The former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has dismissed the allegation that he is the sponsor of Boko Haram terrorist organisation as “rubbish” saying...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday arrested Francis Ayade, a brother to the Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade over an alleged N2.4...
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting on a petition, may have commenced a probe of immediate past governor of Kano...
The Kwara State police command on Wednesday paraded a Fulani man for allegedly killing his 65-year old mother and elder brother’s wife in Patigi, Patigi local...
Pokémon Go is having a rough time with the long-haul game plan. After setting plenty of records and monopolizing the news in July, the game has...
By Okey Ndibe… Nigeria went to Rio, Brazil and, as the world looked on, gave a thoroughly embarrassing account of itself. Don’t get me wrong: this...
According to police reports, a 29-year-old knife-wielding man has stabbed a woman to death and wounded two others at a backpackers’ hotel in Australia. Police say...
Yet to be ascertained number of people are reported to have been killed and about four houses burnt in a fuel tanker explosion in Edo state....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting in Aso Rock Abuja, with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the ministers, and...
The suspicion of fellow passengers who claimed they saw Arabic text on their phone led to the interrogation of three siblings at the London airport runway....
Nigeria will spend close to $2.5 billion to cleanse oil spills and repair damaged oil facilities resulting from activities of militants in the Niger Delta region,...
Super Eagles winger, Victor Moses, has expressed delight after scoring in Chelsea’s 3-2 win against lower league side, Bristol Rovers, in the Second Round of the...
The Borno State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kaka Shehu Lawan, has said that if justice must be done to the victims of Boko Haram...
Alhaji Musa Jidawa, the Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, on Wednesday, said that over 300 houses, farmlands and livestock were destroyed by flood in...
A major private equity investment firm, in the Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered African Fund (SCAF), has begun shedding load following the economic down turn in...
The budget padding allegations against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of the House, has received the attention...
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe (ODS), says it has killed two members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and arrested...
The unemployment rate in Nigeria is bound to plunge further as some countries have signaled their intention to deport Nigerians living on their shores. Leading the...
The League Management Company (LMC) on Tuesday, August 23 filed an appeal against the Plateau State High Court order asking it to reinstate Giwa FC to...
Mamelodi Sundowns coach, Pitso Mosimane has revealed that he rested eight players who would have ordinarily started in Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to Enyimba in a Caf...
The EFCC, it has been learnt, has finally decided to charge a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, for money...
For attempting to take his own life while in prison, middle-aged Abubakar Mustapha, alleged to be a member of a gang of thieves in Dutsin-ma town,...
Scottish champions Celtic withstood a furious fightback from Hapoel Be’er Sheva to reach the Champions League group stage on Tuesday despite a 2-0 defeat in Israel,...
A lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo has filed a suit against the telecoms company, MTN Nigeria, at the Federal High Court in Lagos on...
Ahead of this Saturday’s governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party Elders Assembly on Tuesday, endorsed Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s ‘anointed’ aspirant, Dr Segun...
The central Italian city of Umbria was shaken to it roots when a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck, killing at least 6 people, causing heavy damage to...
A number of shallow graves have been discovered in the home of a prophet, Emmanuel Adeyemi, who was arrested by the police in Lagos for chaining...
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has started the process of seizing assets traced to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources,...
A sharp decline in the share price of Dangote Cement Plc, Nigeria’s most capitalised quoted company, overshadowed the market situation at the Nigerian stock market, changing...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country will be deepened and institutionalized to last beyond the life of the current administration....
In a series of tweets posted on her timeline today, Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw canvassed for financial stability among womenfolk. The mother of one is of...
The efforts by Germany to stem the tide of refugees from the Middle East into Europe is being backed by the Prime Minister of Czech Republic,...
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is planning to set up a special treasury to hold unclaimed dividends that have remained unclaimed...
A Japanese father has stabbed his 12-year-old son to death for not reading his books for an upcoming exam. Reports say the father Kengo Satake stabbed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that those who kill the innocent and shout ‘God (Allah) is great’ are mentally unstable people who either do not understand...
Workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, have threatened to shut down major airports in the country if the Federal...
Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping. The Court of Arbitration for...
Argentina head coach Edgardo Bauza says he advised Lionel Messi to block out the “idiots” prior to the Barcelona superstar changing his mind on international retirement....
Claudio Bravo will arrive in England on Tuesday afternoon to complete his move to Manchester City, Goal can confirm. Blues boss Pep Guardiola has identified Bravo...
Nigerian and African champion, Aruna Quadri, will battle 19 other top table tennis players at the Liebherr 2016 ITTF Men’s World Cup to be held in...
Angered by anti-workers stance by three government officials, the Adamawa state civil servants on Tuesday shut the entrance to state government house for several hours,...
A fresh crisis is brewing among members of the Nigeria Football Federation following the discovery that new Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr will earn $47,000 a...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has brought down the hammer on nine banks for flouting extant financial regulations. The apex bank has banned them from taking...
LG HAS announced that it will debut not one, not two, but three new speakers offering 360-degree sound at the show: the PH2, PH3, and PH4....
Mr John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, on Tuesday said that beating Boko Haram on the battlefield is only the beginning of what Nigeria must do...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday played host to a former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.) who paid him a courtesy visit at the...
Seven players who won gold for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics are in new coach Tite’s squad for the next two World Cup qualifiers....
The Police on Tuesday locked up a guest house, said to belong to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for being used to secretly carry out a mass...
The Senate is reportedly gearing up for a showdown with the presidency over the speculated move to secure emergency powers for President Muhammadu Buhari, aimed at...
A search has begun in earnest for four suspected burglars who left behind three malnourished salt water crocodiles in the premises of a school they broke...
