By Benjamin Atu . . . / The task of administering the old mid-western region which was one of the most resourceful and intelligent in Nigeria...
The Rivers rerun elections may have started on the wrong footing as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Elyon Ntiro Elijah and the state’s...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday in Enugu, inadvertently justified the use of force against civilians, when rationalize the option of...
A Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria after entering the country from Turkey has appeared in a video which surfaced online. The Japanese journalist Jumpei...
Huge protests have erupted in Brazil as tens of thousands are calling for the resignation of Dilma Rousseff after she made her predecessor Luiz Inacio “Lula”...
Barcelona’s MSN, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were all on target as Spanish giants piled more pressure on under-fire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by easing...
The Federal Government on Wednesday said plans are on to tackle the shortage of electricity in the country by generating 4,000 megawatts of electricity using nuclear...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has drawn the ire of the party’s deputy national publicity secretary, Comrade Timi Frank,...
PEP Guardiola’s Bayern Munich completed an impressive Champions League comeback over 120 minutes to reach the quarter-finals at the expense of Juventus. The Serie A leaders...
In spite of government’s efforts to diversify the nation’s economy from crude oil based, non-oil exports dropped by a whopping 58 per cent losing $6.14 billion...
The downtrend at the Nigerian stock market entered the third consecutive day on Wednesday as market forces failed again to respond to the stimulus of a...
Nestle Nigeria Plc, has announced a total dividend of N22.99 billion for the 2015 business year as the food and beverage giant muscled operating challenges to...
Nifemi Daniel Egypt assistant coach, Mahmoud Fayez, has boasted that the Pharaohs are ready to shock the Super Eagles by securing a victory at the Ahmedu...
The Nigerian Army have announced the recapture of an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, of the Army from Boko Haram. The APC was said to have been...
The Kaduna State government, on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over concerns raised relating to the Religious Preaching Bill...
The Senate has taken up a petition forwarded to it by concerned Nigerians over what is alleged to be discriminatory promotions in the Nigerian Police Force....
A suicide bomber in the early hours of Wednesday blew himself up at a mosque in Umurari village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, killing at least...
Manchester City inched a step closer to achieving their ambitions when reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time on Tuesday. The English...
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the Lome-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, has alerted investors that it expects to report materially lower profit for the year...
Nigeria’s second most capitalised stock, Zenith Bank International Plc, recorded a net profit of N105.66 billion in 2015 as top-line earnings and bottom-line improved. The audited...
Nigerian equities recorded second consecutive negative trading session on Tuesday as concerns over rising inflation and corporate warning on low earnings mitigated the otherwise positive influence...
Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, is intensifying efforts aimed at the installation of Bayo Adelabu, the grandson of late popular Ibadan politician, Adegoke Adelabu, as his...
After positive signs of improving crude prices, hopes faded again on Tuesday, as prices dipped further below $40 per barrel. The further fall in prices may...
The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has hit back at former Super Eagles’ coach, Sunday Oliseh, saying it never tried to impose players on...
In from Ripples Nigeria Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel on Tuesday made a startling revelation about his first day at Chelsea, saying he was intimidated...
Coach Samson Siasia has finally been handed the mandate to lead the Super Eagles to the 2017 African Nations Cup finals in Gabon. This followed a...
Even as Nigerians are painfully chewing the bitter pill occasioned by the lingering fuel crisis, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), one of the...
A day after the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode decided to run the rule by sacking the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency,...
The Senate has hinted of plans to run integrity test on the Auditor General of the Federation’s audit report, Ripples has learnt. This development was confirmed...
The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into the loss of over N50 trillion in the mining sector. Worried by the loss of revenue in...
Apparently responding to criticisms from Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Federal Government on Tuesday reacted to the spate of politically motivated killings in Rivers State. President Muhammadu Buhari...
The machine was born in a sandbox. Stumbling for meaning, its five parents watched as it learned the rules of the world around it. Everything is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts of six chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...
Nigerian equities reopened this week with a tinge of profit-taking as investors sought to monetize the capital gains from the sustained rally in recent trading sessions....
Not able to cope with growing influx of refugees and asylum seekers, Germany is offering to give cash incentives to Afghan refugees willing to return home...
Judgement in the trial of a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Angency, NIMASA, Raymond Omatseye has been reserved by a Federal High...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc grew its net profit by 20 per cent to N60 billion in 2015 as the first generation bank rose above...
Shinji Okazaki scored with a spectacular overhead kick on Monday to earn Leicester City a 1-0 win over Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle United. With this, they restored...
Nigeria’s most capitalised quoted bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc, recorded a pre-tax profit of N121 billion in 2015, sustaining a positive growth trajectory in spite...
Prominent forces within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have secured President Muhammadu Buhari’s backing to dispense with national chairman of the party, Chief John...
