A state of emergency has been declared on the already flooded Italian city of Venice after it was hit by a new high tide of 160cm, giving residents no respite from a crisis costing millions of euros. World-famous...

International investigators looking into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine on Thursday released intercepted phone calls showing close links between high-ranking Russian officials and rebel suspects...

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu has appointed Mr. Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu as the new Commissioner of Police for Lagos State. Police authorities confirmed the posting of Odumosu,...

Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Alex Opeyemi Akinyele has died at the age of 81. His son, Constantine Akinyele said the former minister died on Thursday night after a brief illness. Akinyele,...

United States Acting Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor on Wednesday told an impeachment inquiry that President Donald Trump directly asked for a Ukrainian investigation into his Democratic rival, Joe...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the proposed Hate Speech Prohibition Bill now before the National Assembly which  seeks stringent punishment including death by hanging as a penalty. In...

The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State on Wednesday convicted and sentenced three persons to death for kidnapping the Oniba of Iba community, Oba Yishua Oseni on July 16 at his palace. The...

Despite a court order directing that the status quo be maintained, the Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday elected its new executives with Mr. Deji Doherty as Chairman. Others...

United States President, Donald Trump says Wednesday’s meeting between him and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House failed to resolve an issue which has badly strained relations...

A Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by Busola Dakolo, photographer and wife of Nigerian musician, Timi Dakolo against the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital which nullified the primary election of the party and ruled that it...

The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Thursday nullified the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which produced Mr. David Lyon as the party’s flag bearer...

The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday announced the expulsion of its candidate in the last gubernatorial election in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu from the party...

A witness on Tuesday told a Federal High Court that Abdullahi Babalele, a son in-law to former Vice President Atiku Abubajar instructed him to take the sum of $140, 000 to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The...

 Below is a statement by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on the protests in Abuja over the continuous detention of Mr Omoyele Sowore, the leader of Revolution Now movement ,which was issued on Tuesday,...

A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Tuesday put the ultimate responsibility for development of the state on the shoulders of the people. “I...

The Campaign Council of the Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Kogi State government of plotting to shift the November 16 governorship election...

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday disqualified the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State. The court, in a judgement delivered by Justice...

A ‘five shining star’ snow crab has been auctioned off in Tottori, Japan for a whopping 5 million yen ($46,000). According to the Tottori prefecture’s fishery promotion division which...

A man who set off fireworks during a Remembrance Sunday event in England has been jailed for 16 weeks. The man, 38-year-old Stuart Potts from Borough Road, Salford was told by District Judge, Mark Hadfield...