In what may seem as an effort at attaining a truce, the leaders of the two opposing factions of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff met on Tuesday in Abuja.. Details...

For four time winner of the coveted African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Gnegneri Toure, these appear not to be the best of times. The gurgling Ivorian midfield ace is presently at daggers drawn with...

If recent media reports are anything to go by, the curtain will soon be drawn on the incumbent Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi’s stay at the English Premiership giants, Chelsea Football Club. The...

Until a few years ago, Africa Rising was a dominant theme in conversations about the global economy. That enthusiasm has since cooled, so that in newsrooms and think tanks and conference panels, “Africa...

It is a fact that Nigeria as a country is in dire straits in terms of its economy. It is not too important how we got here or who or what brought us here. We need an exit plan desperately. Sadly, there...

Former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan has threatened to drag the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the African Commission on Human Rights if within 14 days it does not defreeze...

Borno State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Inuwa Kubo has announced that schools in the state will re-open for academic activities next week. That will be over two years after Borno public schools...

The United States of America is on high terror alert after a backpack containing up to five explosive devices was discovered at a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The bag which was found in a...

  Mrs. Olajumoke Adenowo is a woman of solid achievements. She is a highly cerebral professional who has accomplished a lot in the field of architecture. A multiple award winner, she is the Founder...

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of manipulating events in the court sitting for the $15 million fraud allegation made against...

  Acclaimed social commentator and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop his frequent recourse to blaming his predecessor for Nigeria’s economic...

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has restated his belief that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari could do far better in its quest to revive the Nigerian economy by looking beyond...

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, which has been carrying out attacks on oil pipelines in the upland parts of Delta State has blown up yet another oil facility. Yesterday, the NDGJM blew...

Erstwhile ‘super permanent secretary’ and Chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda has described former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a professional...

Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III has claimed that armed cattle rearers who have been unleashing terror on people in different parts of Nigeria are not Nigerians. The violent nomads who are known...

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff,  Lt.  Gen. Tukur Buratai disclosed during a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State government house yesterday, the intention of the Buhari Administration to deploy...

During the campaigns for the 2015 presidential elections in Nigeria, the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, used state institutions, especially the media, to carry out extensive campaign of calumny...

The Independent National Electorarl Commission, INEC has just made a change in the date of the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State. The Commission which has decided to shift the election date to...

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said that the Federal Government will go ahead with its plan to concede the Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port-Harcourt International Airports to improve...

The National Christian Elders Forum has condenmed what it described as the declaration by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, of September 12  as Sallah Day or Eid-El-Kabir public holiday....