The Nigerian Navy Board has approved the promotions of 140 naval officers to various senior ranks in the Nigerian Navy. Breakdown of the figure showed that...
A Senior Economist with the World Bank, Yue Man Lee, said on Saturday that Nigeria’s low revenue is restricting the government’s spending on human capital development....
A new report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the Federal Government recorded a fiscal deficit of N3.05trillion in its operations between...
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Following failure of successive governments from 1999 till date to disclose details of allocations, disbursement, and spending of security votes by the three-tier of government, the...
A former employee of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Aliu Ismail Oguche, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) and accused the agency’s...
The ongoing protests in Bolivia took a dramatic turn when police guards “abandoned their posts” at the presidential palace and officers climbed a police station Saturday,...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has promoted 99 senior officers to their next ranks. A statement issued on Sunday morning by the NAF’s Director of Public...
Six pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong have been arrested and charged by police in a move which could spark more public anger a day after the...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has warned corps members to protect themselves adequately in the forthcoming governorship elections in...
Pope Francis on Saturday confirmed the retirement of His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, and appointed Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama as the new Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Sunday morning. 1. SOWORE: NHRC decries DSS disobedience of court order National Human Rights Commission...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has described the Appeal Court judgment as a victory for democracy and said he was grateful to God...
OONI OF IFE It is a year already since the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi took to his social media platforms to announce the unveiling...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa governorship poll, David Lyon, has accused Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration of causing an increase in...
Candidate of the United Peoples’ Congress (UPC) in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Sunday Abuh, has contradicted claims by the party chairman that...
A Lionel Messi masterclass which involved a hat-trick helped Barcelona defeat Celta Vigo at Camp Nou in the La Liga on Saturday. The Argentine converted a...
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the continued detention of the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare by the Department of State Services...
Nigeria Governors’ Forum has described as mischievous reports by an online medium claiming that its chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, was denied an...
Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi was in action for Leicester City in their 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League at the King Power Stadium...
Babajide Sanwo-olu has been affirmed as the winner of the 2019 governorship election in Lagos state. This is as the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos,...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has ruled in favour of Godswill Akpabio and ordered a rerun election in Akwa Ibom North-West...
The Olympic Eagles of Nigeria were beaten 1-0 by Cote d’Ivoire in their opening game of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Saturday. The...
Biafra Nations Youth League (BNYL) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of troops of the ‘Operation Atilogwu Udo’ from the Southeast region. The Nigerian Army had on...
When the Berlin Wall was pierced on 9 November 1989, world attention was on Europe. But the collapse of the Soviet Union that followed resonated across...
Mokgweetsi Masisi’s decisive victory in the recent Botswana elections over a coalition backed by his former boss, Ian Khama, is the culmination of an astonishing 10...
Former Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby has taken up the coaching job of India’s U-17 women’s team. The experienced tactitian, who once managed Sweden women, was...
Shakespearean Femi Adesina A fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. (William Shakespeare, As you like it)...
Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi played a substitute role for Everton in the Toffees’ 2-1 victory at Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday. Iwobi, making...
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, on Saturday dared the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it cannot impose leaders...
The Association of Licenced Telecommunication of operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has warned that some regions in the country would experience communication disruptions due to the restrictions...
England striker, Tammy Abraham was on the score sheets for chelsea on Saturday as the Blues defeated Crsytal Palace 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. With the goal,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two suspected currency counterfeiters in Abuja. The EFCC, in a statement issued by its Spokesman Wilson Uwujaren,...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Saturday asked the spokesmen and other aides of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to respond appropriately to what...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Government said on Friday they have commenced a Human Capital Development program that would lift 24 million Nigerians out...
Residents of Akwa, Anambra State, were thrown into panic on Saturday after a fuel-laden tanker fell into a gutter at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church along Zik...
Some Nigerians have been rescued by the International Police (INTERPOL) from human traffickers in Mali. The Nigerians were among the 64 people from different countries rescued...
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to resign from the position over alleged “well...
Nigeria’s dream team will be kicking off their 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign today (Saturday) when they face Cote d’Ivoire. The Imama Amapakabo...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Saturday ordered the redeployment of some Commissioners of Police who were recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors...
The American space agency, NASA showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “Maxwell,” on Friday at its lesser-known aeronautics lab in...
A retired army nurse, Samuel Adagbo, has been arrested by the operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team for selling babies to a politician...
The United Nations has declared that the death of former Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, who died in prison last June could amount to “a state-sanctioned arbitrary...
The number of doctors sacked by the Zimbabwean for embarking on strike over pay rise has risen from 77 to 211, according to the body in...
Afraid that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could be a ‘clog in the wheel’ of an Igbo person aspiring to become the President in 2023, the...
After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week,...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto State, Matthew Kukah, has cautioned the Federal Government on the proposed move to regulate social media. Kukah, who was spoke on...
The management of the University of Abuja has promised to make public the report of the panel of inquiry set up to investigate the allegation of...
The Governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru has called for smooth conduct of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa. Badaru, who also doubles as...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to resign immediately and apologise to Nigerians. The party was reacting...