As the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prepares for it national convention billed for May 21 in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the South West zone...
Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the Edo State House of Assembly are in disagreement over who should, or can necessitate a change in the chairmanship position at...
The dwindling revenue of the country became noticeable on Thursday as the Federal Government, states and local governments in the country shared a paltry N299.7 bn...
Despite winning at the Supreme Court, the worries of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to retain his position are not over yet. This is because...
The Ethiopian army has reportedly located and surrounded the area in neighbouring South Sudan where it believes that more than a hundred Ethiopian kids are being...
Operatives of the EFCC have taken a former Minister of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman into custody for allegedly collecting N2.5 billion from about N4 billion naira...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally written the National Assembly over the 2016 budget, pointing out the discrepancies in the Appropriation Bill passed by the federal lawmakers....
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of monthly deduction at source for the states from their Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations. According to the...
In its quest to boost agriculture and promote commodity exchange in Nigeria, the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, is set to roll out various initiatives to...
The star witness of the EFCC, Micheal Wetkas, in the on-going trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Thursday disclosed that the Code of Conduct Bureau,...
The acrimony between Bayelsa State government and multinational oil companies deepened on Thursday with the governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, seeking the intervention of the Presidency on...
Novak Djokovic insists he will be taking this year’s Rio Olympics as seriously as any Grand Slam event on the calendar. Read also: Leicester, Tottenham dominate...
The Professional Footballers’ Association have announced their Team of the Year for 2016. The list includes four players each from Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur, who...
A 70 year old chief, Moses Adeniyi, has been sentenced to seven years in prison by an Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa for raping...
Head Coach of the Nigeria U-23 team, Samson Siasia, has insisted that top Super Eagles players such as John Obi Mikel and Ogenyi Onazi must fight...
The Inspector- General of the Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, has apologised to the House of Representatives over the flouting of its orders that the Kogi State...
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has said he would no longer be part of the National Working Committee...
Estranged hubby of Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom has been offered a route back to basketball after being invited compete on a prestigious basketball team to compete...
American TV personality Oprah Winfrey is super excited that the face of late abolitionist Harriet Tubman will grace the front of the $20 bill replacing the...
A fresh outbreak of xenophobic attacks has played out in the South African city of Cape Town with property of Nigerians and some other Africans being...
The EFCC has said that the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Dandali Umar, is innocent in the allegation levelled against him that...
Cuba’s long-time former president, Fidel Castro has hinted that death may be near in his final speech to Communist Party congress as he calls on party...
The National Economic Council Meeting (NEC) met today at the Council Chambers in Abuja. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Yemi osinbajo The meeting, the...
The Solar Impulse 2 is resuming round the world trips as it takes to the skies just in time for Earth Day. Solar Impulse 2 officially...
The festering crisis in Burundi has claimed the life of an army officer, a motorcyclist and two members of an armed group in separate incidents in...
According to Mexican authorities not more than three people were killed and over 100 were injured when an explosion rocked a state-run petrochemical plant in the...
Brazil captain Neymar will play at the upcoming Olympic Games and not the Copa America, Barcelona have confirmed. Neymar had said he wanted to be one...
The Federal Government has denied that President Muhammadu Buhari signed a currency swap deal with the Chinese government during his recent trip to China. This was...
Residents of the new site area of Oba Ile town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State were thrown into disarray when a...
Ripples Nigeria has learnt that what began as an innocuous award to Deputy Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday has created serious unease in the camp of...
Nigeria losses an average of $250 billion annually through tax evasion/ underpayment by International Oil Companies and other multinationals, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources who also doubles as Group Managing...
Concerned about the depth of fraud pension funds in the country have been subjected to by the administrators, the House of Representatives has set in motion...
The modest rally that started on Tuesday at the Nigerian stock market widened considerably on Wednesday as investors stepped up bargain-hunting for more stocks. Against the...
Liverpool maintained their stranglehold over Everton in the Merseyside derby with a one-sided stroll against their local rivals who had Ramiro Funes Mori sent off for...
Real Madrid are on alert over Cristiano Ronaldo’s fitness after the Portuguese left the field in discomfort at the end of Los Blancos’ 3-0 win over...
The detained cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Azibola Robert, has written a petition to the Attorney general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar...
It was a bad day on Wednesday for one of Nigeria’s airlines, Arik Air, as its operations were disrupted by by members of several aviation unions...
Goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokai was the hero on Wednesday after saving three penalties to earn Enyimba a ticket to the group stage of the CAF Champions League...
Barcelona director Jordi Mestre has insisted the club will not sell Brazilian forward, Neymar this summer. The 24-year-old, who has been linked with a move away from...
Cristiano Ronaldo has entered contract talks with Real Madrid about extending his stay until 2020 amid suggestions he could join Paris Saint-Germain in the future, according to...
Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt, has said he aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic three-peat by winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay for the third games in...
The Department of State Services, DSS, has been ordered to pay N5million to an Ekiti lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, over his illegal arrest and detention. Akanni, who...
Barcelona star, Lionel Messi has opted out to the 2016 Olympics as Argentina coach, Gerardo Martino included Inter‘s Mauro Icardi and Juventus‘ Paulo Dybala in his...
The trial of the former Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, could not continue on Wednesday, as a Lagos...
Ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has concluded plans to have the Super Eagles engage the Eagles of Mali...
The United Nations has deployed a team to the Greek coastal city of Kalamata to ascertain the actual number of casualties who drowned in the Mediterranean...
The Department of State Services, DSS, has been ordered to pay N5million to an Ekiti lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, over his illegal arrest and detention. Akanni, who...
The trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, assumed another dimension on Wednesday, as the embattled former Governor of Kwara State asked the Chairman of Code...
In what may be a tactical move, the Senate on Wednesday, suspended further action on the controversial amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal...