There were strong indications as schools resumed academic activities on Monday that private schools in Nigeria have been hit by the economic rescission. They recorded low...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to support his administration and stop criticising every action of government. He made this call when he addressed members of...
As the House of Representatives reconvenes Tuesday (today), Transparency Group (TG) lawmakers have vowed to resist any plans to pass a vote of confidence on Speaker...
Wild protests which broke out in the streets of DR Congo capital, Kinshasa with demonstrators calling for the resignation of incumbent President Joseph Kabila turned bloody...
A middle aged man identified as Mr. Rasak Alabi is now cooling his heels in police net after allegedly battering his wife’s niece, Latifat Adeyemi, over...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the international community that his administration was working hard to meet the humanitarian needs of the over two million internally...
Massimiliano Allegri has defended his decision to leave Gonzalo Higuain out of the starting XI as Juventus surprisingly lost 2-1 to Inter on Sunday. The Argentina...
Dele Alli has agreed a new Tottenham contract, tying him to the club until 2022. In an indication of the 20-year-old’s importance to Mauricio Pochettino’s team,...
Four-time Olympic athletics champion Mo Farah and 14-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Rafael Nadal are among another 26 athletes whose leaked data has been revealed...
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas claims manager Bruno Genesio and his backroom staff took the decision to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta ahead of Emmanuel Adebayor. Free agent Adebayor...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is unlikely to rest first-team players for the League Cup clash against second tier Derby County, he said on Monday. Premier League...
Antonio Conte was left utterly disappointed on Friday night after his Chelsea team suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season, but there is little...
Members of the National Assembly (NASS) will today resume plenary and continue their legislative duties after a long annual recess. Expectations are high but Nigerians may...
Former Governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu has said that the current economic recession in the country was caused by the recklessness of past leaders...
The Ondo governorship primaries has polarized the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is as a meeting convened to decide on...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja and two others may soon be penalized by the National Judicial Commission, NJC. This is over cases...
Super Eagles’ forward Moses Simon will likely miss the World Cup qualifier against Zambia as it has been confirmed by his Club, KAA Gent that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian Paralympic team for their heroic feat at the just concluded Paralympic games in Rio, Brazil. According to President Buhari...
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been fined £8 000 ($10 452 / 9 346 euros) after accepting a Football Association misconduct charge, the English governing...
By Chido Nwakanma… Nigeria’s leading industrialist Alhaji Aliko Dangote last week flew a kite. He advised the Federal Government to sell Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to...
With the National Assembly expected to resume from its annual recess on Tuesday, Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the upper legislative chamber will dedicate more of...
Despite the assurance by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, that Nigeria’s economic woes were getting over, a global rating agency, Standard and Poor (S&P.), at the weekend downgraded the country into what it termed “junk...
An investigation has revealed how Nigerian lawmakers fleece tax payers by employing no fewer than 2,570 aides. According to the report, put together by the News...
A militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, MDGJM, has blown up another major crude oil delivery pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC,...
A few hours after he was publicly identified as the man behind the ‘intentional’ explosion in the city of New York which left no less than...
Politically conscious Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has humorously reacted to Nollywood actress Cossy Orjiakor who named her pet cats Goodluck and Buhari in a controversial post...
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for total cancellation of security votes for governors and the president....
An 18 year old herdsman, Ali Haruna, has been sent to prison for 2 years for grazing on a farmland and destroying crops in Ekiti State....
Oando Plc has reached definitive agreement to sell 49 per cent equity stake in its gas subsidiary, Oando Gas and Power (OGP) Limited for $115.8 million,...
The Indigenous People of Biafra said it is staging worldwide protest on September 23, and has called on all Igbo and those who believe in...
An attack outside a church in Borno State, by suspected Boko Haram sect, has left at least eight people dead. Residents said on Monday, that gunmen...
Omowumni Akinnifesi, winner of the 2005 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) took to her Instagram page hours ago to reveal how she...
The fact that chatterbox radio personality and Vlogger Toke Makinwa may have finally gotten over her unpalatable experience with her ex-hubby, Maje Ayida, could not be...
Twelve months after the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) pledged to give the nation reviewed salaries and allowances for political office holders, lawmakers and...
Some prominent traditional rulers in Lagos State, lawmakers and party chieftains at the weekend heaped praises on the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode over the commissioning...
A graduate of Political Science, Jehu Kwasu, has narrated how he impersonated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah and defrauded prominent Nigerians of...
Boko Haram butchered nine people in front of me. That day I decided to leave my village,” says Rachel Daviguidam, still devastated by the carnage she...
As Lagos schools resume today, the Lagos State Area Unit of Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, has warned Tutor-Generals/Permanent Secretaries, principals and teachers, to adhere...
Police in Lagos and Ogun states have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers of four landlords, the Lagos State Police Command has announced. Gunmen in military...
Federal Government Colleges across the country reopened for the 2016/17 session yesterday but some students who could not pay complete fees were turned back, Daily Trust...
Incoming reports suggest that there are wild protests on-going in the streets of Congo with demonstrators calling for the resignation of incumbent President Joseph Kabila. Reports...
The explosion one of five suspected devices found in a backpack near a train station which exploded while a bomb squad robot was trying to disarm...
Florida resident Jonathan Strobel, has filed a lawsuit against Samsung after his Galaxy Note 7 phone reportedly exploded in his pocket. According to Strobel, he was...
A majority of Nigerians have the erroneous belief that video games are time-wasters and that most of the audiovisual games available have a way of encouraging...
A renowned economist, Prof. Pat Utomi says that the recession the nation has found itself was caused by bad policies of government, and not the drop...
Two former governors of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Theodore Orji, have deepened the rift between them as they lashed at each other...
The former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has bemoaned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to him, “If it...
A 28-year-old pickpocket, Deji Ayoola, proved his mettle once again by robbing one of the policemen that arrested him barely hours after he was caught pick-pocketing...
Tougher sanctions are underway for North Korea after Pyongyang’s fifth and largest nuclear test took place on the 9th of September in defiance of U.N. sanctions...
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the President did not spend up to £50,000 (N20.5million) on...
