The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other agencies...

Barely 48 hours after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai ordered troops deployed in the area to flush out all armed bandits, 10 persons were brutally murdered on Thursday morning when bandits...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of some property worth ₦1.8billion allegedly belonging to Tuoyo Omatsuli, the Executive Director, Projects, of the...

In the latest shooting to rock the United States of America still shaken by the massacre at a Florida high school in February, a gun-wielding assailant on Friday afternoon left behind multiple casualties...

  Sergei Skripal, the Russian ex-spy who was left in a critical condition by a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, UK for more than two months has been discharged from the Salisbury District Hospital...

Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila says the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the House have endorsed Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s bid to become the next...

Former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being too disorganized and reckless to organize and conduct the 2019 general elections. Bafarawa,...

A court in Zambia on Thursday sentenced the son of former President Frederick Chiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile phone. Frederick Chiluba Jr. was found guilty...

President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki on Wednesday accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris of plotting to frame him up to ‘settle scores’ for being declared unfit to hold public...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night urged the South West caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work together towards rescuing Ekiti State from the grips of the Peoples Democratic...

Sam Allardyce has expressed disgust at the manner in which the management of Everton Football Club relieved him of his duties after just six months in charge as the club’s coach. The 63-year-old Allardyce...

As the Ramadan fast commences, President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Muslims in the country to use the opportunity offered by the exercise to increase their generosity, kindness and love for humanity. In...

Argentine captain and Barcelona Football Club talisman, Lionel Messi says the idea of Brazil and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) forward, Neymar joining Real Madrid would be a major blow to the title aspirations...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial district, Senator Bassey Akpan for allegedly receiving vehicles worth ₦303 million...

An elder statesman and former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa says President Muhammadu Buhari has not learnt from the experience he gained between 1983 and 1985 as head of state...

North Korea has threatened to cancel the much anticipated summit between its leader, Kim Jong-Un and President Donald Trump of the United States over Washington’s insistence that Pyongyang unilaterally...

President Muhammadu Buhari says despite the scars he suffered in his first attempt at fighting corruption as the military head of state of Nigeria between 1984 and 1985, he would continue to sustain the...

The All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) has elected Mr Steve Oribamise as its candidate for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. A statement issued by the National Chairman of the party, Chief...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday increased the 2018 national budget proposal by 6 percent. From the N8.61 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate increased it to ₦9.12 trillion. The...

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted bail to the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. In his ruling on Wednesday morning,...