Senator Aliyu Wamakko, former governor of Sokoto State, Saturday said defectors from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, has dismissed reports that she has resigned her position as a member of the Federal Executive...
Four-time World champions, Italy will begin their search for a new national team manager to replace Gian Piero Ventura who was sacked after failing to qualify...
Osun State former deputy governor, Iyiola Omisore, has described the police invitation to him as sinister plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against him....
Security operatives in Cameroon have launched a crackdown on the Anglophone region of the country, to silence potential demonstrators who intend to file out to protest...
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday revealed his desire to see Nigeria’s crude oil dry up because the wealth from it has become a hindrance...
Federal Government efforts to discourage importation of vehicles through neighbouring countries may remain a mirage, as importers appear to have taken solace in the range of...
Thousands of anti-government protesters have stormed the streets of London calling for Prime Minister Theresa May to step down over housing policy in wake of Grenfell...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Saudi Arabia to remove sanctions against Qatar and act like the ‘Custodian of the Two Holy Places’ in Gulf...
It was drama on Thursday at the Anambra State House of Assembly as Speaker, Mrs. Rita Maduagwu, surreptitiously vanished into thin air with the mace to...
Two days after special prosecutors in Seoul whipped up the idea of seeking the incarceration of disgraced and impeached President Park Geun-hye, a court in South...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who recently made it clear he does not tell lies, has asked Nigerians to stop demanding for updates...
We are just hearing that the Gambian courts could not seat, the returning officers at the elections have fled the country and the ECOWAS mediation team...
The Buhari administration may have fed from the data base of poorest Nigerians generated by former president, Goodluck Jonathan. This is the claim of the presidency...
The prevailing negative economic environment has had a very adverse effect on the performance of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the nation’s most important revenue...
There was palpable tension on Saturday within the Niger Delta region of Nigeria following a renewed threat by a volatile militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers...
The Catholic ArchBishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has faulted the one-day national prayer directed by the Christian Association of Nigeria in honour of victims...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired 6,000 more police, civil servants and academics under emergency rule. The purge according to decrees issued in the Official...
Former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda has been asked to account for what happened to N213billion state money during his administration. This follows the report of...
World number one Sir Andy Murray completed a straight-sets victory over Tomas Berdych on Friday to seal a place in the final showdown of the Qatar...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it had commenced exploration activities in the Gongola Basin as part of its efforts to further expand the nation’s...
In pursuit of their quest to wrest political power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of the emerging mega political association, Action Democratic Party,...
In what appears a co-ordinated response to President Buhari’s unclear intention in the Niger Delta, the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on new...
The prime actors in the Malabu Oil deal are refusing to keep shut even as the Buhari-led administration widens its investigations, through the EFCC, into the...
Frustrated by federal government’s refusal to set up a tripartite committee to negotiate a new minimum wage of N56,000, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmed Makarfi, has set up a committee to fashion out a plan to remove the ruling party, APC...
At the end of the friendly match between France and African champions, Ivory Coast, on Tuesday at Lens’s Stade Bollaert, the crowd booed in disappointment with...
In a major twist and victory for China’s ruling Communist Party’s hunt for fugitives who have taken refuge oversees, Yang Xiuzhu, a former deputy director of...
Even after it was seemingly browbeaten into submission the first time, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government against any increase in the...
Ex-Project Fame winner Chidinma Ekile has sent the rumour mill spinning again after she deleted all her Instagram photos except for 21 photos and videos she...
It may not seem so, but apparently the web is a lot safer than it was a year ago. That is, according to Google’s new Transparency...
Tragedy struck in central part of Georgia, USA when a Peach County deputy was killed and another was wounded while responding to a dispute between neighbors....
Albert Einstein now has an official emoji keyboard, EinsteinMoji, on iOS and Android devices. Though Einstein is not the first celebrity to get his own emoji...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), standard bearer for Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of constructing 39 tarred roads and...
Promoted Burnley have enjoyed their first win on the club’s return to the top flight after strikers Sam Vokes and Andre Gray produced superb first-half goals...
Brazil star Neymar labelled winning Olympic gold as one of the “best things” of his life as he hit back at critics following Saturday’s dramatic win...
Tech giants Google is set to jettison Chrome apps such as Mac and Windows in the next few years. Chrome apps are basically apps that run...
Five-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, who elicited global pity after he was pictured at the back of an ambulance when pulled from the rubble after airstrikes...
An order has been issued by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Zone II Command Headquarters, Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali, that the case of the man...
Authorities in Ethiopia say a probe into the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces during anti-government demonstrations will soon begin but also denied that...
The renewed militancy in the Niger Delta may soon be over, as the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, last night, accepted it would cease hostilities in the...
A wedding ceremony in the Turkish city of Gaziantep turned into a blood fest when a suicide bomber struck, killing 30 people and injuring 94 other...
The Nigerian Army will intensify its rescue operations in North East to free those abducted by the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram, despite recent mounting calls...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday, urged the nation’s Dream Team VI in the men’s football event at the ongoing Rio Olympics Games not...
Nigerian athletes have been promised better preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Team Nigeria yet to register its name on the medals table after...
Newly appointed Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has invited Captain John Obi Mikel, Flying Eagles kid striker, Victor Osimhen, and five members of the current...
The slide of the value of naira has started impacting negatively on Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserve (FER), which has suffered a 15 per cent drop in...
Suspected Niger Delta militants on Friday blew up oil facilities at Owhrode community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The attack took place 20 kilometres...
, early Friday morning won the men’s 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an...
The bodyguards of President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential campaigns have vowed to expose his secrets if he fails to fulfill the promise he made...