In a bid to stem the tide of rice smuggling along Nigeria’s borders, the Federal Government has delivered 50 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Nigeria Customs...
Nobel laureate and Nigeria renowned playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s attitude towards an unnamed person he termed late Moshood Abiola’s...
By Omoshola Deji… Nigerians assembled at the polls on June 12, 1993 to expunge dictatorship and usher in purposeful leadership. The widely acclaimed free, fair and...
American American boxer Deontay Wilder claims he has agreed to fight with Nigerian-born British world champion Anthony Joshua in the United Kingdom. Although a date is...
By Reuben Abati… I used to have a friend we called Alhaji Bashy. He was not a Muslim. No. But he called himself Alhaji Bashy, even...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a presidential aspirant and former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, has disclosed why he thinks he’ll be a better...
Tragedy struck in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital when a young man identified simply as Oge met his untimely death while...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has regretted perceived evidences of Nigeria heading towards authoritarianism under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The former Vice President who gave the...
Four suspects including three policemen and an employee of the Independent High Elections have been arrested in Iraq for setting fire to a storage site housing...
Less than four days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off, the Super Eagles of Nigeria finally landed in Russia on Monday night, with another...
Following their qualification for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby, now shifts focus to ensuring a successful outing at...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari as the midwife of the circumstances that led to Chief Moshood Abiola’s travails following June 12...
Police detectives are presently combing South-West states to track other suspects involved in the April 5 Offa bank robberies and recover firearms hidden by the gang...
Rotation of troops engaged in various counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram terrorist group in the North-east has begun, the Nigerian Army said Monday, stating...
Emergency workers yesterday expressed skepticism over reports that a woman jumped into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday evening. Their doubts, it was learnt, stemmed from the...
THE growing rift between Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, and his boss, Governor Rochas Okorocha, has deepened, following an allegation making the rounds in...
The pair of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have both emerged from their working lunch discussion with the US President saying the meeting with Kim...
In his quest to win back the support of Southwest for the 2019 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari, responded to a 20-year old quest by many...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained to the Federal High Court in Abuja how it uncovered about 19 houses allegedly bought by the...
Seyi Malomo, Chaplain of Aso Villa, Monday led some Christian leaders in thanksgiving for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Last week, a...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on African countries to follow Nigeria’s lead and make effort towards building international strategic partnerships with other African countries to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday denied reports that leaders of the party have endorsed one of its presidential aspirants as candidate of choice for...
N195BN FRAUD: Senator Gaya’s backtrack and the Maina question By Douglas Manke…. Abdulrasheed Maina, the man at the centre of the widely publicised pension debacle, has...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have sealed their qualification for the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) after they thrashed Gambia’s Queen Scorpions 6-0 on...
Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Humphrey Nwosu, who conducted the June 12, 1993 polls, has reacted to the recognition of that date as...
The Presidency on Monday published a joint communiqué containing decisions President Muhammadu Buhari and his host, the King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI, reached during his...
The Federal Government on Monday said it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37 billion to...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… Recently, I listened avidly to various speakers at a function in Lagos, speak with great passion to underline the seriousness of their position...
Super Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo has joined English Championship club Stoke after agreeing a five-year contract, the Club announced on Monday. Etebo, who is a member...
Six days after the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) issued a seven-day ultimatum to Falz, ordering him to withdraw his video titled “This is Nigeria” and apologise...
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged, that governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, has concluded plans to pay off six months’...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco has begun to yield results as Nigeria signed a regional gas pipeline agreement with Morocco...
First Bank Plc says it has instructed its lawyers to challenge the court decision that convicted two of its senior staff for contempt of court. According...
The nation’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves have lost over $374 million within three weeks, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) obtained by...
A staff with Zenith Bank, is presently on the run, after other members of his syndicate were arrested by the police in Lagos State for stealing...
Former Rivers State governor and current Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, has described a failed and irresponsible government as that which watches its people being killed...
The stage is set for a landmark summit to be staged at Singapore’s city-state’s Capella Hotel between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim...
The Senate has said that the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was misrepresented in the media reports, claiming that she accused the National Assembly...
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Dr Najeem Salam, has warned local government chairmen in the state against manipulation of councillors, who are...
As the nation awaits the outcome of police investigation into the April 5, 2018 Offa, Kwara State armed robbery attack in which 33 persons were killed,...
The Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Mr. Chris Oguoma, has accused outgoing National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and the APC...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day is a mere political stunt. To prove it isn’t, the leader must return the country to...
Three policemen who reportedly attacked an asthma patient with tear gas have been reportedly sacked by the Lagos State Police Command. The asthma patient identified as...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a vote of no confidence has been passed on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, by...
There is a possible risk of an impending diplomatic and trade crisis between the US and its Western allies after a conflict over international trade at...
An erstwhile United States of American (USA) ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington (OFR), has reacted to the Federal Government recognition of June 12 as Democracy Day....
Plans by the Austrian government to shut down seven mosques and expel Turkish-funded imams have been criticised by Muslims in the country. Reacting to the move...
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, has responded to an allegation that he mismanaged the state’s allocations when...
In what seems a yearly routine, the 2018 budget process has suffered months of delay at every phase of the process like every other budget recently...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will play host to the Queen Scorpions of Gambia today (Monday) in Lagos as both teams seek qualification for the 2018...
