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Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second five-year term as French president

Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday after his triumph in the recently concluded French presidential elections. He promised first...

BREAKING: UK denies listing IPOB on its terrorist groups list

Contrary to some media reports, the United Kingdom Goverment says it has not classified the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist...

BREAKING: In political Earthquake, CBN Governor Emefiele Joins Presidential Race, Pays N100m APC Nomination Form

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the presidential...

Hoodlums attack FCTA taskforce, injure Policemen, officials 

By Sam Ogbeifun   Miscreants on Thursday attacked, injured and took some members of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Taskforce team at...

Just in: Ekiti Gov. Fayemi joins the bandwagon, declares for President

The number of presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is increasing by the day with the jumping...

UN Secretary-General Guterres makes first official visit to Nigeria, meets Borno Gov. Zulum, IDPs

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday began his first official visit to Nigeria with  Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as his first...

Just in: Lagos Sunday night three-storey building collapse: Death toll rises to five

Late Sunday night three-storey building collapse in Lagos has so far claimed five lives including a mother and her son. Several other occupants...

Just in: Two of PDP’s 17 presidential aspirants disqualified

The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee has disqualified two of its aspirants. According to the party, the disqualified candidates, whose names...

Tennis star Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for breaking bankruptcy rules

A three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for flouting the terms of his...

Powerful explosion at Afghanistan Mosque kills at least 10 people

At least 10 people were killed after a blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul on Friday, amid a string of similar attacks...

31 days in terrorists’ den: Pregnant abductee on ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train delivered of baby

The yet-to-be rescued heavily pregnant abductee on ill- fated Abuja-Kaduna train after spending 31 days has been delivered of a baby in the...

Credit card fraud in U.S: Ogun Gov. Abiodun in epic battle against his disqualification by APC

....hires Afe Babalola to write APC National Chairman, Adamu

Just in: World’s richest man, Elon Musk, buys Twitter for $44bn

The Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder Tesla Inc and U.S. billionaire, Elon Musk, has acquired Twitter, the former owners confirmed on Monday, the deal is...

Just in: Billionaire drug baron, Afam Ukatu, linked to Abba Kyari’s seized N3bn Tramadol, busted

After months of surveillance and evading arrest, the drug baron behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police,...

Aftermath of three-hour downpour, church building flattened in Lagos State during Sunday service

The Deeper Life Bible Church building at  Iragbo in Badagry, Lagos State, has collapsed, leaving at least six worshippers critically injured. The building...

Breaking: Oyo monarch, Adeyemi a.k.a “Iku Baba Yeye”, joins ancestors

  After a 52-year reign on the throne, a first class monarch in Yoruba land, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi...