There are indications that the presidency has initiated moves to avert the indictment of the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),...
At last, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso Chapter, yesterday conditionally suspended its a view to resuming the intention...
New efforts directed towards holding the long delayed national convention of All Progressives Congress, APC, are to be canvassed today at an expanded meeting involving National...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will publish the register of voters for the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State on Wednesday (today)...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has received and read on the floor of the House, a formal letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, conveying the 2018-2020 Medium-Term Expenditure...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, an umbrella body of the 36 state governors of the Federation, on Tuesday said that they met with President Muhammadu Buhari to...
The streets of Barcelona have been flooded with demonstrators numbering up to 200,000 who are demanding the release of two jailed Catalan leaders who have been...
The Nigerian Labour Congress has frowned at the situation where governors are now using the Paris Club refund as a precondition to pay salaries of workers...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday at the State House, Abuja signed into law a bill establishing the University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State. While signing the...
The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to brief it in plenary on his Ministry’s mining roadmap and implementation framework....
Former Premier League champions, Leicester City have parted ways with Craig Shakespeare only four months after he was officially appointed as the team manager. Shakespeare, who...
The Vice President of Kenya William Ruto has declared that opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the forthcoming run-off elections not for reasons of principle...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is leaving the country on Wednesday for Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the ninth Summit of the Developing 8 (D-8) on Friday,...
A delegation of state governors, led by the chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Zamfara State’s Governor Abdullaziz Yari, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari inside...
Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo has revealed the reason behind choosing Gani Adams, the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), as the...
The management of Ontario Oil and Gas limited has denied any fraudulent sale of refined petroleum products, as alleged by Union Bank Plc in an ex...
The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Ishaq Bello, on Monday declined the prayer of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of...
By Reuben Abati… What is it about South African President Jacob Zuma and statues? Two statues in one month- generating controversy from the streets of Pretoria...
Two leaders of two of the largest separatist organizations in the Catalan region have been jailed by Madrid’s High Court as Spain moved closer to imposing...
Defiant North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un has warned that the situation in the Korean peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised Nigeria and other countries of the world fighting corruption on the essentials to effectively tackle the scourge....
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc showed improved performance in its latest results as the first generation commercial bank significantly grew its top-line and profit. Highlights...
After rallying N182 billion last week, Nigerian equities reopened on Monday on the upswing as increased market orders spurred the market to a net capital gain...
By Abdulrazaq Magaji… But, for the death of General Sani Abacha, the much-talked about restructuring of Nigeria would have been in top gear. In more ways...
Barely two weeks after the embattled Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari was leaked to the media,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has incurred the wrath of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for claiming that Muhammadu Buhari plans to push Nigeria into...
Dubai’s police force, already equipped with little autonomous robocops, is getting another leg up in the law enforcement race with incredibly cool, and somewhat dangerous-looking hoverbikes....
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 26-year-old robbery gang leader identified as Olasunkanmi Olajide after himself and his gang members robbed...
Despite opposition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some other Nigerians over continued borrowing of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi...
There is more trouble in the horizon for oil-rich nation Venezuela after the opposition led by Gerardo Blyde of the Democratic Unity coalition demanded a complete...
The police in Kenya have identified the lone gunman whhttps://www.ripplesnigeria.com/?p=107880&preview=trueo attacked a school in the northern part of the country, killing no less than seven victims,...
By SOC Okenwa… October is a special month in the life of our nation. On the first day of the month fifty-seven years ago, Nigeria obtained...
Aso Rock Clinic insists non-reception of capital allocation in 2017 cause of rot Apparently in efforts to explain the reason for the alleged rot in Aso...
Nigerian equities ranked within the top rank of global stock market rally in the immediate past week as improved optimism on the global economic outlook and...
Former world no. 1 Maria Sharapova has won her first title since her return from a doping ban, beating Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-6 (10-8) in the...
Swiss Tennis superstar, Roger Federer eased off perennial rival, Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday to lift his sixth title of...
Scores of common Iranians are wallowing in despair over fears of their economic future after President Donald Trump refused to formally certify that Tehran was complying...
Tragedy struck at the Balukhali camp in Ukhiya town, southern Bangladesh when a herd of wild elephants overran sleeping Rohingya refugees killing a woman and her...
Officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team have been accused of extorting money, other valuables running into millions of naira as well as...
By Aliyu U. Tilde… Populist governments throughout history are the most intolerant, brutal and repressive. Remember the communist regimes before in Eastern Europe, Russia, China and...
Carrots are loved by many and it’s one of the most popular vegetables in the world that can be cooked, eaten raw – or juiced! You...
In a series of threaded tweets Friday night, founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey said the social media platform would announce new rules centered on...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious kidnappers identified as 27-year-old Emmanuel Jibril and Thyasa Momoh, 20, both of whom previously...
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned of a likely nuclear war after a policy shift by the US which saw President Donald Trump refusing to...
In what is seen as a rare occurrence, hundreds of doctors thronged the streets of Warsaw in Poland demanding increases in their low earnings and more...
THE Presidency and some prominent citizens, on Saturday, differed on the issue of National Question, which most Nigerians said remained the root cause of national instability....
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the statement credited to his predecessor, Chief Bisi Akande, that the party’s...
Prominent Yoruba leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has examined the current face-off between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director...
The current suspected monkey pox outbreak in Nigeria, which has now spread to seven states, is the third in the nation’s history.. There were a total...
Contrary to President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim on Friday that his discussion with the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, was twisted, a huge...
