The judgement of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal, which sacked the governor, Nyesome Wike, and called for fresh elections within 90 days has elicited reactions...
Dangote Refining and Petrochemical Plant has hinted of plans to begin operation in 2018. When completed, the plant will have refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has promised that his team would bounce back stronger despite suffering a 2-1 loss...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, Saturday afternoon, ordered the Independent National Elector Commission (INEC) to...
No doubt the percentage of billionaires in the world has increased in recent times especially with news making the rounds that there’s a new richest man...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Nollywood actress Stephanie Linus has put to bed. The lanky thespian announced moments ago on her Instagram page that...
The spate of bombings of targets in the Northeastern part of the country showed no sign of abating, as two female suicide bombers have attacked a...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Truth be told that ever since Gabriel Oche Amanyi aka Terry G got married, the once serially controversial singer...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . These are certainly signs of the good times for Nollywood actress Omotola Jolade- Ekeinde. The Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist...
A twelve-year-old boy was killed and others wounded when a series of blasts targeted Shia Muslims in Dhaka as they gathered for a procession in the...
Considering the strain families go through in trying to migrate to safer climes, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to want hundreds of thousands of refugees...
The key actors in the South Sudan war, President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have in the past committed to stopping the fighting, only...
Mexicans are now preparing for the worst days after being warned about Hurricane Patricia, churning toward southwestern Mexico. Described as a “potentially catastrophic hurricane,” forecasters said...
Unknown to Nigerians, the Boko Haram terrorist group had perfected plans to extend its deadly carnage to the south western part of the country by causing...
Speculations around whether or not the present administration will reduce pump price of petroleum products have been clarified, as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said government is...
Two top executives of a commercial bank, who have been allegedly managing accounts on behalf of former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina,...
In from Ali Smart In spite of reports that the Muhammadu Buhari administration plans to float a national carrier, there are indications that it is yet...
By Ulf Laessing . . . Seven months after Muhammadu Buhari was elected president on a promise to “fix” Nigeria, a policy vacuum has brought decision-making...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Ahead of next month’s Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, Nigeria U-23 Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has invited Manchester City...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . As part of strategy to earn a favourable results during Sunday’s 2016 African Nations Championship final qualifying match against...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Sunderland coach, Sam Allardyce, has revealed that he would make a decision next week on Super Eagles striker, Chinedu...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . The governorship election tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Friday, upheld the election of Senator...
Lionel Messi has reportedly indicated he’s ready to quit Barcelona. After 14 years in Catalonia, it is claimed he wants to test himself in the Premier...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has expressed sadness in the spate of forgeries and other related crime in the nation’s banking sub-system. Raising this concern...
News analysis… Kogi: Between the devil and deep blue sea The Kogi State governorship election is fast approaching and the stakes are getting high by the...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . Hours after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Friday morning,...
By Joseph Rotimi The majority of Nigerians, while assuming the citizenship of the federal republic, do not care much about issues that affect them because their...
By Pius Adesanmi Michael Woods, a columnist with the local Ottawa newspaper, MetroNews, starts his op-ed column of Wednesday October 21, 2015 thus: “Building a cabinet...
By Reuben Abati The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people,...
Since the term “antioxidants” made the leap from the realm of biochemistry labs and into the public consciousness in the 1990s, the belief has grown that...
Reports from Maiduguri have it that a suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a Mosque located behind the Magistrates court, Polo area, during the morning Islamic...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . In what is considered a rare kind gesture and a show of maturity in some quarters, Annie Idibia showed...
According to a new unauthorised biography about Beyonce titled, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story, the singer must have separated from her husband over Rihanna. This story...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . An enlightenment workshop organised for commercial tricycle and motorcycle riders across Ogun State on safety throughout this year’s ember...
A 38-years-old Adenowo Idowu, has fallen on the wrong side of the law as he was arraigned by the Nigerian police on a two-count charge of...
Illegal logging in Africa has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in revenue each year, exacerbates poverty in forest-dependent communities, accelerates forest ecosystem degradation...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has declared that the team would not underrate Croatia Despite beating the host, Chile,...
In from Nifemi Daniel . . . After several weeks of accusations and counter-accusations, Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh returned to his Belgium base to treat...
About 70 hostages were saved from execution during raid on ISIL prison near Hawija, which left US soldier dead. US special forces and Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga...
In the 1989 hit movie ‘Back To The Future Part II’, the protagonist Marty McFly travels to what was then the strange and distant future day...
Days after the movie Spectre received lavish reviews from major newspapers, raving without rating the film, dubbing their assessments “first impressions”, Daniel Craig who stars in...
The place of women in today’s growing society cannot be overemphasised much so as roles conventionally considered to be the exclusive reserve for men are now...
A young couple fell into in troubled waters and has been jailed, over the death of an infant left in their care, which they claim died...
First recorded in the America’s in the 1900, this killer weather system which does not have a definite history of the track and intensity is threatening...
The Igbo Leaders of Thought under the leadership of a foremost constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has noted that government’s current preoccupation with the anti-corruption campaign...
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, another northerner, as Chairman the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Spanish football has been rocked by claims from a linesman that he was pressured by La Liga’s refereeing committee to favour Real Madrid against arch-rivals Barcelona...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued to trade in the red zone in spite of additional inflow of earnings reports from several companies. Not less than...
Few days shy of the October 31 deadline for customers to complete their Bank Verification Number, the Central Bank of Nigeria has foreclosed the possibility of...
