At least 35 persons including nine children have been reportedly killed and several others injured after air strikes released “toxic gas” in the province of Idlib in north- western Syria. The Syrian...

  Super Eagles captain and former Chelsea FC midfielder, Mikel Obi, scored his first goal in the Chinese Super league, to lead his side, Tianjin Tigers to their first victory in the Chinese top flight. Mikel...

  The Directorate of State Services (DSS) has said there is no truth in the story that the sum of N310 million was stolen from the residence of Senate President Bukola Saraki. The DSS described the allegation...

  The United Kingdom has deported 23 more Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in that country. The deportees, all males, arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos at...

  The Nigerian House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have the powers to extend the tenure of a permanent secretary or any civil servant who is due for retirement. The...

The Nigerian Army has said that the original Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, is very much alive. This runs contrary to the belief in some quarters, including sections...

  Property worth millions of naira have been reportedly lost to fire which gutted  the accounts section of the Ebonyi State Government House  on Friday. No life was however lost in the inferno which...

The Nigerian Senate has suspended its former leader, Ali Ndume for six months.His suspension was recommended by the Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions whom Ndume caused...

The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Ibrahim Garba who appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Monday  publicly disclosed that Sen. Dino Melaye...

The Nigerian Senate  has said it plans  to investigate revenue leakages amounting to over N4 trillion in the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff,...

The number of billionaires in the world is now 2,043. This is according to the 2017 list just released by Forbes Magazine. The new figure represents a 13 percent increase in the number of the super rich...

Veteran Spanish actor and multiple award winner, Antonio Banderas has finally opened up on the heart attack he suffered about two months ago. Banderas, who was in his native city of Malaga on Sunday to...

The Secretary-General of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Hicham El Amrani, on Sunday, resigned from his position, barely a week after his ally and former CAF president, Issa Hayatou lost...

At least eight people are presumed dead and several others critically injured  after a group of high school students and their  teachers on a ski slope were hit by an avalanche in central Japan. According...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose his health status to Nigerians. Soyinka who spoke to reporters last weekend at the sidewalk of the Paris Book Fair felt...

Leaders of the two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party have signed a deal in which they pledge to work towards reconciliation. The deal between the faction of the court-pronounced PDP Chairman,...

British law enforcement have made a total of eight arrests in connection with the attack that shook London on Wednesday. The attack which has been labelled as an act of terrorism was carried out by a...

Prominent members of the House of Representatives yesterday described the Kaduna International  Airport which is serving as a substitute to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja whose runway...

Westminster, the United Kingdom’s seat of power has come under a deadly attack. At  2:40 p.m. (GMT) today, a man rammed a car into crowds of people and stabbed a police officer outside the UK Parliament....

The Nigerian Senate has asked the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali to resign following his refusal to appear before the Senate today. This comes after a suit filed on behalf...