Nigeria’s Flamingoes on Sunday failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be hosted by Uruguay after they were held to a 1-1 away draw in the second-leg play-off round of the African...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all Nigerians particularly the elites to make sacrifices as a foundation towards ensuring national growth and development. According to a statement issued in Abuja...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed why underage persons who were not up to the statutory age of 18 are often registered in the northern part of the country...

A member of a vigilance group at Obadolovbiyeyi community in Ikpoba – Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Efe Igbinovia has been reportedly shot and killed by soldiers. After the shooting,...

A fire outbreak at the maintenance unit of the National Assembly building forced the Senate to suspend its sitting on Thursday. The fire which began at about 11am compelled the lawmakers to cut short...

Apparently disturbed by the events playing out in the current administration, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is under a trance. In a press briefing released...

Cyril Ramaphosa has been announced as the new president of South Africa after the resignation of Jacob Zuma. The South African parliament nominated Ramaphosa on Thursday to finish Zuma’s term which...

Egyptian security forces have detained former Islamist presidential candidate, Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh for allegedly re-establishing contact with the proscribed Muslim Brotherhood group. The country’s...

South Africa’s  president, Jacob Zuma  has announced his resignation via a televised address to the nation. “I have to come to decision to resign with immediate effect,” he said on...

Zimbabwe’s major opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has died aged 65 after a battle with colon cancer. Elias Mudzuri, the vice president of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) , reported...

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) says the establishment of the proposed state police will help the nation’s security agencies in tackling the high rate of insecurity in the country. Speaking on Monday...

The United States on Tuesday warned the Democratic Republic of Congo against using an electronic voting system for its delayed presidential election scheduled to hold in  December this year. According...

A former deputy governor of the nation’s apex financial institution, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu says he is carrying out wide consultations in readiness to contest the 2019 presidency. Speaking...

Following the persistent queues at fuel stations across the country in the past few months, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quit his role as the...

  At least 71 persons were killed after a passenger plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region of Russia on Sunday. Reports say there were 65 passengers and six crew members...

The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to review the salaries of members of the National Assembly and those of ministers with a view to creating more jobs for...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he lacks the constitutional powers to create the proposed cattle colonies across the country. Speaking at the South-South zonal meeting of the National Committee...

Chelsea Football Club manager, Antonio Conte has suggested that sacking him at the moment would be a stupid idea as according to him the relationship between a manager and a club is more important than...

Bishops under the umbrella of The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the enormous goodwill with which he assumed office in 2015 is fast depleting...

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 5 in Benin, Edo State, Rasheed Akintunde says only 20 percent of the country’s policemen are engaged in the core police duties of protecting lives...