The Presidency has reassured workers of the commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to an increase in the national minimum wage. The assurance was given by Sen. Ita Enang, the...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake which struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah on Sunday has killed at least two persons and wounded 241. According to the Tasnim News Agency, the majority of the casualties...

Mark David Chapman, the man who gunned down American rock icon, John Lennon nearly 38 years ago has failed in his tenth try to win freedom from a prison sentence that could keep him behind bars for...

Nigeria’s Under 20 women football team, the Falconets on Monday booked their ticket into the quarter finals of the ongoing 9th edition of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA)...

The French national team was crowned world champions after defeating an underdog Croatian team 4-2 in the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday, capturing its second World Cup title and its first since...

Marwa Range, a Kenyan linesman who was due to officiate at the ongoing World Cup in Russia has been handed a life ban after he was caught on camera collecting bribe. The life ban was handed out by CAF’s...

The Chief of Staff to the President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress , Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has announced his resignation from the...

  The Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Princess Stella Oduah has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitched her political tent with the...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to probe alleged multi-billion naira deductions from the salary of some policemen in Nigeria. Adopting a motion raised by Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (PDP, Cross...

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has celebrated Julius Adewale Adedeji, a personnel of the Nigeria Police who is believed to have never received a bribe like most of his colleagues. While speaking...

Prominent northern politician and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai has disclosed that massive rigging took place in the northern part of the country in the 2015 general elections which saw the emergence...

The National Chairman of the Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC), Reverend Olusegun Peters has said that the party will present a credible, visionary, purposeful and dynamic presidential candidate for...

Police authorities in the city of Phoenix  in the United States say one of Uber’s self-driving vehicles has knocked down and killed a pedestrian woman while she was crossing the road. They said 49-year-old...

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said that the demolition of the headquarters of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State by Governor Nasir El-Rufai was a sign of...

  The Nigerian military in Makurdi, Benue State has said that its troops have arrested two suspected Fulani militia who were planning to attack Governor Samuel Ortom’s fish farm and some villages...

Leader of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has said in a video that he was tired of the calamity befalling his group and called on all non-combatant members across Nigeria to...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and social activist, Femi Falana says the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris went beyond his bounds by declaring Mr. Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman to former...

  The Zambian Police has revealed plans to clamp down on persons who are in possession of sex toys and other materials which are obscene and to ban the importation and sale of such in the country. Spokesperson...

The United States of America has once again reiterated its unalloyed commitment to the growth and strengthening of the Nigerian economy. John Bray, the United States Consul General in Lagos made the disclosure...

 A House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Thursday resolved to issue a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of Globacom Nigeria, Chief Mike Adenuga  for failing to honour its invitations. The...