Leicester City top striker Jamie Vardy has expressed confidence in forming a deadly partnership upfront with Super Eagles striker, Ahmed Musa, who joined the club on...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received in audience HRM King (Dr) W.S. Joshua Igbugburu X, CON (JP) Ibenanawei of Borno Kingdom, Pioneer Chairman Bayelsa Council of...
By Reuben Abati… In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even...
Journalists, volunteers and athletes were left inside when a controlled explosion took place inside Carioca 1 Arena in the Olympic Park just minutes before the start...
By Joseph Edgar… I have seen the pictures of the sage, Wole Soyinka. His grey flowing mane, glistening in the bright lights of the President’s office....
The Federal Government has swung into action by directing the deployment of a national emergency response team, to prevent the spread of the polio virus following...
The Federal Government has swung into action by directing the deployment of a national emergency response team, to prevent the spread of the polio virus following...
Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that he is crying for Nigeria because it has continued to celebrate corrupt people. The former chairman of the House of Representatives’...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has reviewed downward the listing and trading fees for securities listed and traded on the debt segment of its market. The...
An electronics seller identified as Ezekiel Igbokwe has revealed to the police how he butchered his wife’s lover after he caught them on their matrimonial bed...
Zenith Bank Plc has released its much-awaited first-half results with key performance indicators showing considerable declines in earnings, profitability and quality of assets. The 148-page report...
After a breather from running price depreciation on Wednesday, Nigerian equities relapsed on Thursday into the negative as increased sell-offs shaved off N48 billion from market...
There is palpable fear among bank workers in the country as the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that they all declare their assets. The...
Police in Canada have revealed that the terror suspect gunned down at a house in Strathroy, a town about 225km west of Toronto was a supporter...
At least four people lost their lives and many more were wounded across the country after multiple bomb attacks hit Thailand some days after adoption of...
Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara has stated that the police cannot meddle in the affairs of the House. According to him, he cannot...
Nigerian Government on Thursday replied the United States (US) that its security challenges is worse than that of Nigeria. US government had recently claimed that at...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the party has no plan to sanction anybody over the raging budget padding allegations rocking the House of...
Republican nominee Donald Trump has denied being invited over by the Secret Service after he delivered what was seen as an incitement to violence against Hillary...
Latest reports emanating from Brazil revealed that players of the U-23 Eagles have skipped training in Salvador and are ready to boycott their quarterfinal match against...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he is praying for President Muhammadu Buhari to find oil in the North. He said that the...
The Ojuelegba axis of Lagos State witnessed a wild drama of some sort when some Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) officials got involved in a clash with...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has begged local media to project a positive image of Nigeria and stop negative reports. According to...
The founding Chairman of DAAR Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stands the risk of going into extinction if...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… Sadly many in the conservative core north remain unconvinced. For example, the Arewa Consultative Forum issued a statement on the 7th August in...
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has indicted a former Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan and a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,...
Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has agreed a five-year contract extension at Watford. Ighalo had been a target for West Brom, who are keen to bring...
Panic and buck passing now trail threat of total blackout in Nigeria which may commence next week, following the refusal of government ministries, parastatals and agencies...
By Okey Ndibe… Two curious events took place last week. In one, the leadership of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced their choice...
By Majeed Dahiru… President Muhammadu Buhari came to power with a lot of promise. He enjoyed enormous good will from a cross section of the very...
President Muhammadu Buhari has branded Nigeria as a poor country, blaming fall in oil price as the cause. He stated this on Thursday, at the Presidential...
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), have engaged in a war of words over which party, is the cause of...
By Azu Ishiekwene… In response to public outrage over the 197/$ concessionary foreign exchange rate that the Federal Government granted to hajj pilgrims, the Presidency explained that...
Two days after stand-up comedian, Basketmouth came out to set the records straight via a statement posted on Instagram saying he never campaigned for President Muhammadu...
Less than two weeks after, Mavin Records singing sensation Tiwatope Savage officially singed the dotted lines for an international deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation, the...
Enugu State Controller of Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Isaiah Amariri, said on Thursday that it has re-arrested six of the inmates that escaped from Nsukka Prisons...
A few days after Mayowa Ahmed’s brother took to his Twitter account to inform that his ailing sister is set to fly to the U.A.E for...
Nigeria’s quest for a medal in men’s football will be tested this weekend as the U-23 Eagles battle perennial rival, Denmark for a semifinal ticket after...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, had a closed door meeting for about an hour with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has resolved to probe contractors in the state who failed to carry out or complete the execution of their contract...
By Paul Michael… For sometimes now, the mainstream media and the social media has been agog with discourse and criticism of the act of budget padding,...
French authorities have arrested a 16-year-old girl in Paris for allegedly using a social media app to spread ISIS propaganda in a bid to further incite...
The Police Commissioner of Ebonyi State, Peace Abdallah while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki revealed that three police officers and the serving Coordinator of Ohaozara Development Centre,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited five directors and other top management staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to its office following an alleged missing N100 million in...
Colombia secured their place in the knockout stages of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a convincing 2-0 victory over Group B winners Nigeria...
A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), is said to have blown up a major oil trunk line in Isoko area of Delta...
The planned interaction with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, by the Special Investigative Panel, SIP, investigating allegations of budget padding did not...
In a move it said is to alleviate the sufferings of parents and students, the Federal Government has stopped the collection of development levies by the...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, Wednesday, came hard on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase its Monetary Policy Rate, MPR,...
By Solomon Asemota (SAN) … Islamist Jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Ethnic Nationalities, who are Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an...
