The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has indicted a former Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan and a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,...
Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has agreed a five-year contract extension at Watford. Ighalo had been a target for West Brom, who are keen to bring...
Panic and buck passing now trail threat of total blackout in Nigeria which may commence next week, following the refusal of government ministries, parastatals and agencies...
President Muhammadu Buhari has branded Nigeria as a poor country, blaming fall in oil price as the cause. He stated this on Thursday, at the Presidential...
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), have engaged in a war of words over which party, is the cause of...
Enugu State Controller of Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Isaiah Amariri, said on Thursday that it has re-arrested six of the inmates that escaped from Nsukka Prisons...
Nigeria’s quest for a medal in men’s football will be tested this weekend as the U-23 Eagles battle perennial rival, Denmark for a semifinal ticket after...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, had a closed door meeting for about an hour with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has resolved to probe contractors in the state who failed to carry out or complete the execution of their contract...
French authorities have arrested a 16-year-old girl in Paris for allegedly using a social media app to spread ISIS propaganda in a bid to further incite...
The Police Commissioner of Ebonyi State, Peace Abdallah while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki revealed that three police officers and the serving Coordinator of Ohaozara Development Centre,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited five directors and other top management staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to its office following an alleged missing N100 million in...
Colombia secured their place in the knockout stages of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 after a convincing 2-0 victory over Group B winners Nigeria...
A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), is said to have blown up a major oil trunk line in Isoko area of Delta...
The planned interaction with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, by the Special Investigative Panel, SIP, investigating allegations of budget padding did not...
In a move it said is to alleviate the sufferings of parents and students, the Federal Government has stopped the collection of development levies by the...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, Wednesday, came hard on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase its Monetary Policy Rate, MPR,...
By Solomon Asemota (SAN) … Islamist Jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Ethnic Nationalities, who are Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an...
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, has remained unrelenting in its claim that former President Goodluck Jonathan is the masked man behind the rampaging Niger Delta...
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other stakeholders have reached agreement to stop the issuance of dividend warrants as payments for...
After sustained depreciation in recent trading sessions, highly capitalised stocks broke the losing streak at the Nigerian stock market on Wednesday, rallying the market to a...
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, got more than he bargained for on Wednesday as former governors Donald Duke and Babangida Aliyu took him on the...
Argentina has been eliminated from the Olympic soccer tournament after a 1-1 draw against Honduras, which advanced to the quarterfinals along with Portugal. Two-time Olympic champion,...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are still stranded in Abuja despite the move to relocate the team to Sokoto for the return leg of the African...
As the athletics events considered as the powerhouse of the Olympics begin, one of Team Nigeria’s coaches, Gabriel Okon, has sounded a warning to athletes to...
Technical Director of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali has finally expressed his joy that at last, training partners have been approved to join his wrestlers...
Real Madrid star man, Cristiano Ronaldo, on Wednesday returned to training after several weeks of layoff. Ronaldo has not been in action since the final of...
The League of Progressives Ambassadors of Nigeria (LEPAN), has described as a threat to freedom of speech, the recent arrest of a blogger, Abubakar Sidiq by...
A private organization, Frot Group, on Wednesday rewarded Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri Quadri with a cash of $2500 for his heroic feat of setting a new African...
The protest embarked upon by Ugborodo villagers in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, worsened on Wednesday, as the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited,...
In a bid to make good his threat, the Ekiti State government, through the House of Assembly on Wednesday, conducted a public hearing on a bill...
According to Wikipedia, guava is a tropical fruit that is native to Mexico, Central America and the northern part of South America. They were later adopted...
It used to be simple: You meet a guy, you date, and see you whether you want to keep him around. But online dating, Facebook, and...
A member of the House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo, has said Nigerian lawmakers were elected to pad the nation’s...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described its embattled factional chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff as an agent of destabilisation. The party also vowed that nothing will...
External auditors are currently examining the books of Skye Bank Plc to determine the state-of-affairs of the commercial bank, after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
At least 15 inmates were said to have absconded from Nsuka Prison in Enugu state after a jail-break which happened Tuesday night. Wednesday broke their cells...
About 20 soldiers on different ranks are to be tried for different offences ranging from murder to sale öf firearms in counter insurgency warfare in the...
A group of 1,007 intelligent robots set a new Guinness World Record after dancing in unison for more than a minute. The robots came together at...
Defending champion Serena Williams is out of the Olympics after losing to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the third round of the women’s singles. Williams lost 6-4...
Twenty-one Olympic gold medals, more than twice as many as anyone else in history, maybe more to come. With Michael Phelps it can all seem so...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, urged security agencies in the country not to treat the rumours that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting members...
Public accusation of state mismanagement and corruption is expected to be on the increase after 11 premature babies were burnt to death after a fire outbreak...
The impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws is expected to begin anytime soon after Brazilian Senators voted 59 to 21...
Super Eagles and Arsenal of England striker, Alex Iwobi has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 20-year-old,...
Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers early Wednesday morning suffered their second defeat at the ongoing 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil after losing narrowly to...
More facts have emerged on why the CBN directed banks in Nigeria to cancel 25 per cent of the total $1.9bn (N600 bn) non performing loans...
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has lauded his side’s never-say-die attitude after seeing them claim a dramatic Super Cup win over Sevilla. Madrid looked dead and...
The Federal Government is very much aware of the cry of hunger ravaging the people, but we are not the cause, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday evening released Abubakar Sidiqu Usman a political blogger, having detained him more than 24 hours. His lawyer,...
