Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress on Sunday emerged African champions after defeating Senegal 65-48 to win the 2017 Afrobasket Championship held in Bamako, Mali. The team, tutored...

Multiple world boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather has announced his retirement from the sport after his 10th round knockout of UFC Champion, Conor McGregor at the packed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the...

A former commander of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent group, Abdulkadir Abubakar has said that the two factions of the group may be ready to hold talks with the Federal Government. Abubakar, who is also...

In what was described as a very peaceful and transparent primary, Tony Nwoye has been elected as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The 42-year-old Nwoye...

The unprecedented flooding of the city of Houston in Texas, USA occasioned by the much anticipated Hurricane Harvey has reportedly rendered over 30,000 people without shelter. According to Brock Long,...

The Federal Government on Thursday directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to place sanctions on any television or radio station which broadcasts hate speeches as part of efforts to stem the...

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hailed the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for withdrawing the quit notice it issued out to Igbos living in the north. Reacting to the suspension...

A pilot was reportedly killed when a Nigerian Airforce (NAF) trainer aircraft crashed at the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna on Thursday. Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya,...

Following intense pressure from numerous quarters, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Thursday rescinded the quit notice it handed down to Igbos living in the northern part of the country. The...

  Lee Jae-Yong, the heir to one of the world’s biggest smart phones and electronics maker, Samsung was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and other offences. The 49-year-old...

A former Minister of Labour and Productivity in Nigeria, Hussaini Akwanga who was abducted by gunmen in Nasarawa State has been released. The Nasarawa State Police Command said that Lafia, Akwanga who...

The Southern Leaders Forum (SLF) on Wednesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that issues of national discourse and unity should be taken to the National Council of State (NCS) and the...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo who headed the investigative panel that probed the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and Director-General of the National...

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has been appointed as the Chairperson, Board of Governors of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bank for Investment and Development. Adeosun...

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has accused the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu of frustrating the Federal Government’s...

The Sudanese Police authorities on Thursday confirmed the death of the Russian ambassador to the country, Mirgayas Shirinsky. Shirinsky was found dead floating in the swimming pool at his residence in...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has donated the sum of $1 million and assorted relief materials to victims of the mudslide which left over 300 people dead in Sierra Leone. Presenting the cash and relief...

South Korea’s first female Prime Minister, Han Myeong-Sook was on Wednesday released from prison after completing a two-year sentence for accepting illicit political funds. Myeong-Sook, now 73 was the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called off the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was scheduled to commence at about 10.a.m. According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,...

The revenue disbursed and shared by the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria in August shrunk to N467.8 billion, signaling a N184.2 billion decrease from the N652 billion which was shared in...