A Chinese national was arrested by the FBI on charges they say connect him to distributing malicious software like the one used in a 2015 hack,...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Federal Government to prosecute religious and traditional leaders, involved in spreading hate speeches. The Sultan...
A Las Vegas federal judge set bail of $30,000 on Friday for a celebrated young British cybersecurity researcher accused by U.S. prosecutors of creating and distributing...
The 2016 Wimbledon champion and home favourite, Andy Murray, could not advance to the semifinal of the tournament after falling to Sam Querrey on Wednesday. The...
A Senator from Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has been ordered to present himself to the police for investigation into alleged murder attempt. The court however warned...
Two years may have gone since Senator Bukola Saraki was elected as the President of the Nigerian Senate, but Nigerians are yet to come to grasp...
By Kelechi Deca… Sometime in 1961, Edward Lorenz, a meteorology professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) entered some numbers into a computer program simulating weather...
Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has berated the church for emphasizing on giving instead of honesty, and said that for corruption to be eradicated in Nigeria...
Ademola Adeleke, younger brother of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the race to replace the late...
A white Texas cop identified as Roy Oliver, 37, has been charged with murder after shooting and killing a 15-year-old teenager, Jordan Edwards. According to the...
The Senate, has again, deferred the submission and passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill (budget). Although the submission of the report was included in the day’s...
Dozens of May Day anti-government protesters who tried to gain entry into the main Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey were dispersed with tear gas by policeman...
By Femi Fani-Kayode … The United States House of Representatives declared Nigeria as the most dangerous place for Christians to live in the world last year....
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is certain that Nigeria will soon get out of economic recession regardless of the...
The Vice President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa may just be courting trouble from his superior after he backed a graft probe against embattled President Jacob...
Words, words, words is all we ever hear from political leaders when calamity befalls the Nigerian people, with promises which have become stereotype; the same speech,...
A former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu has admitted a connection with the Ikoyi property where the EFCC discovered about N18billion...
Edo, home of the ancient Benin kingdom is never short on suspense and high-pitch drama. The gubernatorial election of 2016 that saw the candidate of the...
English Premier League leaders Chelsea maintained their seven-point lead at the top of the log with an interesting 3-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday. Second-placed Tottenham...
The Secretary of the Katsina Emirate council has issued a statement announcing the suspension of a traditional ruler in Kastina State over rape allegations leveled against...
The Federal Government has developed an International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) compliant accounting software suite “OneBook”, to reduce financial leakages and improve Public Financial Management,...
A man said to be a medical doctor and identified simply as Orji allegedly jumped from the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon and got drowned...
Fear that the parent company of Guinness Nigeria, Diageo, has concluded plans to reduce its share holding in the company became clearer on Wednesday as it...
Embattled General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman informed while preaching at his church headquarters in Auchi, Edo State on Sunday that the truth...
Nollywood filmmaker Okechukwu Oku has filed a N10 million lawsuit against Silverbird Cinema claiming his agreement with the company was breached due to lack of electricity...
After spending 49 days in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back in the country tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2017. This was stated in...
In the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released Thursday, the Super Eagles of Nigeria retained their 41st position as the Pharaohs of Egypt and Indomitable Lions of...
Ahead of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) elections, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has called for an emergency meeting with the Nigeria...
An unrepentant armed robber identified as Hussein Mohammed said when fielding questions from journalists that it was God’s doing that he became an armed robber after...
A few weeks after the American Justice Department warned that President Donald Trump’s dealings and communications with Russia could leave him in a compromised position, national...
A cross section of stakeholders have condemned Nigeria’s planned contribution of about $20 billion (out of $50 billion) budgeted for the draining and recharging of the...
Ekiti State House of Assembly has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to within 21 days begin investigation into allegations that former governor of...
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has said that the Federal Government has no locus to challenge the Land Regularisation Policy of the Lagos State government and therefore dismissed...
The managing director, Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, Mrs. Ada Ugo-Nnadi was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in jail for her role in the fuel...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, said he had submitted the report on the probe of...
By Joseph Edgar… I grew up with the engagements at the Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) when Professor Bolaji Akinyemi held sway at the place. It...
There appears to be an uneasy calm at the corporate headquarters of the country’s leading anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), since the...
What was expected to bring a long lasting peace to the Niger Delta area seems to have been lost following an announcement on Wednesday by the...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday pledged that the Nigerian Senate, upon resumption, will look into the crises that have led to the wanton loss of...
The never-ending face-off between Abdulmumin Jibrin and Speaker Yakubu Dogara has taken a new turn with the former accusing the later of receiving $600,000 cash from...
A yet to be identified Boko Haram commander was allegedly arrested in the private residence of a caretaker chairman of one of the area councils in...
The long queues that have returned to most banking halls and at ATM pots, across Nigeria, have been blamed on the CBN failure to meet cash...
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Audi Ogbeh, recently granted Punch Newspaper an interview. Here is an excerpt. Question: With respect to government’s plan of making Nigeria self...
Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Mr. Mike Okiro has blamed the federal character principle for the dearth of South East Police officers in the top...
By Tony Ogunlowo… Just like with most things in Nigeria, today, energy requirements far exceeds the current production levels – and will do so for many...
The authorities of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have enlisted about 100 candidates into its service without the recruits undergoing paramilitary training, The PUNCH...
There were indications on Saturday that the Federal Government is no longer interested in pursuing the case of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders, 2015, allegedly...
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State has effected a cabinet reshuffle redeploying commissioners from their ministries to others and approved the creation of a new...
A middle aged man, Chidobe Nkem, was on Monday shot dead by a four-man armed robbery gang who intercepted his vehicle at the Government Reserved Area...
After the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collated results from all 18 Local Government Areas of Ondo State, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rotimi...