The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has expressed sadness in the spate of forgeries and other related crime in the nation’s banking sub-system. Raising this concern...
News analysis… Kogi: Between the devil and deep blue sea The Kogi State governorship election is fast approaching and the stakes are getting high by the...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . Hours after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Friday morning,...
By Joseph Rotimi The majority of Nigerians, while assuming the citizenship of the federal republic, do not care much about issues that affect them because their...
By Pius Adesanmi Michael Woods, a columnist with the local Ottawa newspaper, MetroNews, starts his op-ed column of Wednesday October 21, 2015 thus: “Building a cabinet...
By Reuben Abati The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people,...
Since the term “antioxidants” made the leap from the realm of biochemistry labs and into the public consciousness in the 1990s, the belief has grown that...
Reports from Maiduguri have it that a suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a Mosque located behind the Magistrates court, Polo area, during the morning Islamic...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . In what is considered a rare kind gesture and a show of maturity in some quarters, Annie Idibia showed...
According to a new unauthorised biography about Beyonce titled, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story, the singer must have separated from her husband over Rihanna. This story...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . An enlightenment workshop organised for commercial tricycle and motorcycle riders across Ogun State on safety throughout this year’s ember...
French police say that at least 40 people have been killed in a collision between a bus and truck near the southwestern city of Bordeaux. Reports...
A 38-years-old Adenowo Idowu, has fallen on the wrong side of the law as he was arraigned by the Nigerian police on a two-count charge of...
Illegal logging in Africa has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in revenue each year, exacerbates poverty in forest-dependent communities, accelerates forest ecosystem degradation...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has declared that the team would not underrate Croatia Despite beating the host, Chile,...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . After several weeks of accusations and counter-accusations, Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh returned to his Belgium base to treat...
About 70 hostages were saved from execution during raid on ISIL prison near Hawija, which left US soldier dead. US special forces and Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga...
In the 1989 hit movie ‘Back To The Future Part II’, the protagonist Marty McFly travels to what was then the strange and distant future day...
Days after the movie Spectre received lavish reviews from major newspapers, raving without rating the film, dubbing their assessments “first impressions”, Daniel Craig who stars in...
The place of women in today’s growing society cannot be overemphasised much so as roles conventionally considered to be the exclusive reserve for men are now...
A young couple fell into in troubled waters and has been jailed, over the death of an infant left in their care, which they claim died...
First recorded in the America’s in the 1900, this killer weather system which does not have a definite history of the track and intensity is threatening...
The Igbo Leaders of Thought under the leadership of a foremost constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has noted that government’s current preoccupation with the anti-corruption campaign...
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, another northerner, as Chairman the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Spanish football has been rocked by claims from a linesman that he was pressured by La Liga’s refereeing committee to favour Real Madrid against arch-rivals Barcelona...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued to trade in the red zone in spite of additional inflow of earnings reports from several companies. Not less than...
The nation’s solid mineral sector has the potential to generate over 10 million jobs for the country if well-harnessed, President of Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society...
Few days shy of the October 31 deadline for customers to complete their Bank Verification Number, the Central Bank of Nigeria has foreclosed the possibility of...
In its determination to ensure provision of sustainable energy to all, the country hopes to generate 12, 000 Mega Watts of electricity by 2020. Giving this...
The Senate President at the end of plenary today announced that screening of ministerial nominees will continue when the Senate resumes for plenary on Tuesday, October...
By Emeka Oparah . . . I think the governors of the SE states, who appear to be generally clueless, should urgently meet and seriously discuss the...
For making the wrong statement concerning the fight between him and Drake, Meek Mill kicked out Nigerian-born rapper, Wale from his music label, Maybach Music Group....
Less than 24 hours after announcing the appointment of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President Muhammadu Buhari,...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The much anticipated screening of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi finally took place Thursday, albeit to a rancorous start. Amaechi,...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Months after rapper Naeto C was reported to have been dumped as a brand ambassador by Globacom Telecommunications alongside...
The Federal Government is at the moment arraigning five suspects in the October 2 Nyanya, Kuje multiple bomb blasts. The suspects, Abdulazeez Muhazab, Ishaka Salihu, Mohammed...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . In apparent reaction to several complains of engaging in illegal activities, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Nollywood actor and ex AGN president Ejike Asiebgu has replied Gambian movie director, Prince Bubacca for referring to Nollywood...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The Senate has slated former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi and four other ministerial nominees for screening as the...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The interrogation of the immediate past Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, continues today, as the Economic and Financial...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . The crisis between the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi and the leader of the Igbo community, also referred...
By Joseph Edgar . . . As I wake to the news of the tribunal judgement asking for a rerun of the governorship elections in Akwa...
No one’s ever said that long distance relationships are easy, but they don’t have to ruin your relationship either. With the right commitment and communication, long...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been mocked and condemned for claiming Hitler did not intend to kill Jews until he was convinced to do so...
The case of fugitive cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman who fell off what appeared to be a small cliff as special forces chased him earlier...
Kenya’s battle against home-grown terrorism seems to be yielding positive results. Having faced the worst attack which took place on April 2, 2015 at Garissa University...
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday lamented that the actions of Senators who trooped to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in support of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . A teenager and an octogenarian were among five persons rescued on Wednesday from a three – storey collapsed building...
In from Success Allantee . . . After four days of consecutive upswing, investors turned round yesterday to take and lock in profits from recent capital...
