Three more African countries are aiming to join the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharoahs of Egypt in  next year’s soccer World Cup to be hosted by Russia. Nigeria and Egypt booked their places...

  Following is the full text of a statement released on behalf of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,Dr Maikanti Barau and the management of the corporation...

Alex Iwobi’s 73rd minute goal was enough to qualify Nigeria for World Cup 2018. Nigeria leads Group B in the World Cup Qualifiers with 13 points with Zambia trailing behind with 7 points. It was...

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu this Friday afternoon met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting came after a letter written by the minister...

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike  and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson have agreed to strengthen the co-operation between them and enhance the rapid development of their states. The two...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said there was a greater need for transparency in the award of Federal Government contracts to provide a level playing ground for all bidders. Osinbajo stated...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately suspend the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti...

For his novels which carry great emotional force, Nagasaki-born British writer, hs been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro, who graduated from the University of Kent...

  Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to fish out and expose all corrupt judges in the country to preserve the integrity of the judiciary. Speaking in...

The regional leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont says he already feels like the president of a free country after over two million Catalans voted to secede from Spain in a banned referendum last Sunday. “I...

  Eminent Kurdish leader and former President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani has died at the age of 83, exactly a week after Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region held a referendum on independence. According...

A storm seems to be brewing in Nigeria’s oil sector as the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has accused the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...

  The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the report of the Vice President Yemi...

  The Police in Uganda are investigating a series of hand grenade attacks carried out on homes of opposition members of Parliament in the country. Explosions were heard Tuesday morning from the homes...

  The Kogi State Government has said that in no distant time, the rice which will be produced in the state will be capable of feeding the entire nation. Addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday, the...

  Resident doctors in Kaduna state on Tuesday embarked on an indefinite strike over what they described as the deplorable state of healthcare facilities in the state government – owned hospitals. The...

    The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has recounted how an Igbo man saved his life during the Civil War when he was just three years old. Speaking at the national headquarters of the...

  Alhaji Sarafadeen Isola, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has said that the former governor of the state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola has forgiven the...

The Federal Government on Monday said that many critics of the current President Muhammadu Buhari – led administration were looking for monetary ‘settlements’ to keep quiet. The Senior Special Assistant...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said despite the legal obstacles it is currently facing, it will continue with the process of recalling Senator Dino Melaye. INEC Chairman, Prof....