Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has said that the English club was far from signing Gabonese international and Borussia Dortmund of Germany striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.   Although negotiations...

  A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has joined the newly registered Action Democratic Party (ADP). This means he has dropped his membership of the Peoples Democratic...

  Following a petition brought against her by a civil society organization, Global Centre for Peace and Justice, the Abia State House of Assembly on Friday suspended the Chief Justice of the state, Justice...

A former Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission and Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Sports, Deji Tinubu is dead. Tinubu, who was moved from the Sports Commission during a recent...

  The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has landed itself in a scandal for failure to pay eight years salary arrears, benefits and other entitlements estimated at over N50million to one of its officials,...

  Not less than 24 persons were reportedly killed after a vehicle drove over a landmine in the town of Boni in Central Mali.   Malian Army spokesman, Colonel Diarran Kone told journalists that the...

The Bauchi State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as their candidate in the 2019 presidential elections.   Garba Saleh, the Bauchi State...

  At least eight persons were reportedly killed and 10 others critically injured on Thursday night when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Jebu-Maingo village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau...

The Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa on Thursday declared the change of the name of the state to ‘State of Osun’ as illegal, null and void. Justice Yinka Afolabi of the High Court while delivering...

    A German nurse who used lethal drugs on patients out of boredom has been held responsible for the death of 106 people, a figure which could rise as more bodies are exhumed and studied. Investigators...

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Tuesday in Abuja could not adopt President Muhammadu Buhari as its sole presidential candidate for the 2019 general...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a stern warning to neigbouring countries threatening to challenge the sovereignty of Israel as a nation. The Prime Minister, while addressing a crowd...

Liberia’s Supreme Court has suspended next week’s presidential run-off elections until it considers allegations of fraud made by an opposition candidate challenging the results of the October 10 polls. Charles...

  Mr. Dele Ogundele, a worker with the Eko Electricity Distribution Company has been hospitalized after he was brutalized by a Police Sergeant attached to a residence owned by a former Inspector-General...

Suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the offence of kidnapping when he was arraigned on amended charges brought against him by the Lagos...

For his novels which carry great emotional force, Nagasaki-born British writer, hs been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro, who graduated from the University of Kent...

  Resident doctors in Kaduna state on Tuesday embarked on an indefinite strike over what they described as the deplorable state of healthcare facilities in the state government – owned hospitals. The...

The United Kingdom has asked the Nigerian government to clarify the whereabouts and status of Nnamdi Kanu, the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The 50-year-old Kanu who also holds...

    Cameroonian President, Paul Biya has dispatched the military to the South West and North West regions of the country to face off secessionists ahead of its October 1 Independence Day celebrations.   The...

    Armed bandits on Wednesday kidnapped a Catholic priest of the Auchi Diocese, Rev. Fr. Lawrence Adorolo at Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo state.   The abductors...