Argentine captain and Barcelona Football Club talisman, Lionel Messi says the idea of Brazil and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) forward, Neymar joining Real Madrid would be a major blow to the title aspirations...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial district, Senator Bassey Akpan for allegedly receiving vehicles worth ₦303 million...

An elder statesman and former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa says President Muhammadu Buhari has not learnt from the experience he gained between 1983 and 1985 as head of state...

North Korea has threatened to cancel the much anticipated summit between its leader, Kim Jong-Un and President Donald Trump of the United States over Washington’s insistence that Pyongyang unilaterally...

President Muhammadu Buhari says despite the scars he suffered in his first attempt at fighting corruption as the military head of state of Nigeria between 1984 and 1985, he would continue to sustain the...

The All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) has elected Mr Steve Oribamise as its candidate for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. A statement issued by the National Chairman of the party, Chief...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday increased the 2018 national budget proposal by 6 percent. From the N8.61 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate increased it to ₦9.12 trillion. The...

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted bail to the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. In his ruling on Wednesday morning,...

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has ordered the remand in prison custody of a serving senator and the immediate past governor of the state, Jonah David Jang. Prior to his ruling, Justice Daniel...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of ₦10 bilion for the rehabilitation of all communities affected by  herdsmen attacks in Benue and other states. This was disclosed by Vice President...

No fewer than 13 pilgrims out of the 156 from Delta State who travelled to Israel on pilgrimage last year absconded upon arrival in the Holy City. The Delta State Commissioner of the Bureau for Special...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has given claimants a 90-day ultimatum to challenge the planned repatriation of $625 million of the ‘Abacha Loot’ to the Nigerian government. This is...

Scores of placards-carrying youths from Imo State on Tuesday stormed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand an end to what they called Governor Rochas Okorocha’s...

As the seven-day ultimatum issued by the New Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress elapses this Tuesday, a splinter faction of the group has dissociated itself from the Alhaji Kawu...

A presidential aspirant of the National Conscience Party (NCP), on Monday renounced  his membership of the party over the high cost of its presidential candidacy forms. Mr. Ikubese, while speaking to...

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that the menace of graft ravaging the nation will not end until justice catches up with corrupt Nigerian leaders. Soyinka stated this on Monday while speaking...

For the umpteenth time, youths protesting the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and his wife, Zeenat on Monday clashed with policemen at the Federal...

United States First Lady, Melania Trump on Monday underwent kidney surgery at Walter Reed National Military Centre near Washington DC. According to a statement released by her office and signed by Stephanie...

Music icon and inspirational figure, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been awarded an honorary degree by Rhodes University, a top South African public university. Surprisingly, the recognition by the institution...

Israel prepared a series of festivities to celebrate the opening of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem despite Palestinian protests, raising fears of a further outbreak of violence. After marking...