Barcelona and Argentine forward ,Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time. It is Messi’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday secured an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos for the forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to the immediate past Senate...

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N10m bail to a naval captain, Dada Labinjo, believed to have been in a naval underground detention for over a year. The bail followed Labinjo’s arraignment...

An electric power accident has been reported at the Ikoyi Prison, a major correctional facility in Lagos. This was confirmed by the Controller General of Corrections, Ja’afaru Ahmed. Inmates were...

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Kogi West senatorial re-run election, Smart Adeyemi has been declared winner of the polls. The Returning Officer for the election, Olayinde Lawal, declared...

At least three people have been stabbed in an attack at a department store in a busy shopping street in The Hague, Dutch police say. The incident comes same day as a man stabbed two people to death and...

The Court of Appeal in Jos has affirmed the re-election of Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Governor of Plateau State. The court also dismissed the appeal by Jeremiah Useni of the...

Two people were killed and a number of others injured in a terrorist attack near London Bridge on Friday. The suspect was however wrestled to the ground by passersby and shot dead by police. The suspect...

English Premiership side, Arsenal has sacked their manager just 18 months after he took the helm of affairs at the club. Unai Emery, who previously led Paris St-Germain to the French League title and won...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday upheld the election of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. In an unanimous judgment by the five-member panel led by Justice A. O. Belgore, the appellate court...

The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the NTEP-1 projects of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) worth $210 million in a board resolution in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital. The...

At least two persons have been reported dead, with over 20 others seriously injured in a gas explosion at Aduke Street in Ajegunle, Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. Confirming the...

Super Falcons of Nigeria goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie has been named the best goalkeeper on the African continent and the 14th best in the world by the International Federation of Football History &...

Seven Islamists have been sentenced to death for a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital in which 22 people, mostly foreigners were killed. The attack on the Holey Artisan cafe on July...

A koala which drew world attention after being rescued from an Australian bush fire has died after failing to recover from burns. The koala, named Lewis had been taken to an animal hospital last week after...

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that White House staff can be made to testify before Congress, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims of immunity. The ruling specifically compels former...

There was a mild drama on Wednesday morning as security operatives prevented Senator Dino Melaye and journalists from entering into the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It...

Lee Child, the author of the ‘Jack Reacher’ series, says Tom Cruise is too old to star in action films and needs to transition to being a character actor. “It sounds patronizing but I think it’s...

  At least 23  people have been killed after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Albania, the Albanian defence ministry has said.. The quake hit 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, in the...

The Zamfara House of Assembly on Tuesday repealed a law that allowed the payment of pension and other allowances for the state’s former governors and their deputies. Spokesperson of the state’s assembly,...