Nigerians may be in for worse times in the months to come, as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Saturday,...
The Federal Government has said it would be setting aside another N500bn for its social intervention programs for 2017 budget. The move by the federal government,...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA and the Nigerian Army may be headed for a titanic battle, as soldiers have seized the multi-billion naira Maitama Extension...
Even if other stakeholders accept government planned concession of its airports, workers of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have vowed to sustain their resistance of the move. The federal government had at the weekend inaugurated the committee to fine...
John Hinckley, the man who hugged headlines in the US when he attempted to assassinate then American President, Ronald Reagan outside a hotel in Washington on...
The push for sanctions by the US government led by Barack Obama against North Korea after it carried out a success “nuclear warhead explosion” has been described as...
Physicists in India have created a battery-free generator out of fish scales. The clear, flexible generator can harvest the energy from small movements such as body...
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, Saturday, boasted that his controversial nature has been responsible for his good leadership and developmental strides in the state. Fayose, stated...
Barcelona were stunned by minnows Alaves at Camp Nou as they stumbled to an embarrassing first defeat of the season. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres...
Luck has run out for seven illegal crude oil bunkerers in the Niger Delta area, as they have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy. The suspected...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has said the Nigerian Police has not banned public protests and processions any where in the country. The IGP,...
Martha Nwokoye, wife of 73-year-old Pa Emmanuel Nwokoye, a renowned palm wine tapper, is seeking justice after her husband was found dead on August 4th in his...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has assured that Edo governorship election will be conclusive. He however said that a conclusive election...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), claims it has traced to Patience Jonathan’s Skye Bank account, an additional $5m. Earlier, wife of former President Goodluck...
A United Kingdom-based newspaper, The Evening Standard of London, reports that the governing style of President Muhammadu Buhari is delaying the return of $85 million loot...
No less than 11 people were killed and over a hundred others injured when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Tanzania. Findings carried out by the...
Super Eagles skipper John Mikel Obi has rated his Rio Olympics football bronze medal same as winning the 2013 AFCON and UEFA Champions League with Chelsea...
Cristiano Ronaldo made a goalscoring return to the Real Madrid line-up as they ran riot in a 5-2 battering of Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu on...
Jose Mourinho believes that Manchester United were denied two penalties against Manchester City. Mourinho slipped to his first ;defeat as United manager on Saturday as City...
Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho is in cloud nine after helping his club, Manchester City defeat Manchester United in the Manchester derby on Saturday. City dominated...
A Major-General in the Nigerian Army, Patrick Falola has been demoted to Brigadier-General by Army Special Court Martial over misconduct. He was said to have admitted...
Nigerian Government has said that it is no longer possible under the present economic reality to implement the N500 billion poverty alleviation fund as earlier promised.....
A new rocket plane from the New Mexico-based arm of the Virgin Group marks a return to near-space. The new introduction is coming after a tragedy...
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has allegedly claimed that about $31.4 million dollars in some accounts frozen by the EFCC actually belong to her....
The Nigeria banking sector suffered more than 50 percent loss in its overnight interbank lending rate on Friday as a result of maturity of Central Bank...
When Stan Wawrinka won his first major title at the 2014 Australian Open against an injury hampered Rafael Nadal to become the oldest first-time grand slam...
Chief Raymond Dokpesi has said no matter the number of times the Edo governorship is postponed, that nothing will stop the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)...
THE caretaker Chairman of Gubio Local Government Area,LGA, of Borno State, Alhaji Zanna Modu has said that the degrading of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has said the governorship election in Edo State is a big challenge for him and security agencies in...
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has advised women to go for regular cancer screening to know their latest status. She gave...
PZ Wilmar on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria Institute of Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) to help develop Nigeria’s oil palm. The chairman,...
Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, has described as false the claim that his state governor, Nyesom Wike mobilised to rig the Edo governorship...
The Situation Room, on Friday said the postponement of Edo governorship election raises more doubt on the direction of democracy under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The...
An Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will spend the next five years in prison after an Iranian Revolutionary court passed judgment on her over charges that...
Senate President Bukola Saraki, has said that not only ordinary Nigerians but the leaders too, feel the pains of the hardship occasioned by economic crisis in...
Pandemonium struck in the village of Golgolfa, Godogodo Chiefdom, in Jema’a Local Government Area, LGA, of Kaduna state after suspected herdsmen attacked residents of the community....
French authorities have revealed that the three radicalised female militants arrested in Paris were directed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). That much...
No less than 10 lives were claimed when a garment factory located in the north of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, was engulfed by a deadly fire....
The baby recently birthed by the Federal Government through the minister of Information, Lai Mohammed is being contested by two Nigerian writers. The two writers, Akin...
The Federal Government, has, despite protests by aviation workers, kickstarted the process of concessing major airports in the country. The seriousness of government’s decision on the...
Team Nigeria athletes started their quest for glory at the ongoing Rio Paralympics on a brighter note winning two medals on Friday. Powerlifter Latifat Tijani won...
Nigeria economic meltdown has seen operators in its telecommunications sector losing more than 60 million lines at the end of second quarter of 2016, according to...
The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, advocacy group has come under another scathing attack over the genuineness of their campaign for the freedom of the abducted...
The Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has said human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN,...
The Women’s Wing of the Christian Council of Nigeria (WOWICCN), has said that the Chibok girls issue is a scam, and that no such students were...
Ijaw National Congress (INC), a socio-cultural organisation of the Ijaw ethnic nationalities, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to treat the Niger Delta people’s demands...
The Edo chapter of the APC, has aligned itself with the postponement of the governorship election scheduled originally to hold in the state on Saturday. The...
Tension seems to have gripped policy makers and other stakeholders over what might be the position of Nigeria in the next inspection visit of the aviation...
President Muhammadu Buhari was joined by Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Friday for the Jumaat Prayers at the State House, Abuja. Others were National Security Adviser...
Abundant rainfall in 2015, and early part of 2016, plus other inputs have soared cocoa production level of Ivory Coast over other countries in West Africa....
