A consortium of banks led by Access Bank Plc has taken over the management of Etisalat Nigeria, effective June 15, following the inability of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS) to reach...

The Directorate of State Services (DSS) yesterday night unconditionally released the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah after a “No Case” was established against him...

  A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and two of his aides in Kuje Prison. Justice Gabriel...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen last weekend reportedly opened fire on 15 anti riot policemen deployed to the farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae in Ondo State. Reports...

    Acclaimed Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie has become the first Nigerian to be awarded the prestigious Mary McCarthy Award  for her works and other engagements which create  public...

  The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on the Presidency to furnish it with the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference for consideration to enable it proffer solutions to the rising agitations...

Lipolelo Thabane, the estranged wife of Lesotho’s incoming Prime Minister was on Wednesday night shot dead, two days before her husband, Tom Thabane is scheduled to be inaugurated into office. Police...

  The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff has given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) a seven-day ultimatum to recover the over N30 trillion collected on behalf of the Nigeria Customs...

  The Nigerian Army has said that troops from its 1 Division in Kaduna on Wednesday arrested a notorious and wanted leader of a gang of armed bandits, Sani Ibrahim alias “Burtu” on the Kaduna-Abuja...

  Some youths under the aegis of All Middle Belt Youth Forum (AMBYF) have dissociated themselves from the 3-month quit order given to Nigerians of Igbo extraction by the Coalition of Northern Youths...

  The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, dismissed the 18 charges of false asset declaration filed against Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The CCT panel led...

  Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government is prepared and ready to deal with persons or groups who promote hate speeches which threaten the unity and corporate...

Scores of people are feared dead and are yet to be accounted for after a terrible fire gutted the residential, 24-storey Grenffell Tower in Kesington, West London at about 1.00 a.m on Wednesday. So far,...

  The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the invasion of the premises of the Sun Newspapers by heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday...

More than 900 inmates have escaped in a historic jailbreak in the Republic of Congo. The jail break also caused the death of at least 11 people. It all happened when  armed bandits attacked a prison...

Dino Melaye, the controversial Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate has said that the ongoing moves by the electorates in his constituency to recall him from the Senate...

The Federal Government has said that the National Judicial Council (NJC) is not ready to clean up the nation’s judiciary following its decision to recall some judges who had corruption charged levelled...

British Prime Minister, Theresa May has announced she will form a new minority government with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) after Thursday’s snap elections debacle that saw her...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo state on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu challenging the verdict of the...

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has stated that restructuring the country is not a priority for the President Muhammadu Buhari government because of the numerous problems it inherited...