An international human rights group, The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Nigerian government officials have raped and sexually exploited women and girls displaced by...
According to accounts by the Red Crescent, the bodies of 16 drowned migrants have washed up the western Libyan city of Zuwara. Al-Khamis al-Bosaifi, the spokesman...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja...
Having met some brick walls in sourcing loan facilities from international financial institutions with which to fight its recession, Nigeria has shifted attention to its citizens...
The Anambra State Police Command on Saturday said it had no knowledge of the sex scandal involving the 2015 winner of the Miss Anambra competition, Chidimma...
SIX months after a soldier allegedly murdered one Mrs. Alice Akparobi in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen....
An artisan identified as Gafar Ajibola, has drown in Ogun River when he plunged the water in panic reaction to a police raid on Oniyanrin community...
It was a huge harvest for robbers dressed in army camouflage at the weekend as they carted away N25 million from the Ughelli branch of Union...
A motor park tout at Berger bus stop, Lagos State identified as Ahmed who is described as peaceful and jovial has been sent to his early...
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has denied cancelling the contact awarded to a former militant leader, Chief...
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is facing more scrutiny by the FBI which has obtained a warrant to scrutinize a new batch of emails of her aide...
Hard stance Turkey leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continued his post-coup crackdown, shutting down 15 more pro-Kurdish media outlets and dismissing another 10,000 civil servants over...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday last week published its final list of candidates vying for the governorship election in Ondo State. The list, which...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has continued his latest rounds of veiled attack on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. the former president stated that during his...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno command on Sunday alerted that youths in Maiduguri, Borno State are being hired by Boko Haram insurgents...
After several days of keeping mute to the allegation by two judges that Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, came to induce them on the instruction of President...
Mr Timi Frank, acting National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has insisted that no one but the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,...
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on Sunday averted a suicide bomb when it interrupted and killed a male suicide bomber in Maiduguri Borno State. The troops...
Kano Pillars of Nigeria retained the FIBA Africa Champions Cup (ACC) 2016 Zone 3 Qualifiers. The team led by Sani Ahmed kept a clean sheet as...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has commended the Nigerian Army for its decision to purchase 50,000 pairs of shoes from local manufacturers in Aba for the use...
Unless the Federal Government intervenes in good time, the power sector may finally grind to a total halt, resulting from inability of the various power generating...
Anyone who owns a small business understands that the customer is the major source of sustenance for his/her trade. These days though, no one wants to...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the anti-corruption agencies in the country have been adequately empowered to do their jobs effectively. According to him, the...
The overall impression of Warri, a popular city in the southern part of Nigeria, is that it is the most aggressive city in Nigeria, as it...
In a classic fulfillment of the popular Nigerian saying, “many days for the thief, one day for the owner of the house,” a man who made...
A man in his late 70s, Alhaji Bala Gishiru has been murdered in a revenge killing that took place in the ancient city of Kano. Thé...
As the violent protest that greeted the listing of the name of Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued on...
In a move which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said would send “the strongest possible signal” to people-smugglers, Australia has unveiled tough new plans to bar any...
Watford of England striker, Odion Ighalo and Germany –based defender Leon Balogun make a return to the Super Eagles as Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr...
A group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers have discovered a star surrounded by the oldest known circumstellar disk — a primordial ring of gas and...
A team of policemen from the Oyo State Police Command arrested three persons in possession of two human skulls at their hideout following a tip-off by...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and one of Africa’s richest women, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija were in disagreement over the weekend as to how she hit oil, and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied rumours that his nephew, Mamman Daura is charge of happenings at the Presidency. The President made the denial in an interview...
An unknown gunman shot and killed a 12-year-old girl and fatally shot a 3-year-old; both victims who were sitting on a porch at their home in...
Security forces in Libya have come across 10 dead bodies bearing torture and gun wounds in a suburb of Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi. According to...
Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) protest against the candidature of Jimoh Ibrahim appears to be climaxing as the state House of Assembly members, party chieftains...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike at the weekend took a swipe at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its failure to conduct the rerun election...
Last Thursday, the Senate, in concurrence with the House of Representatives, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code...
The embattled House of Representatives member from Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said he is certain that Speaker Yakubu Dogara will eventually go to jail for...
Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa’s bundled goal snatched Leicester a 1-1 Premier League draw at Tottenham. Spurs extended their record unbeaten start to the Premier...
Tom Heaton’s saves frustrated his former club Manchester United as Burnley drew 0-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday to secure a first Premier League away point...
Olivier Giroud scored his first goals of the season as Arsenal beat Sunderland 4-1 on Saturday, leaving the beleaguered northeast team with only two points after...
A leaked document scandal involving South Korean President, Park Geun-hye has sparked protests in Seoul with thousands storming the streets of the country’s capital calling for...
There is no way Nigeria’s foreign reserves will not shrink as long more than 30 percent of the country’s earned foreign currency is used in importing fuel products annually, so says Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun. She said also that food...
American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer Bob Dylan has finally broken the ice two weeks after ignoring Swedish Academy requests that he acknowledge his 2016 Nobel...
Despite high hope by Nigerians for some reprieve from the hardship caused by the recession, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has predicted that this year’s Christmas might be celebrated without much relief. According to the Minister, until...
The pair of Wizkid and Wande Coal have both been dropped as ambassadors of telecoms giant Globacom while ‘I concur’ crooner Enetimi Odon aka Timaya has...
A twin blast in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital on Saturday, has led to the death of at least 10 people with no less than 25...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, October 27, 2016 admitted another thirteen exhibits tendered before it by the...
An Australian couple both bagged lengthy jail terms for s*xually abusing, torturing and confining their daughter for over a period of 15 years. Both parents (who...
