Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service from the Tincan Island Command have uncovered 1,100 pump action rifles after smashing a syndicate that specialises in the smuggling of weapons into the country. Briefing...

Spain’s Rafael Nadal on Sunday defeated South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the 2017 US Open men’s singles title and the 16th Grand Slam title of his lawn tennis career. Apart...

 A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday dismissed the suit filed by Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District which challenged the validity...

At least 32 persons were reportedly killed after an earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast of Mexico late Thursday. The 8.2 magnitude quake, described as the most powerful to hit the country in almost...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has recovered only about 15 percent of the funds allegedly misappropriated by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The...

Less than a month after 15 passengers were kidnapped in Elibrada in Rivers State, heavily-armed gunmen on Thursday abducted another 19 passengers near Nigeria’s oil hub, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...

The Nigeria Police on Wednesday arrested an alleged army deserter, Ebeje Nnamdi who is suspected to be the trainer of members of the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The 26-year-old...

Gunmen disguised as worshippers on Friday infiltrated St. Thomas’ Catholic Church, Onilekere, Ikeja, Lagos State and shot the Parish Priest, Reverend Daniel Nwankwo at close range. The gunmen reportedly...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s 2015 Senatorial candidate in Bayelsa State, Hon. Preye Aganaba has said that the party has no alternative to President Muhammadu...

Striking lecturers in Nigeria under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to consider the Federal Government’s offer to suspend their ongoing strike. The agreement...

The United States wants the United Nations Security Council to subject North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un to an asset freeze and travel ban. According to a draft resolution made available on Wednesday,...

At least two people have been confirmed dead and several others either injured or stranded after Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean Islands on Wednesday afternoon. The victims were in the French overseas...

Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have adopted the state’s Deputy Governor, Kolapo Olusola as their preferred candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial elections in the...

  A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has lamented his abandonment by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after he helped bring the Muhammadu Buhari-led government into power. Atiku,...

  The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday said that Isah Misau, the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly followed due process in retiring from...

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan has said that her declaration to support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 Presidential elections was because President Muhammadu Buhari...

United States comic book publisher, Marvel has launched the first superhero comic set in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The work was inspired by the abduction of Chibok girls by Boko Haram insurgents...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called on the Zimbabwean ruling Zanu-PF party to restrain President Robert Mugabe from making negative comments about late Nelson Mandela. Mugabe...

Fabio Lobo, the son of former Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo has been sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a United States charge of conspiring to import cocaine into...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has said that the work of his administration is not done until the country’s exit from recession improves the living standards of all Nigerians. President Buhari...