A Venezuelan police helicopter attacked the country’s Supreme Court building and a government ministry on Tuesday, escalating the country’s political crisis. Government officials say the aircraft,...

Irked by the increasing wave of insecurity in Nigeria, the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello has said that he no longer has confidence in the ability of security agencies in the country. The  Governor...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the delay by the current Federal government to restructure Nigeria was due to the nagging problems of insecurity and recession being experienced...

  Former Prime Minister of Tanzania, Edward Lowassa was on Tuesday detained by the police over a speech he made to Muslim clerics last week. According to Lowassa’s lawyer, Peter Kibalata, he was summoned...

Nigeria’s former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has cautioned those clamouring for a break-up of the country to have a rethink. Nigeria, he reasons, is most likely to come out worse...

Sixteen people have been killed while 13 others were injured in a spate of bomb attacks by female Boko Haram suicide bombers on the University of Maiduguri and its environs. The attacks occurred between...

  General Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s former Military President has described the restructuring of the country’s political economy as “an appeal whose time has come.” Babangida believes...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed the Lagos State Kidnapping Prohibition Bill 2016 into law. The bill which prescribes life imprisonment or death penalty for the offence...

State governors in Nigeria on Wednesday said  they have resolved not to allow the country to break up and that those inciting secession and war were only wasting their time. The governors made the declaration...

  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has turned down an invitation to meet with the United States President, Donald Trump because they believe that his policies are devastating millions of Americans...

  A High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Lagos State Government to pay compensation to thousands of displaced residents of Otodo-Gbame, a waterfront slum demolished by the state authorities...

  The United Kingdom may experience the hottest June day in over 40 years as the heat wave which has enveloped the country for a couple of days is expected to tighten its grip for the fifth day. The...

The Federal Government on Tuesday, filed an appeal against the June 4 judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which acquitted the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of 18 count charges of false and...

A prominent Islamic cleric and  respected leader in the Tijjaniyya sect, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has urged the Federal Government not to allow the Igbo to secede but rather sit them down with other...

  Angola’s capital city, Luanda has again been ranked as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, reclaiming the position it lost to Hong Kong last year . This ranking is contained in...

  The President General of Igbo people in the northern states of Nigeria and Abuja, Chief Chikezie Nwogwu has said that the Igbo will not yield to any form of threat and  leave the North because...

The Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jens-Peter Kjemprud has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Nigerians over the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections in...

Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has said that Nigeria loses an estimated N20 billion every day to the traffic gridlock experienced at the Apapa port. Speaking to journalists...

A consortium of banks led by Access Bank Plc has taken over the management of Etisalat Nigeria, effective June 15, following the inability of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS) to reach...

The Directorate of State Services (DSS) yesterday night unconditionally released the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah after a “No Case” was established against him...