By Val Obienyem… Nigeria is a country replete with contradictions, which have posed great challenges to our meaningful and sustainable development. Last December, I travelled from...
By Collins Ughalaa… There is a popular saying among the Igbo people, that anyone who sees a hen scattering excreta with its toes and eating same,...
Reacting to the post-election violence that broke out in Taraba state following the announcement of the governorship election results, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Taraba...
Nigeria’s only representatives at the CAF Champions League, Lobi Stars have crashed out of the competition in the group stage. Their ouster was despite recording a...
Manchester City have qualified for the English FA Cup semifinals after they came from behind to beat Swansea 3-2 on Saturday. City dramatically kept their quadruple...
A knee injury has forced Rafael Nadal to withdraw from his Indian Wells semifinal clash with Roger Federer, who now walks over to the final. The...
Super Eagles star, Wilfred Ndidi was in action as 10-man Leicester City battled to beat Burnley in the Premier League. Kelechi Iheanacho was an unused substitute...
It was a winning start for manager Zinedine Zidane on his return to Real Madrid as his side beat Celta Vigo 2-0. Goals by Gareth Bale...
Another waterfall which is set to be unveiled, has been discovered at the Ife Grand Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun State. This was disclosed by the Ooni of...
The outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Imo State has been rejected by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the...
Several Civil Society Organizations have commended the Nigerian Army and other security agencies for their “professionalism” during the recent polls in the state that saved it...
At least 24 people have been reported dead with dozens missing as cyclone Idai raged through the eastern parts of Zimbabwe on Saturday. Zimbabwe’s information ministry...
By Fredrick Nwabufo… Building a cohesive society starts with delivering justice to all and protecting the interest of not just a few, but all in the...
Former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniels has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has also informed of his decision to quit partisan politics...
Oyo State Government disclosed on Saturday morning that there was no casualty in the building collapse incident which occurred along Bode, Molete area of Ibadan on...
Nigeria’s men Basketball team, D’Tigers have been drawn in Group B of the 2019 FIBA World Cup billed to hold in China. The Nigerian team will...
Super Eagles defender, Elderson Echiejile has joined Finland top-flight club, HJK Helsinki. The 30-year-old, who made the announcement via his Instagram page, says he is delighted...
A Lagos-based writer, Mrs Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu, has dragged a foreign publishing firm, Melrose, to the Ogun State High Court in Ota over the firm’s alleged failure...
Media personality and reality TV show host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu has opened up about how he lost out on signing a lucrative contract to be part of...
A trader and mother of three on Friday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her marriage to Olaniyi because he raped her 16-year-old...
A 35-year-old man Opeyemi Ogunjobi, who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Ogunjobi, whose address was...
Six Nigerian students, who came tops ahead of Tanzania, Kenya and Angola, are to represent Africa at the global stage to compete for the information and...
A group of election observers who observed the Kaduna State governorship poll, which saw incumbent Governor Nasir El-Rufai re-elected, have picked holes in the exercise. According...
An unidentified leader of a kidnap syndicate has threatened to attack Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State if...
Ayoade Akinnibosun, on Friday claimed before an Ilorin High Court, that the Nigerian Police deliberately killed Michael Adikwu, a principal suspect and the mastermind behind the...
Following their leave during the general elections, a Chinese firm handling the construction of Lagos-Ibadan rail project has retuned on site to continue construction. The company,...
A small group of state attorney generals are looking into whether Google has violated antitrust or consumer protection regulations, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. However,...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has raised concerns over more than 400 travel agencies operating in the country without the requisite local licences to operate....
Six policemen who were assigned to guard three Registration Area Centres (RACs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State have been arrested and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed that it will soon commence the collation of election results in Rivers State. In a statement signed by...
There will no longer be a supplementary election for the governorship election in Bauchi State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said. The commission said...
By John Chukwu… It has become a norm for Nigerian men of God to reel out prophecies of who will win or lose a particular elective...
Rafael Nadal defeated Karen Khachanov on Friday night to set up a clash with rival Roger Federer in the semifinal of the ongoing Indian Wells. The...
Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, has condemned the mosque shootings in New Zealand, stating that the country has nothing to do with them. Speaking on Friday...
Following reports from different quarters alleging gross misconduct of men of the Nigerian Army, a nine-man committee, headed by Maj.-Gen. T.A. Gagariga, has been set up...
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that the successes recorded by the All Progressives Congress during the February 23 and March 9 general elections...
With the agony from the collapse of a school in Lagos still fresh, yet another three-storey building which is still under construction Friday collapsed along Bode,...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by former lady, Patience Jonathan seeking to upturn the interim forfeiture order by a Federal High Court in...
The Police in Katsina State has confirmed the abduction of a popular Kano-based Quranic reciter, Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman in the state. Sulaiman was kidnapped alongside five...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has de-certified 13 secondary schools and issued warning to 56 others in Kogi for their involvement in examination malpractice during...
While many are yet to get over the 2019 elections, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on members of the Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ekiti...
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded massive seizures of rice, sugar, vegetable oil, second-hand clothes, shoes and other items smuggled into...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to direct the immediate announcement of the...
The Federal Government has commented on the recent terrorist attack on two places of worship in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. The attacks took...
An ex-BBC Pidgin journalist, Ruona Meyer has accused Ms. Olufunke Phillips, one of the campaign media aides of Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of drug trafficking...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday said the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 11.31 percent (year-on-year) in February 2019. This...
World Basketball governing body, FIBA has placed Nigeria’s D’Tigers in pot 7 ahead of Saturday’s Men’s World Cup draw to hold at Shenzhen Bay Arena. The...
Benue Youth Forum has cried out over alleged presure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make sure Governor Samuel Ortom loses the supplementary election...
The 80-year-old Hajiya Maistiyari, mother in-law to governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has been released by abductors. This came after the octogenarian was kidnapped last...
The ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ coalition has acknowledged the resignation of fiery activist Deji Adeyanju, two days after he told the world that he was severing...
