16-years after embarking on a hunger strike in protest of alleged military brutality in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, 44-year-old activist, Irom Sharmila has decided...
Residents in Jenta Adamu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State watched in horror as a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Anthony Kwanmi...
There was blood letting in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia as security forces unleashed terror killing scores of people in a bid to suppress...
The deputy national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni, has apologised on behalf of the party leadership for its failure to nip...
A contractor engaged by the Federal Government to supply grains to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Borno State has diverted 60 out of 113 trucks of...
Deputy Speaker of Osun state House of Assembly, Akintunde Adegboye, on Monday said that they are also affected by the economic crunch and sleep in darkness...
South West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have failed to unite in deciding which state should produce the next national chairman of the party, which has...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown an open invitation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo to return to the party and help in rebuilding it. This...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, may have concluded plans to start importing crude oil from Chad and Niger Republic to feed its Kaduna Refinery in...
After several weeks of hitting hard on the U-23 Eagles, Nigeria’s Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has apologized to players and officials of the country’s...
Host nation Brazil are still searching for their opening win of the Rio 2016 men’s football competition after an embarrassing 0-0 draw against Iraq. Led by...
Top seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles by Juan Martin del Potro. The Serb, who lost to Del...
U-23 Eagles coach Samson Siasia has said that the team is not thinking of playing against host Brazil but poised on defeating Colombia in their last...
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Monday, raised alarm of impending severe flooding that could wreak havoc in at least 11 states in Nigeria, if nothing serious...
Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Monday denied having anything to do with the Avengers, calling on the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), to make themselves...
The rapturous applause that attended his exit from the Table Tennis event of the Rio Olympics could have been mistaken for a victorious ovation. Nigeria’s legendary...
Buoyed by the impressive performances of Team Nigerian athletes at the Rio Olympics, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Habu Gumel has ordered for...
Recently replaced Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, threatening to continue his fight against Nigeria and the world. “I… Abubakar Ash-Shakawy,...
In a bid to end the renewed militancy, kidnappings and other forms of criminality in the state, Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has appointed a former...
The High Council for Virtual Spaces in Iran, which regulates internet use within the nation’s borders, has just banned the augmented reality game Pokemon Go over...
One of the two suspected nine kidnappers who abducted the Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni has confessed that they received the N15.1-million ransom for the...
Acting national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has described Abdulmumin Jibrin as lacking manners, disrespectful and desperate. He was reacting...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja, brought back War Against Indiscipline (WAI) Brigade, to help fight against insecurity, violence, kidnapping, and other forms of social...
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Ghali Na’Abba, has said that padding was impossible without the involvement of the executive arm. He therefore called for proper...
In a bid to overtake Nigeria as the main hub of the aviation industry in West Africa, Ghana has reduced price of Jet A1 by 20...
Sector by sector, the business community has begun collating data on losses over the economic recession, worsened by dollar scarcity in the past one year. Within the period under review, the manufacturing sector has been producing at...
President Muhammadu Buhari on MOnday left Abuja for Chad to attend the inauguration of the President Idriss Deby in N’Djamena. According to a statement issued in Abuja...
The most-decorated Olympian of all time added to his record medal haul with yet another gold on Sunday as the U.S. pulled away to win the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State chapter has come down hard on Governor Adams Oshiomhole for denying local governments in the state the wherewithal to...
Manchester United’s new striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck late to ensure Jose Mourinho’s reign got off to a winning start as the FA Cup holders beat champions...
Nigeria and Africa number one Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri qualified for the round of 16 of the men’s singles of table tennis at Rio Olympic...
The days of militants operating in the Lagos and Ogun states axis may be over soon, as the military at the weekend recovered pictures and a...
Manu Ginobili got his fourth Olympics started with 12 points and an easy victory, as Argentina beat Nigeria 94-66 on Sunday in the final Olympic men’s...
A first half goal by Sadiq Umar has propelled Nigeria through to the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics after they defeated Sweden 1-0 for their second...
The police in Jigawa State, has arrested a 60-year old traditional ruler for raping an 8-year old girl. Abubakar Ya’u, the district head of Kargo in...
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, has called on supporters to face their daily engagements and stop coming to pay him solidarity visits. Different town unions,...
The average intrinsic value of money in Nigeria may further decline to its lowest in recent period as analysts forewarned that inflation rate may rise for the...
House of Representatives member, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has again made further revelations and accusations against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. This is against an...
Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo has expressed delight on his goal during Watford’s 2-2 draw at home to FC Lorient in a pre-season friendly. Ighalo who...
Ibrahimovic announced his arrival in English football with an 83rd-minute winner as Manchester United edged Leicester City 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday to win the Community...
Nigerian trio of Alex Iwobi, Chuba Akpom and Kelechi Iheanacho scored on Sunday as Arsenal concluded their pre-season programme unbeaten by overcoming Manchester City with a...
It was another show of shame by the Lagos fans as they disrupted the Nigeria Professional Football League match between Ikorodu United and Shooting Stars of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating top management and directors of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (Nahco) Plc over allegation of corrupt enrichment, diversion...
Nino Salukvadze is already a legendary figure of Olympic shooting, but in Rio she is set to make history for not one but two reasons. The...
The manager of the Kenyan Olympic athletics team, Michael Rotich, has reportedly been recalled from the Rio 2016 Games following allegations of bribery over doping. An...
New Argentina head coach Edgardo Bauza has expressed his desire to persuade Lionel Messi to reverse his retirement from international football. The Barcelona forward made his...
Oscar Pistorius has denied reports that he attempted to take his own life after being rushed to a private hospital in Pretoria to treat injuries suffered...
The recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) limiting the number of international money transfer operators (IMTOs) from 15 to five has continued to...
In a desperate move to find solution to its economic recession and improve on its drained foreign reserve, Nigeria has made overtures to Spain to buy...
House of Representative Chief Whip, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has reportedly said that the budget padding allegation, is an issue beyond the All Progressives Congress’ (APC), intervention....