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...

  A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and two of his aides in Kuje Prison. Justice Gabriel...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen last weekend reportedly opened fire on 15 anti riot policemen deployed to the farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae in Ondo State. Reports...

    Acclaimed Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie has become the first Nigerian to be awarded the prestigious Mary McCarthy Award  for her works and other engagements which create  public...

  The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on the Presidency to furnish it with the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference for consideration to enable it proffer solutions to the rising agitations...

Lipolelo Thabane, the estranged wife of Lesotho’s incoming Prime Minister was on Wednesday night shot dead, two days before her husband, Tom Thabane is scheduled to be inaugurated into office. Police...

  The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff has given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) a seven-day ultimatum to recover the over N30 trillion collected on behalf of the Nigeria Customs...

  The Nigerian Army has said that troops from its 1 Division in Kaduna on Wednesday arrested a notorious and wanted leader of a gang of armed bandits, Sani Ibrahim alias “Burtu” on the Kaduna-Abuja...

  Some youths under the aegis of All Middle Belt Youth Forum (AMBYF) have dissociated themselves from the 3-month quit order given to Nigerians of Igbo extraction by the Coalition of Northern Youths...

  The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, dismissed the 18 charges of false asset declaration filed against Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The CCT panel led...

  Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government is prepared and ready to deal with persons or groups who promote hate speeches which threaten the unity and corporate...