The Chief of Training and Operation of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshall Olutayo Oguntoyinbo, was Thursday, ordered to be remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja,...
Facebook’s attempt at a real-time, notification-based news app is shutting down. Today Facebook sent an alert to users telling them “Thanks for using Notify. We’re transitioning...
Disturbed by revelations of huge unremitted funds in 2013 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI, the Senate,Thursday, summoned NEITI Executive Secretary, Mr. Waziri Adio, to...
Dutch football website Voetbal International claims Norwich and Brighton have enquired about Troost-Ekong, as well as Premier League clubs Swansea and Crystal Palace. Celtic reportedly wanted...
Following three straight days of shipwrecks at the Mediterranean Sea which saw the death of 45 bodies recovered from the sea and the rescuing of 2,000...
The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has called on “all groups parading themselves as freedom fighters”, to desist from killing soldiers, or any one for that...
A full blown war scenario seems imminent in the Niger Delta region, if the latest threat by militants in that region is to be taken seriously....
Reprieve came the way of seven deregistered political parties on Thursday, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, ordered the restoration of their status as...
Incoming reports claim that an elderly woman has had her head chopped off in Kano by an angry mob over suspected blasphemous comments on the Prophet...
After losing N684 billion in the two earlier trading sessions, Nigerian equities on Thursdayregained their rally with a modest gain of N94 billion. Benchmark index indicated...
Oil marketers have concluded arrangements to hike the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) better known as cooking gas by between 70 to 100 per cent...
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, asking him to immediately order an investigation into the sources of the...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has said that 2% of Nigerians own 90% of total deposits in Nigerian banks, indicating the widespread inbalance in wealth...
A 32-year-old fake Assistant Superintendent of Police, Abdulrasak Sani was arrested recently by men of the Lagos State Police Command. The arrested suspect also had in...
The board of directors of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria (GSK) Plc has accepted a binding offer from a Japanese firm, Suntory Beverage & Food Nigeria Limited, a...
After losing N425 billion in opening trades on Tuesday, Nigerian equities suffered further steep losses on Wednesday as widespread sell pressure shaved off N259 billion from...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, said it was putting finishing touches to a comprehensive proposal for constitutional and legal amendments to the Electoral Act....
A murder-suicide scenario played out at the University of California, Los Angeles when a man shot and killed a university professor and then himself. The shooting...
Time was when the insurance sector was considered a hard sell. But today, it is becoming a big attraction for local and foreign investors who are...
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, warned President Muhammadu Buhari against plunging the nation into another round of civil war by...
For the first time in the last seven years, Nigeria recorded a decline of N793.5bn in the first quarter merchandise trade to close at N2.72tn from...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar seems to have finally struck a chord with some regional socio-cultural groups with his call for the restructuring of the country’s...
The Nigerian Army said it had to resort to shooting members of MASSOB and IPOB on Monday in defence of the strategic River Niger Bridge. It...
Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has taken a look at the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, and averred that a revolution may...
Pandemonium struck at Church Street on Lagos Island when a family of three were found dead in their mini flat after reports say they inhaled a...
The crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly took another dimension on Tuesday, as soldiers stormed the assembly complex and prevented members of the House...
Federal Government has again emphasized the need for ease of doing business in the country just as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a...
Following his superlative performance against Mali last Friday, Super Eagles coaching crew has concluded plans to start Manchester City kid sensation, Kelechi Iheanacho, as Nigeria play...
Lara Sanders, Turkey’s leading scorer in last year’s EuroBasket Women, has praised Nigeria women basketball team, the D’Tigress despite winning two games against the Africans at...
Father of wanted ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, narrowly escaped being arrested on Monday, when soldiers stormed his Kurutie community, Gbaramatu in Warri...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted members of the National Assembly to dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also present at the dinner were the leadership...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday night, appealed to the National Assembly to speedily pass the bills before it. The bills, according to the President, included the money...
Nigeria’s Women U-17 team, the Flamingos will battle Brazil, England and Korea DPR in Group C of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup holding from30 September...
A 24 year old trader, Mr. Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, based in Pandogari, Rafi LGA of Niger State was on Saturday evening attacked and killed by a mob...
The French Open suffered its first complete washout since 2000 on Monday when all scheduled matches were cancelled due to heavy rain. There could be more...
By Mene Lube . . . While Nigerians were celebrating their Democracy Day, the special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of...
In spite of the prevailing economic challenges, the nation would soon be out of the woods, hence it is not time to despair, but look ahead...
Investors in Nigerian quoted equities netted a total gain of N613 billion within the 25-hour trading sessions last week as scramble for Nigerian equities by foreign...
Acting true to President Muhammadu Buhari’s tough talk that government would wield the big stick against the militants in the Niger Delta area should they continue...
Emergency services have been upped and local volunteers have also been engaged as the search intensifies for a 7-year-old boy left by his parents in the...
Real Madrid have paid their tribute to 16 fans killed by ISIS in Iraq during the UCL final. At least 12 Real Madrid fans were killed...
Tragedy struck at the Queensland state’s Daintree National Park in Australia when a woman went missing after a crocodile attack during a night swim in waist-deep...
Authorities in India have arrested at least five people in connection with recent attacks on Africans with the New Delhi’s Police Commissioner saying there is “no...
Pope Francis appears to have the same YouTube viewing habits as a millennial. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church professed his admiration for beauty vlogs...
By Nkem Ndem . . . . Victoria Island is the beauty of Lagos city. The neighbourhood is so well known that even the names of...
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have reportedly arrested one Demola Wasiu, a bricklayer who allegedly stabbed his friend Lekan Omotosho, 27, to death because...
At least five United Nations peacekeepers from Togo were killed while one other was seriously injured following an ambush by suspected militants in central Mali. According...
The government has made an about turn on a promise by President Muhammadu Buhari that the Federal Government would reveal the identities of those who have...
A Pensions Funds Administrator (PFA) First Guarantee Pension Limited (FGPL) is crossed with the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) over fear that its N115billion assets in the...
The United Nations refugee agency has informed that over 700 refugees have been feared drowned in three separate shipwrecks in the last one week after attempts...