In what looks like a test case, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the International Criminal Court requesting it to investigate allegations of what it terms “collective...

By Clay Risen, THE NEW YORK TIMES LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery here, and as they stroll through its brick buildings nestled in a tree-shaded...

The Central Bank of Nigeria says no bank in the country is distressed and that depositors should not make panic withdrawals from their accounts. In a statement by CBN’s spokesman, Isaac Okorafor,...

Seasoned Nigerian actress and one of the best known female faces in Nigerian dramatic art, Bukky Ajayi has died. Family sources say she died this morning although the cause of her death is yet to be disclosed....

The world’s longest ruling president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, last Wednesday, named his son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (nicknamed Teodorin) Vice President. This means that 74-year-old Obiang who...

World famous Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius has just been sentenced to six years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Three years ago, the 29 year old “blade-runner” shot...

Football superstar, Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail on three counts of tax fraud in Spain. A Barcelona court that made the pronouncement today, sentenced the 29 year old Argentina...

Niger Delta Avengers have denied launching new Twitter accounts. The group says its only Twitter account is under suspension from Twitter because it breached its policy. NDA cautions the general public...

The details sound awesome and breath-taking. NASA’s Juno spacecraft travelling at a speed of 265,542 kilometres per hour, covered 2.9 billion kilometres to reach the orbit of the planet, Jupiter. It...

Since he became President of the United States, Barack Obama has marked the 4th of July, the country’s Independence Day, by honouring military families. The celebrations which are usually held on...

The Police Service Commission has named seven new Deputy Inspector Generals to replace recently retired ones in the management of the Nigeria Police Force. Also named is a new Assistant Inspector General...

Skye Bank Plc appears to be in deep trouble at the moment. Many of their branches in Lagos were today besieged by depositors eager to withdraw their money.  The depositors are scared that the bank may...

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. A statement released by the Special Adviser to the President...

A huge drama played out at Igando, a suburb of Lagos this afternoon as a taxi cab driver lay under the pick-up van of Vehicle Inspection Officers, commonly called V.I.O., praying them to run over him...

Twitter has suspended the account of Niger Delta Avengers. People around the world who had hoped to read the latest tweets from the militants who have lately posed a major threat to Nigeria’s oil...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman and Mr Danjuma Yusuf were today granted conditional bail by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The trio, alongside...

There is palpable fear among senior officers of Skye Bank over a report that the Central Bank of Nigeria has sacked its management. People & Power checks indicate a lot of uncertainty at the bank’s...

Nigerian militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, appears to have broken its unannounced ceasefire which has brought calm to the country’s oil production and exportation facilities in more than two weeks. Last...

In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope in six centuries to resign. The history-making decision was attributed to different reasons by different people. Some linked the Pope’s resignation to...

Neymar Jr. has extended his Spanish football career having signed a five year contract with Barcelona. The 24 year old renewed his Barca deal and would stay at the club till 2021. The deal strikes out...