THE House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education yesterday queried the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, over pre-budgetary spending which violated the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The...
Director General of Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed to return the N10 billion seized...
The kidnapped Romanian Engineer, Mr. Nedeclu Christian and two Nigerians in his official team have regained their freedom after about 72 hours in the custody of...
No less than 20 lives were lost when a car laden with bombs exploded near a checkpoint close to the Bab al Salama- some meters away...
The police have now begun investigations into the killing of a 25-year-old commercial motorcyclist (okada rider), Saheed Omotosho and the battering and subsequent arrest of his...
Authorities in China have jailed Jin Daoming a senior Chinese official who worked in anti-corruption departments for almost 20 years, for life, over allegations of corruption...
Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr, has warned his players to forget sacking of the Desert Foxes’ Manager, Milovan Rajevac, saying it might ginger the Algerians to...
Watford boss Walter Mazzarri backed injured Nigerian striker Isaac Success to play against Middleborough on Saturday, despite the player’s claim of injury which necessitated his absence...
The selling pressure and momentum of activities intensified on Thursday at the Nigerian stock market as investors remained unexcited by emerging corporate earnings for the third...
November makes two years since Rauf Aregbesola was sworn in as the governor of Osun State for a second four-year term, yet he continues to run...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Berlin, the German capital for an official visit. On arrival he was met by Charge d’ Affair of Nigeria to Germany,...
Real Madrid’s prolific goalscorer Alfredo Di Stefano, who spearheaded the club’s five European titles in the 1950s, is to have a street named in his honour,...
The Federal Government has released the names of the 21 Chibok Girls that were released by the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The names were released...
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Thursday, faulted claims by the Department of State Services that there were complaints or petitions against the judges arrested in a...
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday inaugurated a 49 member campaign council for its candidate in the forth coming Ondo State governorship election, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN)....
A poultry farmer was on Thursday morning kidnapped at Imota in Ikorodu, a Lagos district. The yet-to-be identified farmer was said to have fallen prey to...
Barcelona have announced Javier Mascherano will sign a two-year extension on Monday keeping him at the club until 2019. Mascherano, 32, was heavily linked with a...
Cafter meeting for two days in Abuja. They extended the meeting to a third day — today. The council is one of the federal executive bodies...
Chelsea have announced a new £60 million-a-year sponsorship deal with Nike, the “largest commercial deal in the club’s history”, after severing ties with Adidas six years...
A new twist has been added to the ongoing allegations of corrupt practices in the judiciary, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, said...
Claudio Ranieri is at a loss to explain Leicester City’s away-day blues in the Premier League as he prepares to take his champions to Chelsea. The...
The Nigeria Police Force, Thursday, lost two of its men while two others were seriously wounded after gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen ambushed them along...
Tyson Fury has vacated his WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles to deal with his “medical treatment and recovery”. The Briton, 28, has admitted taking cocaine...
The Ogbelaka and Eguadase groups have commenced the Ekassa spiritual dance as the October 20 date for the coronation of the new Oba of Benin draw...
A group has called on the federal government to descend heavily on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) known as shiites, as it “has started to exhibit...
Russian authorities are warning their citizens of an impending nuclear war as diplomatic ties with the US reached its lowest point since the cold war. Reports...
In what is regarded as the biggest lawsuit to come out of Africa, the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has slammed telecoms giant, MTN with a...
The circumstances behind the release of the 21 out of the 218 abducted Chibok girls is becoming controversial as the Federal Government and local sources have...
There was palpable tension in Enugu on Wednesday as the state began the recruitment of neighbourhood watch members in all its communities. Our correspondent learnt that...
Fiery singer-songwriter and actress of Itsekiri ethnicity, Omawumi Megbele has revealed that she doesn’t give a hoot about those complaining about her weight in a post...
Less than a month after she revealed in a post on Instagram that she cried on her first date after cutting ties with her ex-hubby Maje...
German police has revealed that 22-year-old Syrian-born Jaber Albakr, who was arrested for planning a bomb attack in Germany after explosives were found in his apartment...
Candidates applying to study in universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education in the country, may soon breath a sigh of relief, as the Senate has passed...
The Senate, today, resolved to set aside 3% of the Federal Value Added Taxes (VAT) for the development of ravaged North-eastern part of the country. Also,...
Bank workers in the country may be in for a better deal over the security of their jobs as the e Bankers Committee, Wednesday stopped retrenchment...
The release of 21 out out 218 Chibok girls in the captivity of of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has been confirmed by the Presidency....
Emerging reports indicate that 21 of the girls who were kidnapped from Chibok Secondary school in Bauchi state have been released. They have been taken to...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, has berated the Department of State Services, DSS, over the arrest of some judges in the country. Babalola...
The two lawmakers favoured by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in last year’s National Assembly elections, Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, are to join...
Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan started a five-day warning strike, yesterday over alleged short-payment in their salaries and allowances. Chairman of UCH...
More facts are coming to light on how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared a business mogul, Goodie Ibru, wanted. News of the development,...
Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has revealed his plans to seek discussions with Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri and Chelsea’s coach Antonio Conte over Ahmed...
New research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and...
One of the parents of the freed kidnapped pupils of the Government Model College, Igbonla, Epe in Lagos,, has revealed that the pressure mounted on the...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a N1.86bn suit filed against the founder of the Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David...
An FCT High Court was Wednesday told how a former Director of Police Pension, Esai Dangabar, moved N24 billion into different bank accounts. This was disclosed...
Fresh facts have emerged on why the Algerian Football Federation fired Coach of the Desert Foxes, Milovan Rajevac, ahead of the clash against the Super Eagles...
Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has backed the Super Falcons to defend the 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations billed for November 19th to December...
Two Boston police officers who came under attack by a gunman who shot and wounded them both late Wednesday night at a home in the East...
