Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is getting set to clinch the sole ticket for her party in the race to become the next President of the United...
Declining oil output from Nigeria, France and a shortfall in US inventories combined on Monday to shore up oil prices to their highest in eight month....
One of Italy’s richest men, Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised over a heart problem, but according to the spokesman of the ex-Italian Prime Minister, the condition...
Demola Wasiu, a bricklayer who allegedly stabbed his friend Lekan Omotosho, 27, to death on Ajele Street, Lagos Island because he refused to charge his mobile...
Nigerian equities opened this week on a negative note as profit-taking transactions by investors pressured the overall market situation to a marginal loss of N12 billion....
Senate President Bukola Saraki is reaching out to national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for reconciliation to stave off what his...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted a post-conviction bail in the sum of N500,000 to a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration...
The Federal Government, Monday, said it is suspending the on-going military operations against Niger Delta militants who have been attacking oil installations in the oil rich...
If the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has his way, the paucity of foreign exchange which is already taking a toll on the activities...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has insisted that the Super Eagles must qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup final. While acknowledging...
Emmanuel Macron, the French Economy Minister was pelted with eggs when militants of the hardline CGT trade union cornered him at a post office in the...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has sued the Economic and Financial...
The Nigeria Police high command is worried that unscrupulous individuals may find their way into the Force in the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Police. The...
The land swap policy introduced by the former administration of President Goodluck Jonathan may have hit a brick wall in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as...
Luck ran out of a South African lady who was caught by eagle-eye detectives on Saturday as she attempted to smuggle 1.210kg of white powdery substance...
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles coach Samson Siasia has blamed his defenders and strikers for the embarrassing 6-2 loss to Denmark at the Suwon Invitational Tournament on Saturday....
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, Saturday, said Boko Haram insurgents are planning large scale bombings during the Ramadan fasting period. The DHQ, in an emailed statement on...
A man who was allegedly on his way to France to mastermind another terror attack has been arrested by eagle eyed security operatives in Ukraine. The...
By Jude Ndukwe… When news broke out late last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had allegedly placed travel bans on two governors of the opposition party,...
By Kennedy Emetulu… It seems true that President Muhammadu Buhari is not visiting Ogoniland for that much-publicised flag-off of the implementation of the UNEP Report on...
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun… What started as a big joke suddenly became a reality. In a desperate bid to stop the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari...
By Reuben Abati… No one should be surprised by the loud and widespread support that has attended the latest call by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday failed to honour the much anticipated visit to Ogoni land, and the oil rich Niger Delta area. The visit was to...
A prosecution witness called by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Michael Wetkas, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how the...
The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has temporarily assumed the leadership of the party pending the resolution of the leadership crisis...
Apparently to fulfill his promise to return to Nigeria after his foreign shuttle, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, returned to the country after a month’s trip...
By Ikechukwu Amaechi… Voting on March 28, 2015 for the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, was almost a badge of...
By Levi Obijiofor… This past weekend has been one of celebrations — celebrations of a government that promised so much but found reasons to explain why...
Incoming reports inform that at least three people have been killed and some hostages taken after a bomb blast at a hotel in the Somali capital...
A French ship has claimed it has picked up signals presumed to be from black boxes of the ill-fated EgyptAir 804 flight which crashed into the...
The current strike action embarked upon by labour unions in France is currently biting harder as rail workers joined the standoff thereby halting about half of...
Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of Ivory Coast has told all those who care to listen that her trial for war crimes is politically motivated....
By.Abiodun Komolafe… “He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics...
Facebook’s artificial intelligence systems now report more offensive photos than humans do, marking a major milestone in the social network’s battle against abuse, the company says....
By Kolade Gbolagade… “Had long sought a separate state not because they loved power but because their conditions were peculiar and the authorities did not understand...
The Nigeria U-23 team, Dream Team, on Tuesday evening arrived in Suwon, Korea Republic, venue of 4 -nation invitational tournament in which the team will be...
After gathering N613 billion in capital gains last week, Nigerian equities opened this week to a massive profit-taking, which turned the stock market into an extreme...
President Muhammadu Buhari had some weeks ago hinted he was going to name those who had looted the nation’s treasury on Democracy day. This was to...
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said that the Senate would debate the 2013 Audit Report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry...
Nigeria’s African Boxing Union Champion, Larry Ekundayo’s hope of defending his title suffered a major setback on Tuesday as he pulled out of the scheduled fight...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles continued their blissful run on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over the Red Lions of Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel. The win,...
Former maverick and controversial NBA star Dennis Rodman is said to be preparing to tie the nuptial knots with the sister of hard stance Korean leader...
The Nigerian Army has ruled out the possibility of engaging new militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in dialogue. The Army, stated this while justifying its...
67-year-old Igor Valensky is convinced that his 5-year-old dog was killed by Russian Secret Service because his pet looked like Russian president Vladimir Putin. Igor is...
By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba… President Muhammadu Buhari completes his first year in office this today. In sports parlance this would be the end of the first...
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani… President Muhammadu Buhari came to power promising Nigerians “change”. Novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed...
A group of unknown gunmen who pretended to be lodgers according to reports shot and killed, Michael Ogunnusi, the owner of Allonze Hotel located in the...
Mexican authorities confirm that Olympiacos striker, Alan Pulido has been rescued safely after being kidnapped in his homeland on Saturday night. The kidnappers had called Pulido’s...
After losing Vincent Kompany, Belgium will head to Euro 2016 without Nicolas Lombaerts and Derrick Boyata after the duo were ruled out through injury on Monday....
Sir Bobby Charlton appears to have put past reservations about Jose Mourinho becoming Manchester United manager behind him after welcoming the Portuguese at the club’s Carrington...