A High Court sitting in Makurdi has turned down attempts by the sacked principal officers of the Benue State House of Assembly to vacate the order...
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Seems the plot to unseat the leadership of the National Assembly, and have them replaced by loyalist of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being...
The death toll arising from a 6.9 earthquake which struck 3km from Loloan about 31km underground in the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen from 82...
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has accused the Federal Government of having misplaced priorities. According to the church, the Nigerian government is rather concentrating on...
Nigeria imported 4.79 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, between April and June, 2018, the latest petroleum products importation statistics by the...
The President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has stressed that his country will not stage talks with the United States while it is still under sanction. Rouhani...
The Department of State Security has reportedly blocked the entrance to the National Assembly. Returning lawmakers and even staff of the federal legislature have been refused...
The Federal Government has said that investigations are still ongoing into allegations of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate forgery levelled against the Minister of...
The federal government Monday moved to allay fears of concerned Nigerians by pledging that defection into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not prevent anyone...
The leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly are scheduled to meet in an emergency meeting on Tuesday. The emmergency meeting was called by the...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said it was ready to deploy 222,728 prepaid meters for its customers in the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Niger and...
Just a day after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari in London, the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio reportedly met with the National Leader of the All Progressives...
Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has completed a move to Spanish club Levante UD from Belgium side KAA Gent on Monday. The 23-year old, who had...
The government of North Korea led by Kim Jong-Un has called on the Donald Trump-led US government to immediately drop sanctions against Pyongyang in light of...
Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruq Umar has said any minister appointed by by President Muhammadu Buhari who fails to site a project in the town...
Ex-Nigeria international Emmanuel Amuneke has been appointed new head coach of Tanzania national football team, the Football Federation have announced. The former Al Khartoum SC of...
Nigeria women’s under-20 football team, the Falconets, lost to their German counterparts in their opening Group D game at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in...
As preparations for the 2018 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA reach top gear, a 13-man International Jury scheduled to screen nominees who have...
2018 Dutch national champion, Ewout Oostwouder of 2018 after is going on adventure to Africa for the first time with hope of experiencing a distinct atmosphere...
There seems to be no end to the gale of defections as the deputy chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has led 6208 members to...
The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki now belongs to the minority and...
The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Ekpo, has described reports in a section of the media as malicious. The deputy governor, who was...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… Every society in the words of George Soros needs some shared values to hold it together. When such values disappear, the society becomes...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the suspension of trading in the shares of Conoil Plc. over failure to file its financial accounts as stipulated...
This Saturday, August 11, NASA’s unmanned Parker Solar Probe is set to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a mission to “touch...
Nigeria’s inflation rate is expected to drop Year-on-Year (YoY) for the eighteenth month to 11.01 percent in July, FSDH has said. The index, according to the...
The Federal Government has said funds for the clean up of oil impacted Ogoni land is intact. Assuring that no part of the money can be...
A senior Buhari administration official who has slammed arbitrary fines on media organisations for allegedly broadcasting hate speeches has himself been caught spewing vicious propaganda on...
The elevated political tension observed in the country ahead of the 2019 general election is negatively affecting major reforms expected to drive growth in the economy,...
THE downward trend in interbank interest rates will persist this week, as inflow of N452 billion aggravates the prevailing excess liquidity in the interbank money market....
Detectives are likely to interrogate Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu’s wife, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sources said yesterday. The anti-graft commission is probing Ekweremadu’s...
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Whirl Stroke have engaged militiamen in a camp discovered in the Akor community in the Guma Local...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 23-year-old housewife identified as Damilola Ayeni after she stabbed her husband to death over a...
Nigeria women’s under-20 football team, Falconets, will be up against their German counterparts as they kick off their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign today (Monday). The...
The presidency has resorted to begging the National Assembly to reconvene so as to save the 2019 general elections from running into troubled waters. The Presidency,...
The trade policies of US President Donald Trump has been slammed by China which says the measure of ‘extortion’ won’t work. In an unusually personal attack,...
Indonesia’s popular tourist island of Lombok has been hit again by another magnitude-6.9 earthquake which struck 3km from Loloan about 31km underground. The earthquake which struck...
About 250,000 direct jobs and 1.25 million indirect jobs have been created under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk...
The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has hurled insults at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, over his stance that...
The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno State. According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Texas...
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to abandon its plan to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki as it...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken another dig at President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that Nigeria deserved better than the leadership he was offering. Obasanjo spoke when...
The political battle between Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and Senator Shehu Sani appears to have no end in sight as the Kaduna State chapter of...
The All Progressives Congress, APC has said it does not need public funds to unseat Dr. Bukola Saraki from his Senate Presidency. According to the party,...
Team Nigeria finished on 3rd position behind Kenya and South Africa at the Senior African Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta state capital, which concluded on Sunday....
It was yet another tragic incident for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, as nine of it members serving in Taraba State died after drowning in...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Sunday, said it had nothing to do with the alleged planned impeachment of Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The corperation also...
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reacted to the news of the defection of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the All Progressives...
The lawyer of US President Donald Trump has informed that his client would rebuff any subpoena by a special counsel Robert Mueller investigating contacts between the...
