Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has advised politicians seeking political positions in the forthcoming 2019 general elections to listen to Fela’s music. He gave...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has named Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Director General of the Presidential campaign council of its Presidential candidate, Alhaji...
Despite the declaration and insistence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will field candidates for all elective positions...
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr is not underrating the Libyan national team ahead of both sides’ matchday 4 encounter of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has identified rising security challenges in the country and logistics as the major reasons...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, may have to battle to avoid being suspended, probed and probably sacked. The Federal High Court...
Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen for the second consecutive month in September on continued shortage of food supply in the market, data from the National Bureau...
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, is demanding that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) be compelled to issue him an exemption certificate for the compulsory...
Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal, has reiterated the views many Nigerians have expressed in the past and continue to hold that President Muhammadu Buhari is not...
By Reuben Abati… About this period, four years ago to be precise I had gone to visit a notable politician and a member of the Peoples...
The placard-carrying protesters blocked the old Ojo Road leading to the terminal, causing serious traffic jam, as commuters alight from the vehicles to save time. Some...
For their incessant practice of shooting television commercials (TVCs) and other advertising campaigns in foreign countries, Nigerian banks, telecommunications companies and other multinationals have been accused...
There are indications that high turnover of senators will hit the 9th Senate in 2019 as 42 of the 109 serving senators, representing 38.5 per cent...
The federal government 2017 budget recorded an 86 per cent implementation, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has disclosed. He told...
The Nigerian Air Force said on Monday that its two pilots injured in the September 30 Katampe air crash in Abuja had been discharged as investigations...
Armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are reported to have invaded the Abuja Residence of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, whose tenure...
Facebook on Thursday announced it has removed hundreds of pages and accounts as the company cracks down on spam. The move comes at a time when...
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have docked two businessmen identified as Pius Ebere and Peter Attah for allegedly stealing car parts. According to the...
A list of 31 former ex-clergymen accused of being involved in the abuse of minors over the past 70 years has been revealed by the Catholic...
The Counsel representing adult film star Stormy Daniels, who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, is now preparing an appeal after a...
Nigeria’s former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has advised the Federal Government to suspend its plan to raise $2.78 billion in Eurobond as part of capital...
The presidency has reacted to the killing of a second health worker abducted by Boko Haram. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of...
The National Industrial Court on Monday dismissed a request by a former spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, for her reinstatement to...
Mohammed Babandede, Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has said that the issuance of Nigerian Passport with 10-year validity will start in December. Babandede made the disclosure...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the presidency has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain the outgoing Governor of Ekiti...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insists that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamfara. INEC Chairman,...
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has carried out its threat and executed Hauwa Leman, an aide worker with the...
October 31 has been slated for the arraignment of Senator Ademola Adeleke in court over alleged examination malpractice. A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday,...
Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) turned bearish on Monday to open the new week after recording gains in the last two...
By Prince Singa Edward Zhattau…. Following the validation of the Presidential Executive Order ( PEO) 6 by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the President...
The acting head coach of the Libya is confident that his side will beat Super Eagles in Tunisia on Tuesday despite falling to a 4-0 defeat...
The governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdulahi Ganduje, has one more headache to contend with as the State House of Assembly has begun a probe into...
Another video showing the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje allegedly receiving part of a $5 million bribe from a contractor has been released. The video was...
A 53-year-old air hostess identified as Harsha Lobo reportedly fell off an Air India plane which was about to take off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International...
A senior correspondent with the Punch Newspaper, Mr Friday Olokor, has threatened to drag the chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai to court over what he...
Bishop of Sokoto Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has denied endorsing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He said...
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu has dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to court over his disqualification from the governorship primary of the party in...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… To understand more fully, the current wave of political re-alignments in the country and be able to make objective projections, it is important...
Former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa yesterday said he cannot be on the travel ban list because he has been discharged and acquitted by a Sokoto...
Ahead of next years’ general election, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is under pressure from some strong political players in the presidency to return the National Commissioner on Health and Welfare,...
CONTRARY to the expectation of many that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State would announce his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, there are...
Many All Progressives Congress House of Representatives members who lost out at the recent primary election are to decide on their next line of action after...
A coalition of leaders of Abia State have accused the Federal Government of playing double standard in the fight against corruption over the indefinite suspension of...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths (Worldwide) on Sunday reacted to the emergence of former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as the vice presidential candidate to Atiku Abubakar...
By SOC Okenwa… The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) organized its presidential primary in the garden city of Port Harcourt penultimate weekend. More than a dozen...
Seun Kuti, the son of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has come out to denounce American rapper Kanye West over comments made about his late father. The...
Peter Ayodele Fayose, the outgoing Ekiti State Governor, on Sunday left the state for the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Fayose,...
Zamfara State’s Governor Abdulaziz Yari has cleared the air over his alleged plot to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Yari, the APC Governors Forum...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said he has no regrets supporting Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to emerge as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential...
