A former governor of Cross River State and presidential aspirant, Mr. Donald Duke says his ambition to vie for the nation’s number one position was not backed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Duke,...
United States President, Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un on Tuesday signed what he described as a “pretty comprehensive” document to cap off their historic summit in Singapore.
Trump...
Nobel laureate and acclaimed human rights activist, Professor Wole Soyinka says it was inappropriate and surprising for President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Bashorun Moshood Abiola and at the same time...
Former governor of Bayelsa State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva says the party was set to take over power in the state from those he described as rats.
Speaking...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday affirmed that Nigerians will not tolerate the subversion of justice and annulment of elections, the type of which culminated in the struggle for the actualization...
In a surprise move, Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza said on Monday that he would step down in 2020, despite widespread belief that he backed a new constitution extending term limits in a bid to...
A decision by the Austrian government to close seven mosques and expel as many as 60 Imams has been branded by Turkish government spokesman as a populist attempt to standardize racism and Islamophobia.
Turkey’s...
Unidentified men on Monday afternoon reportedly attacked and murdered the traditional ruler of Ogbozine Akpugo, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Nwatu.
Reports say Nwatu was ...
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has described the contentious Group of Seven (G7) summit with the United States President, Donald Trump as a sobering and depressing experience.
She stated this...
An 80-storey office building set to open this week at the World Trade Center will be the third completed skyscraper at the site where the twin towers stood.
Monday’s ribbon-cutting for the 1,079-foot...
The Presidency says that the elite in Nigeria are against President Muhammadu Buhari because they have lost out given the good governance culture that has been instituted by the president.
In a statement...
Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention who ran against the late Bashorun Moshood Abiola, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the June 12,...
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said that any government that watches its poeple get killed every day without taking steps to stop such trends is irresponsible.
Amaechi made the statement over...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II says the subsidy regime in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has compromised the corporation to the extent that it would take only an angel to run the...
Widely acclaimed Nigerian reggae artiste, Ukeleke Elumelu Onwubuya popularly known as Ras Kimono has died at the age of 6o.
Confirming his demise, a close family source told reporters that he died...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has alerted Nigerians that incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari is planning to jail him in order to stop him from criticizing his government.
According to Obasanjo,...
The Ghanaian government on Thursday dissolved the country’s football association after allegations, in an undercover documentary, revealed widespread bribe-taking by referees and payment of kickbacks...
In what is seen as a rare admission that it used to have such ties in the first place, the Sudanese government on Wednesday announced that it has cut all defence ties with North Korea.
The announcement...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday described the resolution by the Nigerian Senate to probe allegations raised in its report against the military as a welcome development and a sign of hope...
The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha against making wild and unsubstantiated allegations regarding the conduct of congresses...
