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Brad Pitt Angry at Angelina Jolie for Going Public with Child Support Battle, Thinks It’s ‘Terrible for the Kids’

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were hammering out their differences in private … until she decided to switch tactics and go public with...

Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin is gravely ill – Family

The family of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has confirmed that the singer is  “gravely ill.” Roger Friedman was first to break the...

The Days in Pictures: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Presides over NEC

  State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. PHOTOS: NOVO ISIORO.16th August, 2018.            

Journalists suffering corrosive effects of government surveillance

Jones Abiri, editor in chief of the Weekly Source newspaper was on Thursday released from detention in Nigeria, after over two years behind...

Inflation in Nigeria drops to 11.14% in July

Nigeria’s inflation declined to 11.14% for the 18th time year-on-year according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Wednesday. The...

DMO secures additional N100bn debt for 2018 budget

By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria has secured more than half of the total sum of N849 billion it needs from the domestic market to...

Governors in crucial meeting over minimum wage, NASS invasion, election timetable

Alarmed by the grim prospects of election-timetable change by the National Assembly and the contentious issue of minimum wage implementation, governors under the auspices of...

Views From Abroad: Deadly Lack of Security Plagues Nigeria as Buhari Seeks Re-election

New York Times President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, center, flanked by service chiefs and other senior military officers, spoke during the Army Day...

Protesting civil servants ground activities at federal secretariat over poor welfare

‎Activities were on Wednesday grounded at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja,  as angry workers staged protest over poor welfare, lack of training, working materials and slash...

FEC approves additional N5.4bn Enugu/Onitsha

The Federal Executive Council, FEC,  presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday approved augmentation of the contractual cost of the Enugu...

NFF Crisis: Osinbajo meets Dalung, Pinnick at Aso Rock 

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Minister of Sports and Youth Development­, Solomon Dalung and the President...

CPJ Condemns Premium Times Reporter’s Arrest, Urged Nigerian Police To Release Him Unconditionally

 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined others to condemn the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter Samuel Ofundipe by the...

SERAP sues NYSC over failure to publish Kemi Adeosun’s ‘exemption certificate’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure and the NYSC over “failure...

Happening Now: NNPC GMD in Dubai directs 618km pipeline project team to expedite Agreement process

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)  GMD  Dr. Maikanti Baru has directed the 618km AKK Pipeline Project Team, Bank of China  and SINASURE ...

71 students duped in fake US conference; visas revoked by embassy

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States Embassy has expressed worry over the unrelenting attitude of applicants to patronize visa vendors, which end up packaging them with...