Authorities in India have approved the death penalty for any individual who is found guilty of raping girls under the age of 12. Reports say the...
The American government is currently considering fresh moves to slam Russia with more sanctions after the use of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria which...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its one-month old strike this week. Its president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told The Nation correspondent on...
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State insists that terror group ISIS has committed genocide. “ISIS is clearly responsible for genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia...
The dispute among joint venture partners in Aje oil field, offshore Lagos, appears to have escalated as another partner, EER (Colobus) Nigeria Limited, has gone to...
South West supporters of the ousted chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alli Modu Sheriff, have dumped the party for Mega Party Nigeria. Some of the...
A property said to belong to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been ordered to be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government. The...
The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Monday played host to a delegation of the Malala Fund who paid him a courtesy call at the Presidential...
Barcelona will host Brazilian side Chapecoense in a friendly game on August 7 to pay tribute to victims of the plane crash of last November. The...
Weary parents of six kidnapped pupils of Igbonla Model College, Epe, have reportedly coughed out the sum of N285,000 in cash to shore up the sum...
The Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, and 27 other national team coaches have been paid their outstanding salaries by the Nigerian Football Federation...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday raided the premises of The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of The Sun Newspapers and threatened to seal...
Rowdy demonstrations have continued for an eighth night on the streets across Morocco’s northern Rif region with protesters demanding the release of a prominent activist. Reports...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has revealed that the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a priority as his office has already started preparing charges...
Even though the Senate rejected Mr Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the EFCC, Nigerians have voted that President Muhammadu Buhari retain him in that position....
42-year-old British-Algerian journalist, Mohamed Tamalt who has been in coma for more than three months after he embarked on a hunger strike in protest against his...
A Federal High Court Lagos presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris has further adjourned hearing in a suit by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, till...
No less than 12 people were seriously injured after officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria...
Barring any last minute injury, Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr may confine assistant captain Ahmed Musa to the bench in his starting eleven against Zambia in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has come to the rescue of the Super Eagles after lack of funds threatened their World Cup qualifiers against Zambia billed for Sunday.Nigeria...
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has said that it remains intact and strongly united, refuting claims of splitting into factions. Avengers denying the claim by Reformed...
Lagos state House of Assembly (LAHA), on Wednesday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Abuja calling on the party to sanction...
Luis Suarez felt helpless as Uruguay were knocked out of the Copa America Centenario, explaining his anger on the bench. Uruguay star Luis Suarez explained his...
Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, said he was disappointed missing the first leg of the AFCON 2017 qualifiers against the Pharaohs of Egypt in Kaduna later...
In what appears a curious twist, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ricky Tarfa, was Wednesday ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to pay...
An injury time goal from Chelsea striker, Diego Costa, held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Louis van Gaal’s team...
It was a bad day for passengers aboard a chartered aircraft belonging to Aero Contractors on Saturday at the Bauchi Airport in North Eastern part of...
The downtrend at the Nigerian stock market worsened Tuesday as investors continued their sell down on equities, pushing most share prices to close lower. The benchmark...
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State on Tuesday petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the immediate past governor of the...
In from Ali Smart…. In line with Islamic teachings, Jaiz Bank says it has transferred the sum of N502 million for charity, being monies realised from...