South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and other African leaders for seeking medical treatment abroad and neglecting their local health...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it has reached out to the United States to assist the country with the repatriation of proceeds of crime and corruption. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made...

Furious reactions have continued to trail North Korea’s missile launch over Japan’s airspace, an act which has been described in many quarters as the most daring act of war mongering. The missile...

Fire has gutted the headquarters of a Sierra Leonean opposition party, the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) after petrol bombs were allegedly hurled into the building on Tuesday morning. According to the...

  Two-term Nigerian senator, Kanti Bello, who represented Daura Senatorial District between 2003-2007 and 2007-2011 has died at the age of 72. Bello who was the pioneer Managing Director of Katsina...

A security detail attached to the Kogi State Government House on Monday night molested and beat Segun Salami, a Channels TV reporter to stupor. Salami, who is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed...

Chairman of Capital Oil and one of the contestants in Monday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary in Anambra State, Chief Ifeanyi Patrick Uba has disputed the election which saw the...

The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has warned that the planned re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was not good for the country as it would overheat...

Following his claims that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris collects over N10 million from police commissioners for posting, the Nigeria Police has declared Senator Isah Misau a deserter. According...

Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress on Sunday emerged African champions after defeating Senegal 65-48 to win the 2017 Afrobasket Championship held in Bamako, Mali. The team, tutored...

Multiple world boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather has announced his retirement from the sport after his 10th round knockout of UFC Champion, Conor McGregor at the packed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the...

A former commander of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent group, Abdulkadir Abubakar has said that the two factions of the group may be ready to hold talks with the Federal Government. Abubakar, who is also...

In what was described as a very peaceful and transparent primary, Tony Nwoye has been elected as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The 42-year-old Nwoye...

The unprecedented flooding of the city of Houston in Texas, USA occasioned by the much anticipated Hurricane Harvey has reportedly rendered over 30,000 people without shelter. According to Brock Long,...

The Federal Government on Thursday directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to place sanctions on any television or radio station which broadcasts hate speeches as part of efforts to stem the...

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hailed the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for withdrawing the quit notice it issued out to Igbos living in the north. Reacting to the suspension...

A pilot was reportedly killed when a Nigerian Airforce (NAF) trainer aircraft crashed at the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna on Thursday. Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya,...

Following intense pressure from numerous quarters, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Thursday rescinded the quit notice it handed down to Igbos living in the northern part of the country. The...

  Lee Jae-Yong, the heir to one of the world’s biggest smart phones and electronics maker, Samsung was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and other offences. The 49-year-old...

A former Minister of Labour and Productivity in Nigeria, Hussaini Akwanga who was abducted by gunmen in Nasarawa State has been released. The Nasarawa State Police Command said that Lafia, Akwanga who...