Experts have condemned the Federal Government’s move to source another $1.12 billion (N342.72 billion) to repair the nation’s refineries. Their opposition to the plan is premised...
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Ministry of Finance will soon release the second tranche of the N2.1 trillion capital expenditure for the 2017 budget, THISDAY has...
The loan books of Deposit Money Banks are shrinking by the day as lenders step up investments in securities and money market assets at the expense...
Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, is having trouble reconciling revenues being paid into the Treasury Single Account, TSA. Its difficulties arise from the...
Seems bad deed and crime runs in the Paddock family. Patrick Benjamin Paddock, the father of Stephen Paddock who killed more than 58 people when he...
The wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is persecuting her because of the role she played during the...
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has drawn a parallel between its quest for Biafra and the struggle for independence...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-East Monday took a decision endorsing the party’s zoning of the office of President to the North in the...
A sitting senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has said that he is going to continue to serve as a senator until...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has called on the international community to be on notice to avoid a full scale state sponsored killings in the...
Scores of protesters calling for the resignation of officials of the Kenyan electoral commission in opposition strongholds of Kisumu and Siaya got a rough deal from...
The Federal Government says Nigeria does not need the permission of any nation before declaring anyone or organisation a terrorist group. The Minister of Information and...
More than a month after the submission of the report of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo committee that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government of...
Constituents of Hon. (Mrs.) Dorathy Mato, whose swearing in as a member representing Vandeikya/ Konshisha federal constituency of Benue State had been a subject of controversy,...
There are indications that the conflict over the ownership and management of Oando Plc will dominate discussions as the company’s Annual General Meeting opens in Uyo,...
The rejection of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) from negotiating with the Federal Government on matters of concerns in the Niger Delta...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has again lashed out at President Muhammadu-led government under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku noted that the Buhari administration is...
As Nigerians celebrate the country’s 57th independence anniversary, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide on Monday expressed dismay over the state of Nigeria since its independence from...
The trial of two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, a Vietnamese, charged with the assassination of the estranged half-brother of North...
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has argued that Nigeria as a country has failed, and that the present crop of leaders were not...
A three-day total lockdown in the English-speaking region has been issued by authorities in Cameroon in order to prevent a planned gathering to protest ill treatment...
The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has revealed in a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China that America has always opened channels of communication...
England striker, Harry Kane, netted a brace to increase his Premier League tally as Tottenham thrashed Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday. With the...
The on-going bitter feud between the Okoye brothers (Jude, Peter & Paul) has been waved aside by veteran broadcaster Kenny Ogungbe who described the seeming war...
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are making our geeky childhood dreams come true by building real-life Transformers-style...
The Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz is pleading for international aid as battered Puerto Rico recovers from hurricane Maria’s ruinous aftermath with desperation on...
THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its arch rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Friday that they are ready for the February 16,...
Abysmal multiple potholes on the Benin-Asaba Expressway have continued to wreak havoc on motorists, especially truck drivers as 127 persons have lost their lives plying the...
The police authorities have snubbed a request made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the secondment of a police officer for a special assignment. Police Inspector...
The Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos Archdiocese and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday argued that Nigeria would be...
A group of Christians from a Pentecostal church who were on a routine visit to Kirikiri prison in Lagos, recently, were shocked when they came face-...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious gang members allegedly responsible for an attack in Jos, a forthnight ago, which witnessed...
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, have been ordered by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, to within 30 days pay...
Three jewel thieves identified as Dominique Vilaca, Fofana, 26, and his cousin Youssouf Fofana, 25, all appeared before a court in France where they were handed...
As Nigeria celebrates its 57th Independence Anniversary, Nigerian youths undertaking the National Youth Corps Scheme in Taraba State have made a call on Nigerians to remain...
Top-level talks over North Korea’s threat due to its continued missile activities are set to be on the agenda when US secretary of state meets Chinese...
The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The...
The debate on restructuring and how Nigeria should be restructured has continued to throw up different opinions and controversies. An elder statesman, Ahmed Joda, on Friday...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday revealed that the nation’s electricity grid experienced a total system collapse. According to the company, the system collapse...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday attended Juma’at Prayers in commemoration of 57th Independence Celebration of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja. Others at the service included...
Despite being suspended for 180 legislative days, former House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin’s troubles may not be over yet. His colleagues in the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will let out of the bag what happened during the 2015 general elections that made him lose. He,...
Asian giants China is tightening its noose on sanctions imposed on North Korea after ordering businesses owned by the pariah nation led by Kim Jong-Un to...
Rarely do people feel amazing after a breakup, even if we were the ones who initiated it. It never seems like it at the time, but...
The long arm of the law has caught up with Yahaya Idris, 40, who has been arrested after he allegedly deceived, raped and impregnated the 15-year-old...
Security agencies are yet to search the Abuja property linked to persons suspected to have illegally imported arms in the country. Its over seven days since...
The United States (U.S.) yesterday urged Nigeria to look beyond a military option in resolving internal conflicts. The appeal was made under the auspices of the...
As the October 17 date for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabouts remains unknown, draws closer, one of his...
Authoritative sources from the Nigerian Army have said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in military custody. The sources, from...
As demands for the restructuring of Nigeria continue to gather momentum on daily basis, Professor Ben Nwabueze has canvassed for a return of the country to...