Swedish policemen had a torrid time controlling demonstrators during a neo-Nazi rally which later turned violent as authorities ended the march early after self-professed National Socialists...
By Fr Livinus Onogwu … The significance of Independence Day celebration is that it looks at a nation’s journey towards full self realisation away from colonialism....
By Prince Singa Edward Zhattau… As ordinary Nigerians commemorated President Muhammadu Buhari’s return with wild jubilations from his seemingly endless London medical vacation, the corrupt political...
As Nigeria marks her 57th independence anniversary on October 1, 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has released a list of “57 achievements” which it believes to...
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has urged those calling for Nigeria’s breakup to have a rethink. Gowon said this in an exclusive...
Former aviation minister and current governorship candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP) at the forthcoming Anambra governorship election, Osita Chidoka Saturday urged Igbos to consider...
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU) Saturday announced the suspension of its nine-day-old strike following negotiations with the Federal Government. The...
Ahead of Nigeria’s 57th independence anniversary on October 1, the Nigeria Police Force has beefed up security to ensure peaceful celebrations nationwide. The Inspector-General of Police,...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has faulted the move by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to pursue their arrest following the recent announcement that...
Premier League leaders, Manchester City retained their spot by beating champions Chelsea 1-0 in an important match at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday. City were without...
World’s most expensive player, Neymar scored twice – a brilliant free kick and a penalty – as Paris St-Germain thrashed Bordeaux 6-2 in a Ligue 1...
Manchester United strolled to another free-scoring victory against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday, as the visitors increased their losing streak to seven. The Red...
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has argued that Nigeria as a country has failed, and that the present crop of leaders were not...
By Farooq Kperogi Dissent and criticism are not only core structural components of democracy, they, in fact, mark the difference between autocracy and democracy. But it’s...
A three-day total lockdown in the English-speaking region has been issued by authorities in Cameroon in order to prevent a planned gathering to protest ill treatment...
The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has revealed in a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China that America has always opened channels of communication...
England striker, Harry Kane, netted a brace to increase his Premier League tally as Tottenham thrashed Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday. With the...
By Dele Momodu…. Fellow Nigerians, let me say exciting times are here again. You may ask what is so exciting about this period with our myriad...
By Pius Adesanmi… “It is in the interest of Lagos and Nigeria that the federal government open up and expand the capacities of other ports in...
The on-going bitter feud between the Okoye brothers (Jude, Peter & Paul) has been waved aside by veteran broadcaster Kenny Ogungbe who described the seeming war...
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are making our geeky childhood dreams come true by building real-life Transformers-style...
The Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz is pleading for international aid as battered Puerto Rico recovers from hurricane Maria’s ruinous aftermath with desperation on...
THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its arch rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Friday that they are ready for the February 16,...
Abysmal multiple potholes on the Benin-Asaba Expressway have continued to wreak havoc on motorists, especially truck drivers as 127 persons have lost their lives plying the...
The police authorities have snubbed a request made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the secondment of a police officer for a special assignment. Police Inspector...
The Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos Archdiocese and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday argued that Nigeria would be...
A group of Christians from a Pentecostal church who were on a routine visit to Kirikiri prison in Lagos, recently, were shocked when they came face-...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two notorious gang members allegedly responsible for an attack in Jos, a forthnight ago, which witnessed...
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, have been ordered by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, to within 30 days pay...
Three jewel thieves identified as Dominique Vilaca, Fofana, 26, and his cousin Youssouf Fofana, 25, all appeared before a court in France where they were handed...
As Nigeria celebrates its 57th Independence Anniversary, Nigerian youths undertaking the National Youth Corps Scheme in Taraba State have made a call on Nigerians to remain...
Top-level talks over North Korea’s threat due to its continued missile activities are set to be on the agenda when US secretary of state meets Chinese...
The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The...
On Thursday, September 28, 2017, three events signalled a shift in gear in the march towards the 2019 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, has resigned amid scandal of flying costly taxpayer-funded private jets on government assignments. “Secretary of...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the Federal Government’s resolve to complete work on the second Niger Bridge and other federal projects in the South-East region of...
The debate on restructuring and how Nigeria should be restructured has continued to throw up different opinions and controversies. An elder statesman, Ahmed Joda, on Friday...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday revealed that the nation’s electricity grid experienced a total system collapse. According to the company, the system collapse...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday attended Juma’at Prayers in commemoration of 57th Independence Celebration of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja. Others at the service included...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has been ordered to produce the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a Federal High Court...
Hours before a scheduled rally staged in the Volga city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was arrested by security operatives who detained him...
Judge Paul Goldspring of London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled in favour of the extradition of Polish-born Michal Herba, 36, for being part of a plot...
Speakers of the House of Assemblies of the 36 states of the federation have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use all security agencies to checkmate activities...
Tragedy struck on a bridge near Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station, which killed at least 22 people and injured a dozen others after a stampede by commuters...
A landmark agreement was made at the International Aeronautics Congress in Adelaide, Australia, where representatives of NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that they...
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been injured in a car crash in Amsterdam, and may miss this weekend’s Premier League clash with champions Chelsea. The...
A day after former Five Star Music producer, Dr. Amir played dirty by accusing his former label mates Harrysong and Kcee of intellectual theft and also...
Despite being suspended for 180 legislative days, former House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin’s troubles may not be over yet. His colleagues in the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will let out of the bag what happened during the 2015 general elections that made him lose. He,...
Asian giants China is tightening its noose on sanctions imposed on North Korea after ordering businesses owned by the pariah nation led by Kim Jong-Un to...