Documents from the Debt Management Office (DMO) showed that the Federal Government spent a whopping N2.21 trillion to service domestic debts in the first nine months...
There is palpable tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the country’s ruling coalition and opposition both claimed victory in the just concluded election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the new year message delivered to Nigerians by President Muhammadu Buhari on the last day of 2018. The...
The total number of member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been reduced by two after the official withdrawal of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the peaceful approach of former president Goodluck Jonathan who...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), on Tuesday expressed its worry over the spate of banditry in Zamfara State and the resurgence of Boko Haram in parts...
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has reversed her threat that she was unlikely going to campaign for the reelection President Muhammadu Buhari. She had criticised...
Samuel Ortom, Benue State governor, says his administration has performed well. The governor also revealed that he joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because it was...
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigeria has made progress under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Lagos governor...
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, has urged geo-political zones that have been promised power in 2023 to demand a written agreement. The senator said...
A member of House of Representatives, Mr Kinsley Chinda who led 71 other lawmakers to sponsor a bill to revert the county to parliamentary system says...
As attacks on Borno State by Boko Haram continue, the state Governor, Kashim Shettima, has expressed his wish not to hand over a state ravaged by...
Few weeks before the 2019 general elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), John Gbor, has advised Nigerians to ignore the call...
Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi was in action for Arsenal and grabbed an assist in their 4-1 victory over Fulham on New Year’s day. Coming from...
Roger Federer’s Switzerland beat Serena Williams’ USA as the two tennis greats met on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia....
Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi was in action for Leicester City in their 1-0 win over Everton in a Premier League clash on New Year’s day....
Dapo Abiodun, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state seems to be deepening the controversies surrounding his certificate submitted to the...
The Nigerian Army has expressed frustration in its fight against Boko Haram, saying on Monday that some persons have politicised efforts of the government to keep...
A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered orbit Monday around the asteroid Bennu,...
Nigerians from across different social strata, who expressed expectations and apprehension for the New Year to The Guardian, said ensuring a credible general election and security...
The Federal Government has set aside N2 billion to compensate those dislodged on the Right of Way (RoW) of the Second Niger Bridge, The Nation has...
Despite the upcoming general elections in the country, some chief executive officers (CEOs) have predicted that the Nigerian economy will perform better in 2019 than last...
Over 10,000 contract staff on the employment of international oil companies (IOCs) and local crude producers will not be confirmed in 2019, New Telegraph has learnt....
Controversial Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has admitted that most people live their lives on social media, including her. According to the mother of one who penned...
Nigerian workers have been asked to be ready for a prolonged strike action in the new year by organized labour over the failure of government to...
LEADERS of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, an umbrella body of traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of states of Niger Delta were in a dilemma, yesterday, over...
THE execution of Nigeria’s 2019 budget will likely encounter a serious threat as the price of Bonny Light, the nation’s premium oil grade, yesterday, hovered at...
Some residents of Baga, who fled from Boko Haram attacks to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Monday, narrated their ordeals to The PUNCH. The residents,...
The Federal Government budgeted N1,001,318,171 for President Muhammadu Buhari’s local and international travels in the proposed 2019 budget. The budget proposes N250,021,595 for the President’s local...
An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke has sentenced a 40-year-old man to three years in prison for raping an 80-year-old woman. Arraigned on two...
Embattled French leader Emmanuel Macron has pledged that his government is willing to do better in his highly-anticipated New Year’s Eve address. Macron made the pledge...
A package of bills that would re-open the federal government without approving money for President Donald Trump’s border wall is set to be introduced by US...
The hope of Nigerian workers to have a new minimum wage of N30,000 may be hanging in the balance as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, has...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said all unbiased Nigerians will acknowledge that Nigeria has made progress under him. He also re-committed himself to free and fair elections...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has called on Nigerians to report any filling station in the country selling petrol above the official pump price of...
President Muhammadu Buhari in his new year message to Nigerians has promised that the 2019 elections would be “free, fair and credible”. The President who expressed...
Multiple sources and fleeing residents have confirmed control of six towns of Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns of Borno State by Boko...
The Nigerian military In conjunction with the Borno state government is to relocate residents of Baga town in Borno State to enable the launch of a...
Vote counting for the long delayed elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo has commenced with opposition saying the election was ‘deliberately disorganised’ after chaotic contest....
Tennis greats Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday when Switzerland face the USA...
It is 11:30am and traders and buyers who had come from different parts of the country were seen moving from one direction to the other at...
Most people spend so much to look young these days and they cherish a good looking skin that glows. Skincare products stocked in the supermarkets are...
The Nigeria Police has insisted it would not withdraw its siege on the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye until the lawmaker surrenders The senator has...
By SOC Okenwa The 2019 gubernatorial election in Lagos State promises to be a very interesting battle between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described the allegation of N600 billion annual losses to delay in awarding contract for the implementation of “Revenue Assurance Software”...
THERE are apprehensions in the insurance industry over allegations that some insurance operators have cleverly created means of giving out discounts on compulsory classes of insurance...
The power transmission capacity in the North-East has increased by 100 per cent, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. According to the TCN, the transmission...
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Peter Ozo-Eson, said governors who claimed to lack the financial capacity to pay the N30,000 minimum wage should...
About seven airlines applying for Air Operator’s Certificate have failed to complete it or have abandoned the process, The PUNCH has learnt. According to findings by...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has raised an alarm over what it claims is a grand plot by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party...
