Unlike in the years past when office of the First Lady exercised so much power and enjoyed every privilege in government including budgetary allocation, the current...
By Chris Aligbe … Did President Olusegun Obasanjo knowingly or unknowingly yield to the grand deception that cost Nigeria billions of Naira? Did he and other...
In from Nifemi Daniel … John Mikel Obi’s representative, John Shittu, has revealed that the Chelsea midfielder is ready to play for the Super Eagles whenever...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers trashed Uganda, 98-59, on Friday to improve to 2-0 in Group A at AfroBasket...
By Etcetera … “I believe if Nigeria does not kill corruption; corruption will kill Nigeria. I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities and encourage...
Next time you see a surveillance camera following you down an alleyway, don’t be too sure that there’s a human watching. Surveillance camera companies are increasingly...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has been ranked the best university in Nigeria by Webometrics. According to the latest web...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Federal Government is targeting generation and distribution of 5,000 megawatts of electricity by December. This was part of the outcome...
The No. 2 figure in ISIS, Haji Mutazz, was killed in an August 18 drone strike near Mosul, Iraq, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Apparently wary of threats to cancel their existing contracts due to the corruption scandal rocking the organisation, world football governing body...
In from Enite Benjamin … President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) David Parradang, and ordered him to...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor returns to the venue where she won her first Olympic Medal in 2008, to compete with the World’s best...
In from Victor Ebimomi …. Nigeria has once again stood up as the biggest brothers’ keeper on the African continent as President Muhammadu Buhari has sent...
Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga wants to be released from prison early to study the causes of ethnic conflict, he has told the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
By Joseph Edgar … As I look into the next 18 months, I see this administration fighting an impeachment battle. I also see this administration coming...
The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs John Atte has set a revenue target for Area Controllers, as he directed them to increase their weekly average revenue to...
After another war of words, and an exchange of fire across the world’s most fortified border, the two Koreas appear to be set on a collision...
The manager of Skiibii, Soso Soberekon who had reportedly collapsed and died recently, has apologized for his handling of the unfortunate incidence. Skiibii, had also come...
Afriland Properties Plc, the concessionary company that was awarded the contract for refurbishment of the Falomo Shopping Complex in Ikoyi, Lagos has denied any wrongdoing in...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that massive corruption and impunity at all levels of the past management of Nigerian National Petroleum...
It amazes me to think we go a long time without touching each other. Some couples can only touch when it is absolutely necessary or important,...
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took on an array of subjects and political figures during a lengthy interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday, including Hillary...
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has finally released the official list of passengers and crew members onboard the Bristow Helicopter chopper that crashed into a lagoon...
Scientists in the US have found a way to take carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and make carbon nanofibres, a valuable manufacturing material. Their solar-powered...
Justice Simeon Amadi of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the River State government a go ahead to probe the financial...
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu has said that subsidy on petroleum products by government creates distortion in government...
In from Success Allantee … Nigerian equities again closed in the red yesterday as impressive earnings by first-tier banks failed to quicken investors’ appetite for quoted...
In from Success Allantee …. A leading Cote D’Ivoire’s insurance company, Sunu Assurances Vie Cote D’Ivorie, yesterday completed the acquisition process for 28.2 per cent equity...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) yesterday revealed that the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government was allocated about N930 million for acquisition of...
In from Success Allantee …. The board of directors of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has earmarked N7.35 billion as interim cash dividends as the bank released...
President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the Director- General of Budget Office of the federation, Dr. Bright Okogwu with Yahaya Gusau. He also appointed Dr. William Fowler...
In from Success Allantee …. Access Bank Plc grew its gross earnings by 43 per cent in the first half as the bank’s net profit rose...
‘Big men’ who revel in cruising around with a large number of policemen may now have to find an alternative means as President Muhammadu Buhari has...
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has established a joint operation of the Army and Air Force to combat cattle rustling in the...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa …. The days of Boko Haram fighters are numbered as the terrorists are already weakened, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared. He said...
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, was on Thursday sworn in for a third term in a surprise ceremony following weeks of unrest related to his controversial election...
Reluctantly thrust into the role of his sport’s saviour amid an avalanche of doping claims, Usain Bolt has insisted he is in good shape to beat...
Nigeria football recorded a huge applause on Thursday after world football –governing body, FIFA, announced the appointment of the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju...
The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has decided to step down and call snap elections for 20 September, government officials said. As the debt-crippled country received...
Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that doctors have found cancer on his brain and that he would begin radiation treatment later in the day. Mr....
In from Nifemi Daniel … The Nigeria national basketball team, D’Tigers kicked off their 2015 FIBA Afrobasket Championship by thumping the Central African Republic 88-63. Despite...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Tottenham are interested in signing Chelsea winger Victor Moses, according to the Daily Mirror. The 24-year-old Nigerian international has spent the...
By Eugene Enahoro …. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has commenced an offensive against noise pollution in the state. In most parts of the...
By Olusegun Adeniyi …. It was the emergency nature of the call that made me curious because the Olori Ebi (head of the family that is)...
Ciara has replied her ex-fiance who accused her of bad parenting; for taking their son, Future Jnr to spend time with the man she is seeing...
Seb Coe has been elected the new president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the body’s 50th congress in Beijing. The former head...
There are indications that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party’s...
In from Ali Smart … The former anti-graft czar, Nuhu Ribadu has said the anti-corruption war initiated by the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo slackened at the exit...
In from Nifemi Daniel …. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has tidied up all arrangements surrounding Nigeria’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match away to...
