West Ham departed the Boleyn Ground in style, scoring twice in the final fifteen minutes to claim a 3-2 win over Manchester United. With the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in the United Kingdom to participate at an London Anti-corruption Summit being hosted by Prime Minister, Davis Cameron. he was welcomed...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has given the Joint Senate Committee on Special Duties, Establishment and Public Service up till May 25, 2016 to complete work on...
Facts have emerged on the reason for the last week’s investigative visit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Sterling Bank, as the bank...
Apparently miffed by the insidious remarks by Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, which classified Nigeria and Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’ nations, the Presidency on Tuesday described...
A 75-year-old farmer Nurudeen Koleosho has been apprehended by the Ogun State Police for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl said to be suffering from Autism. Reports...
The Debt Management Office (DMO), which oversees Federal Government’s debt issuance programme, has estimated that Nigeria needs $25 billion, about N4.9 trillion, annually for the next...
Head of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami opposition party Motiur Rahman Nizami has been executed in Bangladesh after he was convicted of genocide, rape and massacres. Members of...
Financial services regulators have launched a concerted seize and forfeit hunt to recover a total of 2.5 billion ordinary shares which were allegedly illegally issued by...
Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday that a failure to win a third Grand Slam title was among the factors which finally caused him and coach Amelie...
Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, admitted he would have liked play at the Olympic Games after he was left out of the squad in order to take...
The second round matches of the Dayak Tennis Championship holding at the National Tennis Centre, Abuja served off Wednesday with three Nigerians in action Tuesday saw...
U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has invited six overseas-based professionals led by Liverpool loanee, Taiwo Awoniyi to beef up his squad for the invitational tournament in...
Real reasons why the Buhari-led government will sustain its massive crack down on corrupt politicians are beginning to emerge. Ripples Nigeria has learnt that the hunt...
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun Olu Adegboruwa, has joined the list of people who have fallen into the snare of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday arraign a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal M D Umar Dikko before a Federal...
The resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta assumed another dimension on Tuesday, as three soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has obtained an order to detain a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode, who was spokesman for...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… There is one Oba in Nigeria that most of the people have in common, that is Omo N’Oba of Benin. Most ethnic...
By Okey Ndibe… I was disturbed by a report in last Sunday’s edition of The Punch newspaper. It read, “Buhari orders military to crush new Niger...
As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to attend British Prime Minister, David Cameron hosted anti-corruption summit in London, the latter has been caught on camera telling Queen...
The Defence Headquarters has denied granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram insurgent group, describing an online report that 800 Boko Haram members had been...
By Churchill Obinna Okonkwo… With the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, a new entity with strangers in an unfamiliar society...
By SOC Okenwa… The Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) is not one without scandals from time immemmorial. From 1999 when democracy was restored after the June 12...
By Sonala Olumhense… The following article is intended to be read as an extension of, addendum to, Femi Falana’s “How Nigeria Can Raise U.S.$200 Billion From...
By Prince Charles Dickson… We grab a dog with the hands and it escapes; thereafter we beckon it with two fingers. (If both hands cannot detain...
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican presumptive nominee, Donald Trump are both in a race described as close to call in three battleground states such...
A knife-wielding 27-year-old German attacked and killed one man and injured three others on Tuesday at the Grafing train station near Munich. German police are now...
The National Association of Resident Doctors has declared five days of warning strike beginning from Wednesday May 11 in agitation over what it calls “remuneration injustice”....
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has condemned the vexed issue of domestic violence, which has continued to rear its ugly head...
Bayern Munich have announced the double signing of Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels and reported Manchester United target Renato Sanches. Sanches, the 18-year-old Benfica and Portugal...
Following allegations of embezzlement, the Federal Government (FG) has ordered the EFCC to investigate how more than $32 million of funds from Global Fund Grants received...
The star prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Michael Wetkass, on Tuesday, confirmed that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was worth over N4 billion...
Robot-fighting stuff of manga and anime is coming to a venue near you after Oakland, Calif. startup MegaBots Inc. raised $2.4 million in seed funding. According...
Ibrahim Uwais, son of a former Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Mohammed Uwais, has been reported killed by a US airstrike on a town near...
Sporadic gunshots by unknown gunmen which killed two security details stationed at the Rivers State Judiciary has led to the immediate closure of the premises. Reports...
The number of supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be reducing by the day, especially as concerns his leadership thrust and economic direction. A one-time...
The abducted son of ex-Pakistani Prime Minister, Ali Haider has been set free from captivity in Afghanistan in a joint operation by Afghan and US forces....
If all goes according to plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will play host to a number of world leaders, including President Francois Hollande of France as well...
Despite the motion by the National Assembly taking over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly and directing the state Governor Yahaya Bello to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the bank account of Marecco Nigeria Limited belonging to a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
By Joseph Edgar . . . . That is exactly what is on my mind this morning. Can it get any worse? As the Boko Haram...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Monday, came down hard on judicial officers he accused of leaking confidential information to lawyers and other...
Nigerian equities opened on Monday with widespread positive sentiments as investors increased demand for banking and consumer goods stocks. Average gain at the Nigerian Stock Exchange...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the bank account of Marecco Nigeria Limited belonging to a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
Tragedy, again, hit the Nigerian Police Force on Monday, when two mobile policemen men were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Warri, Delta State. The two...
A father of one unfortunately lost his life when trigger-happy policemen shot sporadically during a raid at Osogbo Street in the Itire area of Lagos State....
The Federal Government has concluded plans to privatize the nation’s refineries within the next 12 months, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has...
Two days after the acting speaker of the lower house in Brazil annulled the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff, the Senate head has overruled the...
Tragedy struck in Rivers State in the early hours of Monday, as five policemen were reportedly killed by some gunmen in Rivers State. According to reports,...
