The Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its operatives have intercepted fake currency notes worth about N2.5 million. The Command’s Controller, Michael  Agbara told newsmen...

Coca-Cola has for the second consecutive year been named the world’s largest plastic polluter. According to the non-profit Break Free From Plastic organization, the Atlanta-based Coke is the biggest...

English Premiership side, Tottenham Hotspurs has Mauricio Pochettino as  manager and appointed Jose Mourinho as his replacement. Mourinho, a former Chelsea and Manchester United on Tuesday  signed a...

Austria’s Interior Ministry has announced that the house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station. The announcement on Tuesday follows years of legal wrangling as the Austrian ...

An assailant has stabbed the son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker to death in an attack at a hospital in Berlin. The attack also left one other person seriously injured. The German Police...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said there is little to show for the over N1 trillion budgeted for constituency projects of the National Assembly members in the last 10 years. Buhari stated this...

The  Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has accused leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using the image of former President Goodluck Jonathan to legitimize the electoral fraud which...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday night clashed over which of them was best placed to safeguard the National Health Service (NHS) if they win the general election in Britain. In a testy live...

The Israeli Army says the country’s anti-missile defence system intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday. In a WhatsApp message posted on Tuesday morning, the Israeli Army said...

In what is seen as a further illustration of the central government’s broad powers over institutions in its territory, the Chinese government has appointed a new police chief in Hong Kong. The new...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipreye Sylva has said that Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State made it much easier for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress...

Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria have alleged that security agencies were complicit in the rigging and manipulation of Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The Centre for...

Former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the country’s new President. The country’s Chief Justice, Jayantha Jayasuriya on Monday administered the oath of office...

Following  widespread criticisms which greeted the Hate Speech Bill which passed first reading in the Nigerian National Assembly last week, the country’s Senate has disassociated itself from the proposed...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State. Delivering its judgement on Monday, the five-man panel of the court dismissed the appeal filed by the All...

Portuguese International and Juventus of Italy striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to break the world record for men’s international goals after scoring his 99th goal for Portugal in a 2-0 win over...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially declared the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello, as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. This was announced...

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, has been declared winner of the Bayelsa governorship election. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, announced this...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi West senatorial rerun election inconclusive. Returning officer, Professor Olayinde Lawal, said the margin between the candidate...

Former French International and Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry has been appointed as head caoch of Major League Soccer (MLS) club side, Montreal Impact on a two-year contract with the option of a further...