Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a 47-year-old Turkish banker with state-controlled Halkbank has been slammed with a 32-month jail sentence for helping Iran evade US sanctions. The banker...
Vice President (VP) Yemi Osinbajo has said that he cannot trade his Christian faith with anything, not even for the present political position he occupies as...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained Senator Albert Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East) in connection with a N30billion vote for direct labour projects...
The federal government has pushed back against suggestions that it has abandoned Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity out of the over 100...
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and John Oyegun, national chairman of the ruling party were among APC leaders hosted by President Muhammadu...
Atletico Madrid have emerged winners of the 2017-18 Europa League after sweeping Marseille aside in Lyon to win the title for the third time in nine...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged plot by the police to implicate Senate President Bukola Saraki in a cultism-related case, describing it as...
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Andres Iniesta were all in action as Barcelona beat South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 to win the Mandela Centenary Cup. The...
Following Senate President Bukola Saraki’s allegation that the police were trying to implicate him in a case involving some arrested cultists, the police have confirmed the...
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Enyimba were beaten 3-O by Congolese club Atletique Renaissance Aiglons (CARA) in their group stage matchday two encountee on Wednesday....
The Federal Government on Wednesday re-arraigned former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja. The court...
Spain has suffered another blow in its attempt to extradite Catalan politicians as a Brussels court ruled on Wednesday against extraditing three former Catalan politicians. The...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday secured a court order barring the Police from searching houses belonging to him. The order which was extended...
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the 2018 Appropriations Bill after more than six months it was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari presented a N8.612...
The Senate on Wednesday failed in its Stay of Execution plea before an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The Senate...
The Presidency on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to receive a copy of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill recently passed into law by the...
Chinese researchers have developed a new method to turn carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, into clean liquid fuel such as methanol. The breakthrough might help...
The Government of Ghana has agreed to stage the Calendar Unveiling of the fifth annual edition of the 2018 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). Reports say...
By Ifeanyi Izeze… Ordinarily it would have been better to ignore the statement credited to a group that called itself the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), a...
Latest invitee to the Super Eagles’ camp, Simeon Simy Nwankwo has expressed joy over his invitation to the national team, admitting it is an opportunity for...
Justice Daniel Longji of the High Court 5 sitting in Jos on Wednesday ordered that a former governor of Plateau State and now senator, David Jang...
English Premier League club, West Ham have announced that Manager David Moyes has left the club after just over six months in charge which follows “the...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has cried out over an alleged plan by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to implicate him. Saraki...
The total value of Currency-in-Circulation in Nigeria rose by N289 billion to N1.957 trillion at the end of April, the latest Money and Credit Statistics of...
Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi west, was on Wednesday granted bail by a high court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State. The Court, presided over by Justice...
Three policemen have been shot dead in Sokoto State, by unknown gunmen who have also kidnapped a foreign national believed to be a Syrian. The death...
Former governor of Ekiti State and first runner-up in Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Segun Oni, is not happy...
The bustling city of Lagos which sprawls inland from the Gulf of Guinea is a visitor’s delight especially on the island which is known for its...
Real Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane says he will be rooting for Marseille as they play against La Liga giants, Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final...
Embattled Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is currently in the Senate chamber, where lawmakers are having an executive session. Omo-agege, who was expected to attend plenary yesterday (Tuesday),...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has withdrawn the charges against a former governor of Plateau State, Senator David Jang, saying it is...
The governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has recocilled the the two conflicting factions of the Kano state House of Assembly. According to the...
The Nigerian Insurance Association (NIA) has said the increase in fraud claims in the insurance industry is affecting the survival of the business. Director General of...
Marseille captain, Dimitri Payet says his side are motivated to “write their names” in the history books of the club by beating Atletico Madrid in the...
Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia believes the coach Gernot Rohr could have done better in his selection of players to represent the country at next...
Portuguese manager, Sam Allardyce has left as Everton manager after six months in charge, the Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday. The 63-year-old signed a contract...
Nigeria’s representatives at the CAF Confederations Cup, Enyimba FC will take on Congolese outfit, Athletique Renaissance Aiglons (CARA) in their group stage matchday-two encounter on Wednesday....
By Daniel Ezeigwe… Before the emergence of the present regime in May, 2015, there had been calls and wails for leadership sanitation by the over one...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a herdsman who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl in Ebonyi State. Reports say the suspect is...
After failing in last ditch efforts to convince the US not to pull-out of Iran deal, European powers have vowed to keep the pact alive without...
Except the National Assembly include the payment of royalties to oil producing communities in Petroleum Host Communities Development Trust unrest in the Niger Delta will persist....
President Muhammadu Buhari may have rebuffed the threat from the new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, bloc in the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the seven-day ultimatum...
As the ultimatum given by members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) bloc in the All Progressives Congress (APC) expired yesterday, the group has...
There are indications that bickering between the federal and Ogun State governments over what accrues to the state on the palliative done is delaying the take-off...
The joint Senate and House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the invasion of the Senate chamber and the snatching of its mace has invited Senators...
Former beauty queen Mrs Ibidunni Ajayi-Ighodalo, the wife of Trinity House founder and accountant, Pastor Itua Ighodalo has again opened up on her fruitless efforts to...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerians that the 8th Senate, particularly the House of Representatives, would ensure the passage...
By Chima Christian and Oseloka H. Obaze… Introduction The beauty of democracy and indeed its attractiveness to many is the broad participation as well as the...
Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday reacted to the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is corruption free. The Speaker while acknowledging the...
Reports emanating from North Korea has cast doubt on whether next month’s summit between Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump would go ahead as planned....
