President Muhammadu Buhari has given military authorities in the country, three months to end the Boko Haram scourge on the nation. He gave the charge on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a suspected fraudster, Idowu Olarenwaju, alias Capt Anthony Abel Saramoh for allegedly defrauding an American Citizen of...
Imagine hackers stealing top secret files from a military base. Except they don’t need the Internet to pull data out of the facility’s computers. Instead, they...
There has been so much attention on Greece in recent weeks, but the truth is that Greece represents only a very tiny fraction of an unprecedented...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that contrary to media reports, its chairman, Mike Okiro was not indicted by a report of the investigation conducted...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday promised that his administration would give priority to ensuring steady electricity in the country, which he said would launch the country...
In from Ali Smart … The management and board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is currently in the eye of the storm as the...
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay has advised public officials who have been involved in looting the nation’s treasury to come...
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho should apologise to team doctor Eva Carneiro for “publicly humiliating” her, says Liverpool’s former head of medicine. Peter Brukner, now the Australia...
Six officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and a secondary school teacher have been relieved of their duties by Governor Ibikumle...
The fast rising use of communication Apps like WhatsApp and Skype, offering free calls and messaging using the Internet is eating deep into projected revenue earnings...
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly have rejected a pay cut in their salaries and allowances contrary to an earlier assertion by its...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the 8th Senate is committed to openness, and assured Nigerians, especially the youths that the upper legislature is...
In from Success Allantee … The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria’s capital market regulator, is closing four of its seven zonal offices and cutting down...
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc plans to offer 1.09 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo each to existing shareholders at N27.50 per share, according to a...
In from Success Allantee … The latest losing streak at the Nigerian stock market entered its fourth consecutive day as increased shares supply and recourse to...
Adetokunbo Sijuwade, the son of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, on Wednesday officially announced the death of the monarch, saying he would be...
Global stocks sold off sharply Wednesday after China’s currency declined for a second day, sending fear through investors. Currencies and commodities were also under pressure after...
By Ali Smart The burgeoning trade in second hand items in Nigeria is worth $1.97billion at the moment, if the report of MOBOfree, an African social...
By Joseph Edgar … I just read in today’s Thisday that Nigerian women are the most promiscuous and that three out of every ten Nigerian children...
A helicopter this afternoon crashed into the Ocean, under the Third Mainland bridge, behind Oworonshoki Police Station, Lagos. The aircraft marked 5NBGD belonging to Bristow Helicopters...
By Joseph Edgar … I think we are back in 1983 when the only agenda for the Buhari/ Idiagbon junta was various wars against corruption and...
President Idriss Deby of Chad has stated that the Boko Haram sect is no longer led by Abubakar Shekau, but by a new person who goes...
Lawyer to the family of an army Lieutenant, Benjamin Edim who was reportedly killed has petitioned the Nigerian Army demanding a thorough investigation into his killing...
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Barcelona substitute Pedro scored deep into extra time to secure the European Super Cup with a 5-4 win over Sevilla in a thriller on Tuesday after...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Reigning Commonwealth long jump queen, Ese Brume, and national men’s sprint champion, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, have been dropped from Team Nigeria contingent...
Perhaps Google (Alphabet?) should have googled its new name before it decided to restructure the whole company. Its new parent company, Alphabet, has encountered an issue...
The National Hospital Abuja on Monday live-tweeted an open heart surgery on its official account. The operation was an open heart surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect Repair)...
Engineers have developed a robotic system that can evolve and improve its performance by learning from previous work. A robot arm builds “babies” that get progressively...
The newly licensed Fresh FM 105.9MHz, Ibadan owned by popular minstrel, Dr. Yinka Ayefele, has been given the go ahead by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)...
Hillary Clinton has agreed to hand over to the FBI the private email server that she used as secretary of state. Her use of private email...
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde has disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari over the usefulness of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme to youths in particular and...
After only a few days, Send Down The Rain crooner, Majek Fashek was pictured recently looking healthier in an Abuja rehabilitation center where he is receiving...
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State on Tuesday petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the immediate past governor of the...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria Football Federation President, Mr. Amaju Pinnick has praised the patriotism and professionalism of Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji, who died on August...
in from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria internationals Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe are now surplus to requirement at West Brom after their coach admitted the duo...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Senate has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to abolish the collection of fixed charges from electricity consumers. The...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The process to determine who gets what committee in the House of Representatives has commenced with Speaker Yakubu Dogara holding an...
There is an almost unbelievable report going round that Hollywood star, Ben Afleck, who recently separated from his wife, actress Jennifer Garner actually tricked his wife...
Kim Kardashian drew the ire of FDA, the authorities in charge of food and drugs in the USA, when she publicly endorsed a morning sickness drug....
The ambition of former Abia state governor and billionaire, Orji Uzor Kalu to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football governing body, FIFA is generating...
Amid strong speculations that President Buhari would keep the Petroleum portfolio to himself, the new helmsman at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disagreed with the new policy on cash withdrawals by some banks on their Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), which imposed...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has indicted for Inspector General of Police (IGP) and chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC)...
In from Success Allantee … Nigerian equities suffered a third day of consecutive decline yesterday as more investors piled up sales orders, forcing the overall market...
Unimpressed by what many consider as clandestine pleas by some highly placed Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to arraign alleged looters of the nation’s economy...
Exactly sixty-five years ago, eight young men of like minds met at No.4, Ibadan Street in the Sabon-Gari district of Kano city. The product of this...
Sometime last year I watched the Hollywood blockbuster titled ”12 Years A Slave” starring Brad Pitt and the Nigerian-born actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. After watching the film...
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that a songwriter who claimed that pop star, Shakira’s 2010 hit single ‘Loca’ was ripped off a recording called “Loca...
