Former chairman of the House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin has said insisted that Speaker Yakubu Dogara is guilty of budget padding. He said he...
By Okey Ndibe… Junaid Mohammed may be the closest thing Nigerians have to a bipartisan gadfly, an equal opportunity traducer of the country’s rulers. A legislator...
Outgoing American President Barack Obama has endorsed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton describing her as the most qualified and eligible to become the next president of...
A federal judge has ordered the release of a lone gunman John Hinckley from the government psychiatric hospital. Hinckley hugged the headlines in the US when...
The renewed militancy in the Niger Delta have continued to hurt the Nigerian economy, as report say the shut down of the Shell’s Forcados export line...
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has advised against budget padding and called for investigation into the allegation of such in the House of Representatives....
The Transparency Group, a collection of members of the House of Representatives, has called for the probe and prosecution of Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and three other...
Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar, Wednesday, said he could no longer keep quiet to inquiries being made by the EFCC concerning his predecessor, Isa Yuguda. He...
The face-off between militants, the police and soldiers at the Ewedogbon end of Totowu in the Igando, old Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State continued...
Niger state is keen on being one of the oil producing states in Nigeria, as the state’s government has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to include...
The determination of embattled former national chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ali Modu Sheriff to control the reins of the party seems epic,...
The Federal Government has pulled out of plans to give late Nigerian Captain and Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a heroic burial as final burial rites for...
The governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesome Wike, has assured that his administration will partner with security agencies to ensure there is peace in the state....
Quoted equities sustained their recovery on Wednesday as investors sought to take advantage of the recent price depreciation to consolidate their portfolios. While the overall market...
Operatives of Central Police Station, Enugu State Police Command have arrested an 18-year-old mother Okike Ezinne for selling her 18-month-old daughter Chisom Raphael for N300,000 to...
A 19-year-old Algerian asylum seeker was arrested in Germany after yelling, “I’ll blow you up”, moments after fleeing a psychiatric facility earlier in the day. The...
A former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Rev. Tunde Lemo, has said that state governors are responsible for the current sorry state of the...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… Forgive me for my curious silence over the last few months but this was due to circumstances beyond my control. As you know...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday, warned against the use of military option in solving the Niger Delta Crisis, saying it was not...
U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has sent a passionate plea to the Nigeria Football Federation to pay his salaries and backlog of bonuses and allowances owed...
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has suggested that the club is still interested in signing Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba. Manchester United emerged as the frontrunners for...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has claimed that ‘danger’s coming’ for footballers who are overweight amid claims that players will be banned from training if they...
By Farouk Martin’s Aresa… When you are so cocky under a false sense of security, you forget to learn from past mistakes as if Presidential means...
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain on Wednesday arrived in Turin after his official move to Juventus and was given a rapturous welcome by the Serie A club’s...
By Sonala Olumhense… The Esan say it is not the illness that kills the sick one; it is the relapse. Relapse, that is negative history repeating...
Sadio Mane has revealed that he rejected a move to Manchester United in order to join Liverpool. The 24-year-old completed a move to Anfield from Southampton...
Tragedy struck on the set of a movie directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare when special-effect scene went wrong as near death experience was averted when promising actor,...
A High Court in Ekiti has issued an arrest warrant against the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three others over alleged murder....
Ahmed Makarfi, has said that the ongoing $2.1 billion arms deal probe, shows that the military chiefs stole more than the politicians. According to the Chairman...
The last has not been heard in the face off between the former Chairman of the House Commitee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin and the Speaker of...
A curious fan has called out Nollywood actress Omoni Oboli for soliciting funds for her colleague Leo Mezie who is reportedly down with kidney failure. The...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has said that Nigeria will soon be exporting special grass to Saudi Arabia. Ogbeh, said this in...
Nobody enjoys a long road trip, especially when traveling alone or for business. Aside from the boredom that you will have to deal with in the...
Gone are the days when life was completely experienced and shared in real time. Thanks to technology, social interaction in our today’s world now takes place...
Wrinkles – or what some otherwise refer to as ‘facial folds’ – are nature’s way of reminding us that we all have to get old someday....
You probably wouldn’t use old-school phrases like “Wait until your father gets home” or “I wish you were more like your sister” with your kids. But...
Nigerians know what to expect when they approach police checkpoints. “How can you appreciate me?” ask officers, AK-47s dangling languidly from their shoulders. “Happy weekend!” say...
The ambition of Chief Olabode George to become the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has received the blessing of the Lagos State Executives...
Organizers of the Rio Summer Olympics will provide an average of 41 condoms and 17 packets of lube per athlete competing at the games. The 450,000...
Congolese Rumba maestro, Koffi Olomide has been sentenced to a year in prison without an option of fine by a local court in Kinshasa after assaulting...
The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested 10 kidnappers who were dressed in military uniform in Kogi State. The kidnappers were said to be part...
The sacked chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has been accused of being the brain behind the ill-fated Kano Film Village,...
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu says the state’s governor; Adams Oshiomhole has no moral justification to preach...
Terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the explosion of a large truck bomb which killed at least 50 people in the north-eastern Syrian city of...
Another Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s commissioner, resigned on Tuesday, making a total of three, in weeks. Ripples Nigeria learnt that more may still have to resign in...
Days after sacking his deputy Riek Machar, South Sudan President Salva Kiir has wrote a letter to the military ordering them to produce his second-in-command and...
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has again threatened that government will not be able to export a litre of crude from the region any time soon. This...
A renewed approach at improving the trade blocs in Africa has been presented with the adoption of the common passport in use among some countries in...
A recent survey has rated Nigeria higher in the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) than countries like Ghana, Switzerland, and others in the middle belt....
Turkish authorities have continued mass cleansing of its system as arrest suspects involved in the masterminding of a failed coup continues. Reports say President Recep Tayyip...
