Following the Senate’s confirmation that it was going to debate the approval given by President Muhammadu Buhari for the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the procurement...

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of his intention to seek re-election, the Accord Party (AP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have told the president and the ruling All Progressives...

President Muhammadu Buhari today disclosed that he will seek a second term in office in the February 2019 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Governor of Kaduna State and a close ally of the president,...

The leadership of the Nigerian Senate says it would be difficult for the legislature to maintain a cordial working relationship with the executive arm of government going by the list of looters recently...

An 18-year-old Nigerian school girl, Ruth Olajugbade has emerged winner of the 2018 edition of the ‘The Voice UK’, beating another contestant, Donel Mangena to the second spot in the finals which...

Former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has finally surrendered himself to police authorities in the country in order to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence over charges of corruption...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday denied the persistent allegations of religious bigotry levelled against him, saying he has never violated his oath of office throughout his public life as a soldier,...

  The new Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubo, has set up a Special, Eight-Man Review Committee to take...

  At least 13 persons have been confirmed dead out of the 160,cases of cholera which has continued to ravage Gashua town in Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State. Six persons out of  62 cases...

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed says the violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen across the country date back to 1948. He made the claim on Thursday when he played host to a delegation of Permanent...

The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court against the March 16, 2018 judgment of an Abuja Court of Appeal which...

The Personal Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie says there is nothing illegal in the release of $1billion approved for the Armed Forces for the procurement of military equipment. “The...

Former South African President, Jacob Zuma on Friday appeared before the High Court in Durban to face a 16-counts charge of corruption, racketeering and money laundering. The 75-year-old Zuma made a 20-minute...

The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo says it will resist any attempt to bring the name and personality of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu to disrepute. In a statement...

A Brazilian Federal Judge on Thursday ordered former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to surrender to the authorities by Friday afternoon to start serving a 12-year prison sentence after being convicted...

The Nigerian Senate has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1billion for the Armed Forces to purchase arms and military equipment to combat insecurity in the country. The lawmakers...

A northern pro-democracy group, the Northern Alternative Forum (NAF) has said that President Muhamamdu Buhari remained the most qualified presidential candidate from the region ahead of the 2019 general...

At least eighty communities across five local government areas in Niger State have appealed to the Federal Government not to withdraw troops deployed to the communities over fears of attacks from herdsmen. The...

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adamu Garba II says he will defeat incumbent President Muhamamdu Buhari and other candidates in the party’s presidential primary elections. ...

The Russian government says the poisoning of ex-Russian spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia in Salisbury, United Kingdom was staged by British and United States intelligence agencies. Sergei Naryshkin,...