There are strong indications that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission may have abandoned the downward review of salaries and remuneration of political office holders,...
Tragedy struck in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos yesterday when a bus conductor identified as Toheeb Olayiwola who was in a vehicle loaded with smuggled rice...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has revealed that the decision by the United States to cut funds to the organization has sparked its...
Unlike some of his colleagues and many other Nigerians opposed to the plan by Federal Government to establish cattle colonies across the country, Kogi State Governor...
Reduced to nine men against eleven, Chelsea survived Norwich scare to advance to the fourth round of the English FA Cup after beating the Championship side...
Russia has been accused by President Donald Trump of the United States of America of helping North Korea evade international sanctions over its continued missile activities....
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi missed a penalty as Barcelona suffered a first defeat since August in their Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg against Espanyol. The...
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Plateau United, continued their impressive start to the season by easing past Rivers United 2-0 at the New Jos Stadium...
World’s most expensive player, Neymar, netted four times out of a total eight for Paris St-Germain in Wednesday’s Ligue 1 encounter with Dijon at the Parc...
Nigerian equities continued their mouth-watering rally on Wednesday with a net capital gain of N297 billion within five hours of trading, pushing the aggregate market value...
By Churchill Okonkwo…. Over the years, I have realized that distressing about environmental issues in Nigeria is “a lonely exercise in abstract worry.” Yet, I am...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has signed a partnership agreement with Coca-Cola at a ceremony in Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday. The...
Fresh attacks in Benue State communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen is said to have left no less than six more people dead. The attacks as gathered...
More protests are expected to erupt in the West Bank region after an Israeli court ordered the continued detention of 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamini and...
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has called on the Federal Government to brace up for a doomed 2018 saying it wants the oil region to be...
Two policemen were on Wednesday killed and two foreigners, an American, and a Canadian, kidnapped in Kaduna State by unknown gunmen. The incident which has been...
The Federal High Court in Abuja was on Wednesday told that the two companies’ accounts of Jide Omokore, had been closed down sequel to “a worldwide...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a trust fund for victims of attacks by herdsmen, saying that such will...
Senator Kabiru Marafa, chairman of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), on Wednesday told his colleagues that the Federal Government has so far paid N450...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a Muslim cleric from hell in the Moshood Gbadabiu area of Alakuko, Lagos after he was...
Like many other groups and persons, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has rejected the Federal Government’s plan to establish cattle colonies for Fulani herdsmen across the country, describing...
White House physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson has revealed that President Donald Trump passed a test for signs of dementia and is in overall excellent health, but...
Authorities in China have jailed activist Joshua Wong for three months for his role in the 2014 pro-democracy protests against the perceived increase of authoritarian influence...
Management of Alheri Engineering Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, has denied owing the Federal Government the sum of $75,500,000.00 million (about N27.18billion) over...
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has retired from football, his brother and agent, Roberto Assis, confirmed on Tuesday. The 37-year old, who was part of the...
Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee (VAR) in English football as Leicester beat...
Apparently convinced that his legal effort was an exercise in futility after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Anambra Central senatorial rerun election last...
Following their flying start to the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) Libya’s team coach, Omar Al-Marimi has said his team will not alter their approach to...
Benjamin Ugbana… After my experience last weekend and a chat with a staff of tech company Andela, it dawned on me the reason why folks that...
Tyson Fury is backing Switzerland’s Joseph Parker to cause an upset by beating Nigerian-born Briton, Anthony Joshua in their upcoming fight. The long-awaited unification clash between...
As debate on the proposed cattle colonies by the Federal Government continues to dominate national discourse, Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA) has called on President Muhammadu...
The government of Zimbabwe may have reneged on one of the conditions given to ousted Zimbabwe President Robert to relinquish power after he was summoned by...
Taraba State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described as false, the recent claim by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,...
A fresh law that will make provisions for hard penalties, including impeachment of the president for non implementation of national budgets, is underway in the National...
Senators on Tuesday, issued a two-week ultimatum to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to in the next two weeks, arrest and investigate the...
In Benue, a state in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, as the governor battles conflicts thrown up by clashes between farmers and herdsmen, he is equally building million-dollar...
Over 5000 school pupils have been displaced by herdsmen’s invasion in Nasarawa. The crisis already resulted in the displacement of some 20,000 other people mainly from...
Indigenes and residents of Akwa Ibom state rolled out drums yesterday to celebrate the killing of a notorious kidnap kingpin and militants’ leader, Akaninyene Jumbo alias...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has commenced the direct supply of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, to independent oil marketers in order to effectively...
Body of a lawmaker representing Takum I in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Hosea Ibi, has been discovered in a bush at Kwari village...
A Magistrates’ Court, Ogba, Lagos played host to the case of an 11-year-old girl identified as Success who was raped by a 33-year-old man named Chijioke...
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has warned that incessant killings, wickedness and hate mongering prevalent in the country, without knowing it, may lead Nigeria into another...
A fresh outbreak of violent protests against austerity measures in the North African country of Tunisia has witnessed the arrest of 41 more people bringing the...
US President Donald Trump has responded to comments made by Democratic Senator Dick Durbin who said that he used “vile and racist” language during a meeting...
The ongoing rift between Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, and his predecessor and supposedly godfather, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may have deepened further with the sack...
Investors showed strong preference for low-priced stocks, otherwise known as penny stocks, as Nigerian equities reopened on Monday with a modest recovery amidst a tight balance...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday threatened to name and shame politicians who are arming and supporting criminal elements in the society....
The United States charge d’affaires, David Young, met with the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Monday, following a summon to clarify President Donald...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured prominent leaders from Benue State and the entire people of the state of his government’s determination to bring to...
The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee and governors elected on its platform would meet at the party national secretariat on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The consultative...
