The fresh sanctions imposed on North Korea by the UN Security Council which unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution imposing new punishment on the pariah nation, has...
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh is urging Nigerians to raise funds for victims of Benue floods which has left an estimated 110,000 people homeless, three dead and...
Liverpool will appeal against the length of Sadio Mane’s three-match ban after he was sent off during their 5-0 defeat at Manchester City last weekend. The...
By Charles Ogbu… Sunday’s clash between men of the Nigerian army and members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) in Afara-ukwu, the hometown of the...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the alleged attack on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a clear demonstration of...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has laughed off the suit instituted by shareholders of Arik Air against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over purported...
Nigeria’s excess crude oil revenue has risen by 50 per cent between August and September, 2017 following the increase of price from $49 to $54 per...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary appeal panel yesterday said it was yet to take a final decision on the primary election to select its...
In what seems to be developing into a global push to substitute gasoline and diesel cars for electric or hybrid ones, the Indian government has also...
Students of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki yesterday raised the alarm over rising cases of sexual harassment and extortion allegedly being perpetrated by their lecturers....
There is a plot in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to annul the Anambra State governorship primary election which House of Representatives member Tony Nwoye won....
Onyedikachi Iyaka, 16, who hails from the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has been arrested by men of the state police command for...
Indigenes of Benue, one of the many Nigerians states with stories of horrifying onslaught by suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Monday in Abuja, inundated the Presidential Panel...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decried recurring allegations that he was corrupt, claiming that no one has been able to prove that against him. He...
A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that over 500 victims have been declared dead following the outbreak of a cholera epidemic that...
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to probe the Managing Director of Egbin Power Plc, Dallas...
The home-based Super Eagles edged Sierra Leone on Monday night to advance to the group stages of the 2017 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup in...
Nigerian equities opened this week with a loss of N100 billion as sell pressure continued to undermine market valuations of several large-cap stocks. Benchmark indices at...
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the current hardship the country was experiencing was because of years of mismanagement of its resources. Buhari said this on...
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Monday said that donors have pledged about $700 million to address the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region....
The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) which comprises Theophilus Danjuma and other Christian elders from the region, has reiterated its position that there was a calculated...
By Joseph Edgar… I need to be very clear with my position this today as I do not want any kind of misunderstanding as to where...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that former president Goodluck Jonathan did not take the insurgency serious because he believed that the group was being used...
Nigerian forward, Victor Moses has expressed his eagerness to begin this season’s UEFA Champions League journey with Chelsea, as they host Qarabag on Tuesday night. Moses,...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Monday disagreed with the position of former President Olusegun Obasanjo that what Nigeria needs is a restructuring of the mind....
Barcelona coach, Ernest Valverde has said his side are expecting an “intense and important game” against Juventus in their UEFA Champions League opener on Tuesday. The...
Embattled Senator Dino Melaye on Monday accused Kogi State’s Governor Yahaya Bello, the Independent National Electoral Commission, top Federal Government officials and security agencies of being...
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on behalf of the Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) has called on the Federal Character...
It was a battle of wits at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Oando on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State as various shareholders’ groups raised...
Almost a month after she was charged to court for allegedly attacking a South African model, Gabriella Engels, 20, with an extension cord, wounding her forehead...
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) has fixed Tuesday September 12, to hear appeals arising from the party’s August 28 governorship primary election...
The Federal Government says it has concessioned the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to the tweeter handle...
The former publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has described as provocative, the alleged attack on the home of leader of...
Google’s latest acquisition could be Taiwanese smartphone company HTC. Rumours circulating from the Taiwanese press suggests that the Californian web company could be looking to form...
The Nigerian Customs Service has again uncovered 1,100 Pump Action rifles concealed in a 20 foot container smuggled into the country. The operatives of Tin-Can Island...
The Rivers State Commissioner of police has revealed that the Police Command will give the sum of N1 million to the person who provided information leading...
Following his fourth defeat in four games in the Premier League this season, Crystal Palace boss, Frank de Boer, has been sacked by the club management...
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has asked the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan to tow the path of honour and resign before the...
The right to host Pan African Music Initiative, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has been ceded to Nigeria for the next three years after approval by...
American Tennis player, Sloane Stephens, completed a fairy tale Grand Slam triumph beating her compatriot Madison Keys in the women’s singles final of the 2017 U.S....
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, over the weekend. He was...
A random Twitter user @Mist3rAdam got a shock reply from producer and host of now rested talk show, New Dawn, Funmi Iyanda, when he inquired if...
Senator Dino Melaye may have fallen into troubled waters after efforts to stop his recall proved abortive on Monday as a Federal High Court in Abuja,...
The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, will renew their rivalry with their Cameroonian counterparts at the quarterfinals of the 2017 FIBA Men’s AfroBasket Championship. Nigeria...
Stamp Duty charges on bank transactions may have yielded trillions of naira, but the revenue is unremitted to the Federation Account, The Nation has learnt. The...
The federal government, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE) and Shell Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) have completed the technical and commercial evaluation of bids for...
High level corruption going on in the National Assembly is delaying prompt payment of salaries and allowances of members by the management of the nation’s highest...
No end appears to be in sight as doctors under the auspices of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have vowed not to call off their...
As part of efforts to resolve the protracted conflict between residents of Abakaliki Local Government Area, of Ebonyi State and their counterparts in Obubra Local Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been scheduled to address the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the United States on Tuesday, September 19, 2017....