The Federal Government has paid each of the constables deployed for the Osun State governorship election a sum of N50,000 as special duty allowance. A total...
Seven lawmakers of the Oyo State House of Assembly including the Speaker, Olagunju Ojo, the Minority Leader, Ademola Ige, on Tuesday defected to three different parties....
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 30-year-old man identified as Ibrahim Lawal for allegedly having anal sex with two eight-year-old boys...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, Tuesday, faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ban the...
The problems of former Argentina president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been compounded after she was slammed with more graft charges by a Federal Court. According...
Senate President and presidential aspirant under the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bukola Saraki, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as being ignorant of...
The Federal Government has said the reason why many Nigerians are not feeling the impact of the country’s exit from recession was due to its high...
By Reuben Abati… Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance (2015-2018), Kemi Adeosun threw in her letter of resignation on Friday, September 14, to bring to a temporary...
Roberto Firmino scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Liverpool beat Paris St-Germain in a five-goal Champions League thriller at Anfield on Tuesday night. The Reds got...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by President Muhammadu Buhari to effect a “violent change” of the...
The Oyo State government has shut down Obasanjo Farms, belonging to former president Olusegun Obasanjo. It also shut down 15 other businesses for failing to pay...
Senate President Bukola Saraki says President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is trying to implement his blueprint on commercial agriculture. Saraki said this when he appeared before the...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… Among other teachings received as a student of media and communication studies, I was specifically told that information is the life wire of...
By Brendan Tobin… The last decade has witnessed a seismic shift in the way political campaigns are managed. Ten years ago, the majority of campaign workers...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has reinstated Yushau Shuaib, a civil servant who was compulsorily retired after he wrote a piece criticising Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former...
Three lecturers of Shehu Idris College of Health, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have been abducted. The academic staff were kidnapped on Sunday while travelling to Makarfi from...
The Senate and the House of the Representatives Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on Tuesday, adopted the fourth version of the 2018/2019 Electoral Amendment Act. The...
The Federal Government has sold its 21 percent stake in the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The...
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to help Barcelona kick-start their Champions League campaign with a 4-0 thrashing of PSV on Tuesday. It was the Argentine’s 48th...
Starboy head honcho Ayodeji Balogun popularly known in music circles as Wizkid may have conquered the music scene with his hit songs and lovable persona, but...
Former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to represent Plateau Central for the third term at...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, Tuesday said the people of Osun State do not need a dancing governor, as the state’s...
A court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the chairman of the Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, and Marine Transport,...
Being a strong Ambode person, I must confess that these few days have been quite strenuous for me. I have watched very closely as events unfolded...
The Bristol Airport in the UK has confirmed that it has been hit with a cyber attack after flight information displays at the airport have been...
Sokoto State governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has revealed what he will do should he fail to grab the party’s...
In spite of the drop in the average pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and...
ITTF African Championships semifinalist, Olajide Omotayo says his last-four match with compatriot Aruna Quadri has been a big boost of confidence for him going forward. At...
As it becomes more obvious that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, will not change his mind on his decision...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stepped up the campaign to rid the country of dirty notes, make lower denominations available and stem the tide...
Weeds and empty containers have taken over large part of the Lilypond Container Terminal at Ijora in Lagos. The terminal, with a capacity of 7,000 Twenty...
THERE was apprehension in Delta State yesterday over the fate of some members of the House of Assembly following speculations that some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...
The Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees panel set up to discuss the possibility of having a consensus presidential candidate among the aspirants will meet with...
A total number of18,426 policemen will be deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, says Ibrahim Idris, Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police. The IGP revealed this...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdul-Kafarati, on Monday directed judges in the court to ensure that all pending political cases in...
The United States of America and Russia were involved in a verbal spat over international sanctions placed on Kim Jong-un’s North Korea. In an acrimonious meeting...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has again been summoned to come and answer for a fresh criminal complaint leveled against him by a private lawyer in respect...
The trade war between Washington and Beijing is about to escalate after President Donald Trump gave the go ahead for the imposition of 10 percent US...
Mustapha Maihaja, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has declared the flooding in four states as national disasters. The affected states are Kogi,...
One of the three humanitarian workers abducted in Rann, Kala Balge local government area of Borno State, Saifura Ahmed, has been killed by the Islamic State...
An Abuja magistrate court has struck out a suit against Bayelsa-based journalist, Jones Abiri. Abiri, publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, was arrested by Department of State...
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai says restructuring was conceived by pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, to destabilise the country. He said this at a public lecture organised by...
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday said Nigeria needs to join the new global trend where “digital presidents” were being elected to lead. He said he...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has dismissed allegations which led to his sack as “fabricated”, attributing them to detractors. He...
Senator Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has revealed that his heart was with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 even though he was a...
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has awarded a G-1 International ranking to the Nigeria Taekwondo International Open which is to take place on November 16 to...
Ghana has been named as the official host for the 2018 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, from November 21-24, following the receipt of...
Zainab Ahmed, who is acting minister of finance, said Monday that Nigeria’s economy faced “challenging times” as she formally assumed duty. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed her...
Fuji music maestro King, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (KWAM 1),who now prefers to be called K1 De Ultimate, is threatening lawsuit over a video making the rounds...
Astronomers have finally found the last of the missing universe. It has been hiding since the mid-1990s, when researchers decided to inventory all the “ordinary” matter...
