According to Mexican authorities not more than three people were killed and over 100 were injured when an explosion rocked a state-run petrochemical plant in the...
The Federal Government has denied that President Muhammadu Buhari signed a currency swap deal with the Chinese government during his recent trip to China. This was...
Residents of the new site area of Oba Ile town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State were thrown into disarray when a...
Ripples Nigeria has learnt that what began as an innocuous award to Deputy Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday has created serious unease in the camp of...
Nigeria losses an average of $250 billion annually through tax evasion/ underpayment by International Oil Companies and other multinationals, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources who also doubles as Group Managing...
Concerned about the depth of fraud pension funds in the country have been subjected to by the administrators, the House of Representatives has set in motion...
The modest rally that started on Tuesday at the Nigerian stock market widened considerably on Wednesday as investors stepped up bargain-hunting for more stocks. Against the...
Liverpool maintained their stranglehold over Everton in the Merseyside derby with a one-sided stroll against their local rivals who had Ramiro Funes Mori sent off for...
Real Madrid are on alert over Cristiano Ronaldo’s fitness after the Portuguese left the field in discomfort at the end of Los Blancos’ 3-0 win over...
The detained cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Azibola Robert, has written a petition to the Attorney general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar...
It was a bad day on Wednesday for one of Nigeria’s airlines, Arik Air, as its operations were disrupted by by members of several aviation unions...
Goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokai was the hero on Wednesday after saving three penalties to earn Enyimba a ticket to the group stage of the CAF Champions League...
Barcelona director Jordi Mestre has insisted the club will not sell Brazilian forward, Neymar this summer. The 24-year-old, who has been linked with a move away from...
Cristiano Ronaldo has entered contract talks with Real Madrid about extending his stay until 2020 amid suggestions he could join Paris Saint-Germain in the future, according to...
Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt, has said he aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic three-peat by winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay for the third games in...
The Department of State Services, DSS, has been ordered to pay N5million to an Ekiti lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, over his illegal arrest and detention. Akanni, who...
There are indications that the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu retd, has returned the sum of N2.3 billion to the coffers...
Jose Mourinho’s next managerial role has been revealed, with the Portuguese leading ‘England’ against Claudio Ranieri’s ‘Rest of the World’ side as the former Chelsea bosses...
Former NFF president, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has been appointed to champion peace in Nigerian football as the Minister of Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung on Tuesday inaugurated...
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has shut down its Twitter handle @PDPNigeria, and that any tweets on it is not from the party....
Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican candidate Donald Trump both emerged winners of their parties primaries in New York. Both candidates clinched the tickets for...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday categorically rejected calls in some quarters for the devaluation of Nigerian currency, Naira. Dangote told shareholders at the annual...
Sterling Bank Plc stands a good chance of closing the current business year with improved fundamentals and returns to stakeholders, the management of the bank has...
The Nigerian Senate Tuesday, denied buying 108 new luxury Sport Utility Vehicles, SUV, adding that only 36 were bought. According to the upper chamber of the...
The Department of State Serices, DSS on Tuesday, arraigned the Secretary to the Rivers State government , SSG, Mr Kenneth Kobani and a chieftain of the...
A Lagos State High Court, on Tuesday, ordered the two engineers, who handled the construction of the collapsed seven-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of...
former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Warimopei Dudafa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged...
The letter of objection to the loan the Federal Government requested from the Chinese government written to the Asian country leader by Governor Ayodels Fayose of...
A police constable, Victor Omorokai, has reportedly been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over his alleged involvement in armed robbery. According to reports, Omorokai,...
Hundreds of migrants making the dangerous trip from Libya to Europe through the Mediterranean sea drowned when a boat conveying about 500 of them capsized. About...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised objections to the new Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill 2016, Ripples has learnt. According to informed...
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy faces an extended ban during the Premier League title run-in after being charged with improper conduct by the Football Association. Vardy,...
The Federal Government may have cleared all the possible legal hurdles in order to pave the way for the repatriation of the $480m loot linked to...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) suffered a technical glitch on Monday as the equities market opened a new trading week with a tinge of negative sentiments....
A three-minute call from a top security official (name withheld) altered the direction of judgement passed by Justice Abdulkadiri Kafarati of a Federal High Court in...
Tragedy struck at the Festac Town end of Lagos State when a 45-year-old man was burnt to death at C Close, when a keg of fuel...
Fifty one foreign investors repatriated profits from their investments in equities and Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds last week. The investors considered Nigeria foreign exchange...
Legislators in Brazil have casted their vote in favour of impeaching incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over corruption charges. Tens of thousand gathered in the capital of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday described the ongoing amendment of the act establishing the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal...
Nigerian equities open this week on a delicate balance after losing N209 billion last week in a largely negative market situation. Market pundits were divided on...
National chairman of the APC Chief John Odigie-Oyegun says that Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, and others like him criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari for seeking a...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Two sets of Nigerian tourists appeared in China recently. The group led by our lovable president and the other led...
By Reuben Abati …I read an interesting article recently in which the author, objecting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent travels abroad pointed out that Presidential spokespersons...
It was a weekend of goals galore as Nigeria players shone brightly for their respective clubs across Europe and America. Super Eagles striker, Aaron Samuel, scored...
Rafael Nadal made an emphatic statement for the clay court season by winning his first Masters series event since 2014. The 29-year-old Spaniard followed up his...
By Ahmed Boulor Foremost blogger Linda Ikeji is seeking peace with Starboy honcho Wizkid after the pair went all out for each other on social media...
Five members of a gang of kidnappers are already facing charges at a magistrate court in Port Harcourt for being behind the abduction and murder of...
It is two years and this sordid event has been celebrated all over. CNN the international media platform spent the whole day yesterday showcasing and keeping...
A bolt of lightning that struck the Heavenly Sure Charismatic Church, in Owerri North LGA of Imo State has left two female members dead, and the...