trial judge in the case of EFCC versus former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf has fixed February 24 for commencement of...
A London based Tech Company has launched a new application called “Babee on Board” which has a beautiful feature for pregnant women. The app which uses...
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has issued a travel warning to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the senate exonerating Acting Chairman of the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, and Secretary to the Government of the...
Spokesman for Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow has revealed that the new administration will set up a truth and reconciliation committee to deal with grievances against former...
Two days after two UNIOSUN students identified as as Kazeem Adesola and Ibrahim Ajao, were hospitalised after sustaining gunshot wounds fired by policemen from the headquarters...
45 pro-Biafra agitators, arrested on Friday during a rally in support of the new United States (US) President, Donald Trump, have been arraigned and ordered to...
The House of Representatives yesterday queried the acting managing director of the Bank of Industry (BOI) over the utilisation of the N500 billion power and airline...
A 34-year-old man identified as Daniel Seth Franey, also known as Abu Dawuud has been slammed with a 6-year jail term for declaring support for Islamic...
The Nigeria Customs Service has terminated the appointment of about 48 senior officers in the service in its ongoing reorganization. A circular dated January 19, 2017...
Anambra State former Governor, Peter Obi, has said he is in support of federal government’s plan to borrow, but cautioned against borrowing without a plan. President...
President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti has sent a special envoy to Nigeria to seek for the country’s support in Djibouti’s bid to occupy the deputy...
A call has been made by the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to sentence fake drug peddlers to death as he described their act as evil...
A former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, on Tuesday recounted before the Lagos Federal High Court how the Economic and...
Newly sworn-in Gambian President Adama Barrow revealed while addressing mediamen that former President Yahya Jammeh asked to stay back in Banjul but his safety could not...
A 37-year-old man, Akintunde Abiodun has been ordered remanded at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos over suspected crimes bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false...
The curtain fell on the 22-year-reign of The Gambia strongman Yahya Jammeh Saturday night when Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s leased Falcon 900 flew Jammeh and his family...
Nigerian equities opened this week with a positive outlook as investors jostle to take positions in quoted companies ahead of the earnings reports and dividend recommendations...
Senegal and Tunisia have clinched quarter-final spots in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, as they emerged winners and runners-up of Group B respectively...
