Contrary to media reports speculating that the federal government may have returned subsidy on petroleum products, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says this is...
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, has stepped into the crisis rocking the Bayelsa state chapter of the party by nullifying suspensions carried...
Nigerian equities started this week on a negative note as a combination of slowdown in bargain-hunting and profit-taking weighed down the overall market situation. After a...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki battle to extricate himself from allegations os false assets declaration may have suffered a setback as he now has more worries to...
Spanish tax authorities on Monday said they are investigating allegations of tax irregularities involving soccer player, Lionel Messi, after documents released by an international probe of...
What is it in the person of Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, or in his governmental policy that tends to allow Nigerian Christians and Muslims to...
Fidelity bank said on Monday it had put a N22.4 bn ($113 million) loan to Lagos-listed energy firm Oando Plc on a watchlist and taken a...
The present coach of the Italian national team Antoni Conte has officially been named as the new manager of English Premier League (EPL) side Chelsea after...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has accused state government officials of interfering in court cases being prosecuted by the commission. This...
Oil marketers in the country who have been facing the challenge of getting forex to meet their allocation for importation of PMS (petrol) now have a...
A tired looking President Muhammadu Buhari, early this morning arrived the Abuja airport from the United States of America (USA) after participating at the 4th Nuclear...
The Federal Government has dumped its plan to create grazing reserves in a bid to curb frequent and violent clashes between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in...
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South West, met in Lagos on Sundaynight where they restated their commitment to work together to move...
The EU/Turkey deal which will see all “irregular migrants” who have arrived since March 20 deported from Greece to Turkey after careful examination of papers has...
It sounded unbelievable at first. The administration of change, which claims to run on strict adherence to rule of law, was accused to have approved invasion...
The Ogun State Police Command has busted a ritualists’ den at the Iyana-Illogbo area of Sango Otta, where a decomposing body was found. Reports say the...
The Managing Director of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, Uche Orji, said Friday that the fund’s total assets grew to $1.07 bn in 2015. This...
This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs...
One early morning in May last year, about three weeks to the inauguration of the victorious Muhammadu Buhari as the new president, the then First Lady,...
Continuous rot still pervades the operations of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as fresh findings say the organization failed to remit about$4.2 bn into the...
The grim reality of Nigeria’s poor economic run was yet amplified Thursday when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut the country’s growth forecast for 2016....
After two successive negative trading sessions, Nigerian equities rode on the back of gains by major downstream oil companies and other highly capitalised stocks to regain...
Wild protests are currently underway at Arepo situated in Ogun State after residents accused men of the Nigerian Navy stationed there to check activities of petroleum...
The estranged ex-wife of the EgyptAir hijacker says her five year marriage to Seif Eldin Mustafa was a ‘living hell’ while also labeling him jobless and...
A constitutional court in South Africa has ordered President Jacob Zuma to refund part of the money spent on upgrading his private home- a sprawling rural...
There are brutal signs to look out for that indicate you are not ready to start dating again. A common problem that single women face is...
The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad hinted on Wednesday that he could form a new government with the opposition noting that it won’t be difficult to...
59-year-old Seif el-Din Mustafa, hijacker of the EgyptAir plane said he decided to hold passengers aboard the flight to hostage because he wanted to see his ex-wife...
Tax evaders in Lagos State may be in for a hard time from April 1, as the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, says it will...
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has refuted reports in the media over claims that Boko Haram insurgents are still in control of two or three...
Supremacy battle for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and allocation of political offices in Kano State are the key reasons behind the rift between Governor...
Views from abroad… The promise of Africa’s biggest economy has turned to peril. Companies drawn to Nigeria by the prospect of a population bigger than Germany...
The principal character behind the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOD), Nnamdi Kanu, wants the British government to plead his case and release him from prison in...
Daniel Patti, the woman claiming to be Chris Brown’s ex-girlfriend did not get a restraining order in court after she failed to provide any evidence backing...
John Onoja, a 20-year-old student will spend the next three months behind bars after he was sentenced by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja...
It is somewhat odd that President Muhammadu Buhari should describe Rivers as the most deadly state in Nigeria. With due respect, Buhari’s...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Wednesday that it was planning to raise N218.89bn in short-dated treasury bills on April 7. The sale...
13-year-old red-haired teen Liam Murphy has filed a controversial lawsuit against his parents for not preventing his birth. Liam says his red haired parents caused him...
The dirty underbelly of Nigeria’s oil industry came up for probe Wednesday in faraway Hague when Italian and Dutch prosecutors stormed Shell’s headquarters to investigate alleged...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu said Tuesday that some Oil Majors have shown commitment to partner the Federal government to revamp...
Sadio Gassama, 25, a Senegalese medical student has enlisted with the dreaded terrorist group ISIS after an apparent appeal by Islamic State propagandists calling on doctors...
Soundcloud is set to add music streaming gaming to its offering. It is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of...
The Sedasys Anesthetist robot is about to lose its job according to new developments. Robots were supposedly coming for our jobs; not just the blue collar...
An order has been made by the US State Department and Pentagon calling on all families of American diplomats and military staff to leave southern Turkey...
The days of the Boko Haram sect may seem well numbered, as well over 10, 000 local hunters from the north east have volunteered their services...
The hijacker of the EgyptAir plane who forced the domestic flight to land in Cyprus used a fake suicide belt authorities have confirmed. The motive of...
The PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, has called on the national chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, not to think of staying in office...
If the United States (US) had its way, it would want the Naira officially devalued, especially against the dollar immediately. The country said on Monday it...
An environmental group reports that three people have lost their lives following an oil pipeline explosion which occurred during repairs of a pipeline belonging to an...
Elections are always and will remain the vehicle that drives democracy. Invariably, there is no democracy without elections. The March 19 legislative...