A 56-year-Fulani herdsman, Mohammed Abdulkadire, jumped into River Benue in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The National Coordinator of...
Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga has revealed in an interview that mainstream Kenyans feel deeply cheated over the outcome of the last presidential election and...
The long arm of the law has caught up with 34-year-old US Marine instructor Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Felix, has been sentenced to jail for physically and...
Four Zimbabwe citizens appeared in court today on charges of undermining the president’s authority after they were reportedly seen booing First Lady Grace Mugabe at a...
Apostle Johnson Suleman has weighed-in on the heated argument of tithing which has pitched OAP, Daddy Freeze and Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church....
The government of Russia in a tit-for-tat response to U.S. government’s pressure on Russian-government owned media operating in the U.S has said that it has plans...
The uncertain political situation in Lebanon has forced authorities in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait to warn their citizens against travelling to the country while also...
The Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC) president, Mr. Esimaje Awani, has warned of looming anarchy in the oil region of Niger Delta should the Federal Government...
A free-for-all between two groups- farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, has left a 28-year-old man identified as Hassan...
A study published in the journal Nature by a group of astronomers has announced the discovery of a star that exploded multiple times over a period...
The Governor Samuel Ortom-led government of Benue State has denied rumours in some quarters that the state’s Anti-Open Grazing law which came into effect on November...
A special meeting of select stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in Abuja, on Wednesday night, to deliberate on how to avoid a rancorous...
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) yesterday released a report showing how over 1.4 million illegal rosewood logs from Nigeria, worth $300 million, were laundered into China....
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) has blown $55,000(N19 million) on training of 20 members of its staff in Denmark. The cost of the four-day...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would invite new tenders from the prospective bidders for the sale and purchase of Nigerian crude oil grades in a...
Nigeria is on the verge of losing nearly N1 trillion yearly through smuggling of poultry products if the illicit act is not checked, Poultry Association of...
The lingering chaotic traffic situation on the Mile Two/Berger/Coconut axis of the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway has taken an alarming turn for the worse, no thanks to security...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria, currently in Constantine after a three-day training in Rabat, are set to play the Fennecs of Algeria in an inconsequential 2018...
Promoter Eddie Hearn is certain that Nigerian-born British heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua will face Deontay Wilder in a heavyweight unification bout in 2018. Wilder, after knocking...
Nigerian equities traded on a tight balance of profit-taking and bargain-hunting on Thursday but the decline in the share prices of Nigeria’s two most capitalised quoted...
Temporary reprieve has come the way of Martha O‘Donovan, a US citizen who works for Magamba TV after a high court granted her $1,000 bail over...
Ex-Project Fame winner Iyanya Mbuk has sparked Mavin exit rumours after he released creative materials for his new track titled ‘Iyanu‘ (Holy Water) which surprisingly did...
The October 27 declaration of independence by the Catalan regional government which was preceded by a disputed referendum on October 1 that was ruled illegal by...
Two men identified as Ernest Obieze and Ferdinand Okechukwu have both been convicted by a Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu State for unlawful procurement and...
United Peoples Party (UPP) candidate in the coming November 18 governorship election in Anambra State, Chief Osita Chidoka, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal...
The Federal Government has faulted the latest ranking and downgrading of the Nigerian economy from B1 stable to B2 stable by Moody’s Sovereign Rating. The federal...
The Lagos State Government yesterday said it has not been briefed on the proposal by the Federal Government to demolish two bridges in the state for...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to apply appropriate sanctions against political parties or candidates who flout the...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said there is no plan to extend the January 2018 deadline already set for all Nigerians to have gotten their...
Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by a former Federal Commissioner for Information, Senator Edwin Clark, is in talks with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, to...
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will before the end of this week get safety and security certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, a source...
The Senate on Wednesday lambasted the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for allegedly spending $35 million out of the $350 million domiciled...
Days after returning from a secret trip to Israel where she had closed door meetings with Israeli officials in what she said was a family holiday...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has declared an emergency curfew of 24 hours on five local government areas of the state. The affected LGAs are...
Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, has revealed that he almost cried after coming off the bench to score a late winner against Zambia, and send Nigeria...
Veteran actor and broadcaster Sadiq Daba is said to be in need of about $25,000 for treatment after he was diagnosed by doctors of having leukaemia...
The Super Eagles will miss the services of some regular players in the forthcoming games against Algeria and Argentina, but the Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, sees...
Embattled Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday, informed the Senate adhoc committee constituted to probe various allegations leveled against him, that he will not...
A Senate adhoc committee set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the return of Abdulrasheed Maina to the country and how he was readmitted into the...
Apparently as a result of fears of alleged plot by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to Islamise Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on...
A group of Japanese surgeons led by Masaya Nakamura professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at Keio University and a member of an elite group...
There was a harvest of no less than 104 criminals paraded by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command yesterday who were all arrested over various crimes...
A $3.600,191,206 billion lawsuit has been slammed against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), a subsidiary of the Royal-Dutch Shell Plc., in the United Kingdom...
Nigerian equities on Tuesday rode on the back of increased bargain-hunting to recover from initial downtrend that started the week. Benchmark indices at the Nigerian Stock...
Two days after the lifeless and sexually abused bodies of 26 Nigerian women who attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea were discovered, Italian investigators have arrested...
A US police report issued on Tuesday revealed that Devin P. Kelley, the gunman who killed more than two dozen people in a small church outside...
Forces have commenced machinations to push in their candidates for the proposed expanded cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, impeccable sources told Daily Trust. President Buhari had...
Controversy is trailing the extension of tenure of the managing director and the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the Federal Government. It...
IF the threats by the private waste disposal operators in Lagos State, under the aegis of Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, are anything to go...
Following anti-open grazing law enacted by the Benue State government to protect its people, hundreds of herdsmen have relocated to Cross River State to avoid falling...
