Four people who were found guilty of having links with Iran and conspiring to kill ‘prominent figures’ in the predominantly Sunni Gulf nation have been sentenced...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, has asked those desiring to vie for elective positions in the 2019 polls on...
Members of staff of the Customary Court of Appeal, Anambra State are now living in fear as plans to scrap the state Customary Court of Appeal...
After years of exploitative charges by shipping companies operating in the country, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has concluded arrangement to introduce flexible rates in port...
The Federal Government has remained docile over the need to review the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) signed about 25 years ago between the Nigerian National Petroleum...
Vice President (VP) Yemi Osinbajo abandoned his chopper at an event on Thursday and had to return to the Presidential Villa by road. His spokesman, Laolu...
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Guaranty Trust Bank to pay about N14 billion illegal charges allegedly deducted from the account of Innoson Nigeria Limited pending...
By Reuben Abati… There are three aspects – the strategic, the political and the legal – to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to declare June 12 Nigeria’s new Democracy Day...
Senate President Bukola Saraki says he has sent his written response on allegations concerning the Offa robbery to the police. The police had invited Saraki over...
The National Assembly has embarked on a four-week recess. The leadership of the two chambers of announced this after their respective plenaries. The lawmakers are to...
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari is well within the law to confer national honours on deserving Nigerians, dead or...
In what was the third of its kind in a single week, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with service chiefs and other heads of security...
The family of the late MKO Abiola has written to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for awarding the nation’s highest honour to their patriarch who is the...
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. William Stuart Symington, Thursday, announced additional donation of $102m in humanitarian assistance to help address shelter, health and food security...
The National Conscience Party (NCP) on Thursday reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day, and the proposed posthumous award to the...
The Senate on Thursday reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to honour the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, late Chief Moshood Kashimawo...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said it has given “No Objection” approval to another set of nine firms seeking to procure and install meters for...
In furtherance to the recent bilateral currency swap deal signed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the CBN...
By Prince Singa Edward Zhattau… The President was at it once again when he pronounced that “…after due consultations, the Federal Government has decided that henceforth,...
Worried by the recent resolution of the Senate against him, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja. He...
The House of Representatives was on Thursday thrown into a rowdy session as members disagreed with the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as...
The National Industrial Court (NIC) on Thursday ordered the Yaba College of Education (Yabatech) to immediately reinstate Mr Olu Ibirogba who was sacked for exposing alleged...
Management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday called for more partnerships with Dangote Cement in terms of Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) projects. The call...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed national honour to be conferred on the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential...
The duo of Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Ibukun Awosika, and Managing Director, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, both risk going to jail. A Federal High Court...
Cucumber juice was probably one of those things you’d never have tried as a kid. You wanted coke and lemonade. You didn’t want to drink a...
Social media giant Facebook has been called out for allowing a number of tech companies, including smartphone manufacturers, access to a sea of data about its...
President Muhammadu Buhari is often accused of aloofness, reticence and mutism. But whenever he speaks seldomly he hits the bull’s eyes. Today, three years after historically...
There is chaos at Umudagu Mbieri, in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State after a suspect identified as Ifeanyi Ibeawuchi reportedly murdered his 22-year-old...
By Joseph Edgar… Malta is a brilliantly beautiful island paradise. I have never been there but stories and images of the excitingly wonderful Island assail my...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said it would be selling some of its assets like Arik Air, Aero Contractors, Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN)...
Employers have expressed their readiness to pay the minimum wage whenever it becomes law. The national umbrella body of the employers stated this on the sideline...
Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (EMMAN) has advised the Federal Government to break the monopoly of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the sale of meters...
Work has resumed at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, following the suspension of the six week old industrial action embarked upon by the Joint...
No fewer than 3,000 containers are said to be trapped inside the Lagos Port Complex Apapa as a result of the lockdown created by a new...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has insisted that Senate President Bukola Saraki must appear before it to answer question over the April 5, robbery attacks in...
As members of the European Union move to stress their commitment to upholding the nuclear pact, France has warned Iran that it risked sailing close to...
Tragedy struck in the eastern part of Kenya when no less than five police officers lost their lives after their patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive...
The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN) has rejected the new excise duty imposed on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products in the country. The Chairman...
BY an executive order, President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, proclaimed June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. With same stroke, he cancelled out May 29, which since 2000...
The Federal Government says it has recovered about N30 billion from the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The amount was realised from individuals and...
The total value of goods exports from Nigeria to foreign countries rose in the first quarter of 2018 to N4.69 trillion, causing a strong growth in...
Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation (KOCO) has attacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its comment on the deputy governor’s visit to public schools in Ekiti State....
The long clamour for June 12 to be declared Democracy Day in Nigeria has come to a fruitful end as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has praised the National Assembly for Tuesday’s joint resolution to sanction the President. The group stated that the move was an...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday claimed that more suspects from the Offa, Kwara State bank robbery have indicted Senate President Bukola Saraki. Police Public...
The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the call by the Federal Government that states operating anti-grazing law should suspend its implementation to reduce...
A bid to allow enough recuperating time for both baby and nursing mother, the Federal Government has increased maternity leave for any female member of staff...
The Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.) on Wednesday received knocks from both chambers of the National Assembly over his anti-open grazing law comment. The...