Abike Dabiri just gave a travel advisory and pushed herself into a pot pouri of controversy. She has been accused of causing a diplomatic row between...
The State of Hawaii becomes the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban after its attorney’s on Wednesday filed a lawsuit...
The revised travel ban signed by US President Donald Trump which now targets six mainly Muslim dominated countries except Iraq, is being contested in court after...
A day after the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, cautioned Nigerians against traveling to the United States...
The revised travel ban signed by controversial US President Donald Trump has been greeted with protests even as politicians describe the order as ‘un-American’. US civil...
Controversial US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on revised travel ban targeted at six mainly Muslim dominated countries except Iraq. The dictates of...
There was palpable anger and frustration as it was discovered that hundreds of intending Nigerian travelers to the United States of America (USA) have been denied...
Due to insufficient evidence to charge the only North Korean suspect arrested in connection to the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim...
Spanish politicians are worried about the country’s falling birth rate and have named a ‘S*x Tsar’ to encourage people to get in more action. Authorities in...
The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected a call by some lawmakers urging the Nigerian Government to reconsider its diplomatic ties with the South African Government. The call...
By Jude Ndukwe… The ongoing attack of Nigerians by South Africans in their country has, understandably, sparked widespread rage. Reports have it that over one hundred...
Malaysia police are seeking the arrest of Hyon Kwang Song, a second secretary at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, for questioning over the death...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is ready to walk its talk on the matter of making Nigeria a destination of choice in the...
By Louis Odion… Half a century ago, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu of the January 15 coup fame sneaked into the national lexicon the term “ten percenter” to...
The unending drama over President Buhari’s health status continued on Wednesday with claims that the ailing president spoke with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. Obviously...
A 60-day action plan on ease of doing business has been proposed by the Federal Government. If successfully implemented, the frustrations experienced by locals and foreigners...
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick for Tottenham Hotspur, as they cruised to the quarter-finals of the English FA Cup with a 3-0 thumping of Fulham at...
Dateline, January 19, 2017: President Muhammadu Buhari left the shores of Nigeria for medical vacation in the UK. His absence left a vacuum which was filled...
Bad debts, also known as toxic debts, in the Nigerian financial system, is discovered to have risen from $20 billion to $25 billion between 2014 and...
The proposed funding of the $50 billion Biofuel Industry Equity Fund (BIEF) for Nigeria by government agencies and parastatals has, generated some disagreements between the Minister...
The three members of the House of Representatives exonerated of the sexual misconduct allegations levelled against them by the US Government have picked lawyers to handle...
The identity of a machete wielding assailant who attempted to attack a gathering of art lovers at a museum in the suburb of Louvre, near France...
Donald Trump’s executive order forbidding visas from seven Muslim-majority countries has elicited retaliation from the Iranian government which has banned the US wrestling team from participating...
The Federal Government is to spend about N600 million on security provision for Abuja-Kaduna air travel arrangements. The bulk of the expenditure is to go for...
The deportation of 45 Nigerians by the British government is snowballing into what may become a diplomatic row between both countries. Without prior information to the...
President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration has been partly blocked by a federal judge who temporarily ended detention of Muslim travelers with valid documents and...
Controversial media personality Kemi Olunloyo is at daggers drawn again; this time the vocal social critic has lashed out at Nollywood actress Anita Joseph for encouraging...
A 37-year-old man, Akintunde Abiodun has been ordered remanded at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos over suspected crimes bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false...
By Atedo Peterside As part of their 14th Daily Trust Dialogue, the management of Daily Trust requested a presentation from me on “BEYOND RECESSION: TOWARDS A...
In a recent global survey of 1,000 corporations across 15 countries, commissioned by The Regus Group it was found that the levels of workplace stress have...
Libya, the only country exempted with Nigeria from OPEC crude oil cuts has pumped more supply of the products to the international market, a situation that...
Nigeria will from this year begin to track the volume of its crude oil production from fields of production and loading bays, to sales destinations in...
A battle of wit is about to commence as the Federal Government concludes plans to appoint auditing firms to review the financial management mechanisms of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned cabinet reshuffle, envisaged in the new year, may hold a couple of surprises, especially as it concerns his relationship with party leader,...
The Nigerian Bankers Committee may have resolved to pay more attention to the agricultural sector as a more positive approach to achieve an early recovery of...
The Gambian comedy of errors By Joseph Edgar… President Jammeh of The Gambia has captivated the world with his eccentric approach to governance. He has held...
A syndicate operating a fake Trinidad and Tobago embassy in Nigeria where a sizeable number of Nigerians have been swindled has been busted by men of...
The House of Representatives has foreclosed thoughts of the immunity clause for governors being removed in the ongoing efforts to review the Nigerian Constitution. Deputy Speaker...
A decade after issuing illegally obtained authentic visas, authorities in Ghana have busted a fake U.S. embassy in the capital of Accra which is run by...
News making the rounds on social media claim that a group of Nigerians based in Dubai allegedly robbed a store and stabbed to death a police...
Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday, confirmed an exclusive story recently published by Ripples Nigeria that the on-going process of amending the 1999 Constitution being undertaken...
A day after former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave a hard knock on the Buhari-led administration, a group has called for a probe of the $16 billion...
The last may not have been heard about the conduct of the Department of Security Services (DSS) in the arrest and prosecution of judges. The House...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, at the MPC confirmed that there will be no downward review of the high...
By Louis Odion… This must be a depressing hour indeed for the man who “fashioned the drama of existence” and first black Nobel prizewinner in Literature,...
Coach of the Nigerian U-20 women team, Peter Dedevbo, is confident that his girls will bounce back from their 6-0 defeat to Japan last Sunday. He...
By Wole Soyinka… I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the Daesh (ISIS) controlled parts of Iraq was...
The United Nations has declared in a statement that Kenya’s deportation of South Sudan’s rebel spokesman James Gatdet Dak (a registered refugee) back to his home...
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to rebuild North-East part of the country ravaged by the terrorist group Boko Haram as he inaugurated a Presidential Committee on...
The Senate has suspended its planned debate on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) this week. Instead, the leadership of...