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Tony Elumelu foundation set to host largest gathering of African entrepreneurs

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s largest philanthropy focused on supporting entrepreneurship on Thursday announced that the 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum –...

Inspector General of Police Idris Accused of Sexual Harassment, bullying

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, perceived as a shining star in the force has been accused of sexual harassment and bullying...

Giant python attacks Indonesian man before being eaten

A giant python attacked an Indonesian man, nearly severing his arm, before hungry villagers chopped up the reptile and ate it, a police...

Senators knock NNPC’s Baru…launches internal investigation of GMD, Duke Oil

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enators from both parties Wednesday knocked Mr Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of the NNPC for not being transparent in the administration...

United States Provides Additional $17 Million in Assistance to Reduce Poverty in Nigeria

On October 4, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced an additional $17 million in development assistance to fulfill the goals...

Ekiti 2018: I am the best candidate- Hon Bimbo Daramola

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]on Bimbo Daramola spells out why voters can trust him, and why he is the best candidate to be the next governor of...

Father of Las Vegas gunman was a notorious bank robber

The Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock, transferred $100,000  to the Philippines in the days before the attack and planned the massacre so meticulously...

Health workers end strike, warn of escalation if demands not met

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]triking health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Tuesday finally suspended its 13- day old strike after making...

Fresh $26 billion contract award crisis hits Baru’s NNPC

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the gigantic NNPC Tower, Minister of  State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and GMD of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru both...

The continued detention of a Journalist: My visit to Kaduna Prison

By Yemie ADEOYE SOMETIME’s in July, while working on the next episode of the Energie Platform show and caressing a cup of cognac...

50 killed, 100 injured in Las Vegas shooting

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ore than 50 people have been killed when a gunman went on a shooting spree on the Las Vegas Strip, police and US...

Catalonia has ‘won the right’ to independence

Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont said the region won the right to break away from Spain, with his government claiming on Monday that 90...

Buhari thanks troops, pledges country will honour debt to those who serve

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday thanked members of the armed forces deployed at harms way in Borno State, saying the nation will honour its...

Austria bans burqa

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ustria on Sunday becomes the fifth European country to ban wearing full face veils such as the burqa and niqab in public, a...

Unions maintain health workers strike still active

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU, have denied claims that they have called off their strike and vowed...

O.J. Simpson freed on parole after nine years in jail

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man again Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel-room heist in Las Vegas...