Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung has arrived Lagos  to begin a two-day working visit to the National Stadium. The visit is aimed at working out modalities towards the handing over of...

  Chairman of the sacked National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has demanded that the National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff vacates the party’s...

   The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has nullified the election of Bassey Albert of the PDP as Senator representing Uyo Senatorial District and asked the Independent National Electoral Commission...

  The All Progressives Congress  Youths Renaissance  has asked all those giving  ‘undue credit’ to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to desist forthwith as the current administration is still under...

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said it destroyed a Boko Haram vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft gun in Borno State yesterday. A statement released by the force claimed the onslaught was carried...

  The Department of State Services (DSS), has invited former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam over arms and ammunition allegedly recovered from exotic cars which are said to belong to him. Last...

  Marvin Jorres, a German punter has missed out on winning £29,000 (about €35,000) because of Leroy Sane’s late goal for Manchester City against Monaco on Tuesday. Jorres had placed a bet that Atletico...

  Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison by a Spanish court for misusing company credit cards while working in two banks...

  The European Union (EU), has said that individuals agitating for Biafra should be allowed to protest and express themselves provided it falls within the ambits of the law. The statement was contained...

  About 100 more people have been arrested in Turkey for their alleged involvement  in the foiled coup attempt of  last July. The arrests were made after Turkish police conducted an operation in...

  The United Nations has estimated that about 4.4 billion U.S dollars will be needed before the end of March this year, to avert catastrophic hunger and famine in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has recovered 17 exotic vehicles in a warehouse located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Street in Kaduna. The warehouse is said to be the property of the former Comptroller-General...

Mr Kola Awodein (SAN), one of the lawyers who stood for Presiident Muhammadu Buhari during the alleged certificate forgery case, has said his gift of N500,000 to Justice Adeniyi Ademola in 2015 was not...

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has expressed surprise about the Punch report of Monday which showed that garri imported from India was being sold in Nigeria. Ogbe...

Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, has appointed his wife as First Vice President of the oil-rich Caspian nation. The appointment of Mehriban Aliyeva follows after a tightly-managed referendum that...

  Media aide to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze has said that the reported endorsement of Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff as the authentic chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

   Twenty-four hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced its new policy action for the foreign exchange market, it has injected $370.9million into various banks. CBN on Tuesday traded...

  The Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora to President  Muhammadu Buhari, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said that the possibility of reprisal attacks on South Africans and their businesses...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he had to stay back in the UK longer than he had planned because medical tests suggested that he should take a longer rest. In a statement released this Tuesday...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim has said her ministry is financially handicapped and unable to provide necessary protection and welfare assistance to...