Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday received the Togolese President, Mr. Faure Gnassingbe, who is in Nigeria to visit the Dangote Refinery in Lekki Free Trade Zone...
The embattled former Chairman of the House of Representatives on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and...
Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha’s three-day work week and two farming days for civil servants has begun. The government recently introduced a policy it tagged, “Back...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has supplied food items and other materials to about 800 former Boko Haram terrorists who have denounced their membership of...
A clergyman identified as Kenechukwu Nebeolisa and some prayer warriors were given the beating of their lives when a group of armed youths stormed a prayer...
Troubled South Sudan is boiling again as nine lives were claimed over the weekend following renewed face-off between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and armed...
The Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development said it has selected three Nigerian firms to explore oil in that country. The firms are WalterSmithPetroman Oil...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has called for cancellation of Imo rerun election in Isiala Mbano state constituency. The party is claiming that its name logo...
Lack of synergy between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other banks has stalled disbursement of the seed funds for start-ups. In its bid to...
Coach of Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers, Will Voigt has expressed disappointment following his team’s loss to USA on Tuesday. USA men’s basketball team...
The gale of sacks of heads of federal parastatals continued on Monday, with the booting out of 17 heads of parastatals under the Federal Ministry of...
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government to investigate the December 12-14, 2015 clash between the Nigerian Army and members of...
There was a mild drama yesterday at the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat in Akure, the state capital, as the party’s 10 local council...
The Oyo State Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the state government to “immediately offset” a backlog of eight months’ unpaid salaries...
Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) has emerged the new president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). Mahmoud, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Kano State, polled...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Monday, declared that there is no going back on the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled to...
Femi Gbajabiamila, has broken his silence over the budget padding brouhaha rocking the House of Representatives, even as he called for radical reform of the budget...
Abdulmumin Jibrin has been summoned to appear before an All Progressives Congress (APC), disciplinary committee over his allegations against the Speaker, House of Representatives. He is...
A police inspector who had just left a commercial bank along the Okunola Road in the Idimu area of Lagos State was attacked on his way...
Nigerian equities continued on the downtrend on Monday as the stock market reopened to mixed-feeling on corporate performance in the first half and the outlook for...
After sustained offensive by the Nigerian military, militants in the Arepo area of Ogun State are believed to be regrouping in Ondo State’s riverine communities. According...
The difficulty accessing funds has pushed government to explore all avenues of borrowing money to fund its budget, including the contributory pension scheme (CPS), now put...
Wissam Ben Yedder turned down the chance to join Arsenal in order to move to Sevilla, according to Toulouse boss Pascal Dupraz. The 25-year-old was one...
Chelsea’s lack of Champions League football will boost their Premier League challenge, manager Antonio Conte believes. Antonio Conte believes failing to qualify for the Champions League...
U-23 team coach Samson Siasia has courted the trouble of Minister of Sports Solomon Dalung over his comments about the poor condition of his squad at...
Dr Chris Ngige was reportedly silenced with shouts of ‘No!NO!,’as he tried to defend President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments. The Minister of Labour and Employment got this...
Nigerian Olympic basketball team will be heading to the Rio 2016 Olympics with without the duo of Portland Trail Blazers big men Al-Farouq Aminu and Festus...
Fear that Nigeria may suffer more losses of oil output emerged over the weekend as suspected militants destroyed oil and gas pipeline facilities operated by Shell,...
Niger Delta militant group, Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) has said that pleas from elders of the region made it decline from declaring its proposed Niger Delta...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to immediately start the process of extending dollar loans to their customers. This is seen as...
Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women competed for the first time at the...
As past Olympics hosts like Russia and China have learned, hosting the games comes with a plethora of potential problems. With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games...
Rafael Nadal is currently in Brazil with the Spanish tennis team and he is also due to be his country’s flag bearer. Rafael Nadal has conceded...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at a town hall meeting for the South East, organised by the Federal Ministry of...
Ekiti state House of Assembly has branded Lagos-based lawyer, Femi Falana a hypocrite who should be ashamed of himself. The House said this on Monday while...
Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday visited anti-graft agencies to provide insight on how the Speaker and other House of Representatives members padded the 2016 budget. The former...
The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC), has alleged that there is a plan by Muhammadu Buhari to Islamise the people of the region. The militant group,...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that he pities President Muhammadu Buhari and the situation he has found himself. The Kaduna state governor said...
Bodies of drowned migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea have continued to wash up around the Libyan city of Sabratha, and as at the last...
During a speech at the Vatican last week, Pope Francis condemned the Pokemon Go game which is now causing a global frenzy. He termed it a...
The Nigerian music industry has been saved of another costly tragedy after fast rising artiste Rayce and Danku (Oritsefemi’s manager) both escaped a ghastly car crash...
Popular radio personality and Vlogger, Toke Makinwa seems not to have gotten over the experience she had with her ex-hubby Maje Ayida if the contents of...
Its official! The lingering feud among the Okoye brothers is over as Jude, the eldest joined his twin brothers for a picture pose which has put...
Congolese Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide has returned home to his family five days after he was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison without an...
By Joseph Edgar… The news is everywhere, the Banker has committed suicide. He was said to have pulled the trigger on his own head and in...
If well harnessed, Nigeria’s hotel business is expected to rake in $507 million into Nigeria’s economy in the next four years. But this will be subject...
Nigeria will this week conclude talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a $1 billion loan with which to finance its N6.06 trillion 2016 budget....
Elegant Table Tennis star, Funke Oshonaike would lead out Team Nigeria at the Opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, at the Maracana stadium on Friday, August...
Representatives of Team Nigeria would take the centre stage on Wednesday(August 3) by 10 a.m. when the Mayor of Rio, Eduardo da Costa Paes among other army of...
The Federal Government has not remitted pension of federal workers since September 2015, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, PenOp, has revealed. This was disclosed by...
