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Mike Tyson returns to boxing against Roy Jones Jnr

  Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in...

COVID-19: Schneider Electric Foundation provides 11,760 Euro palliatives fund for Nigerian children

          Schneider Electric Foundation has created a fund to combat the economic hardship facing rural and disadvantaged communities with...

NDDC Contracts: Akpabio eats his words, denies lawmakers got 60 per cent of contracts

  In a bid to beat the 48-hour ultimatum by House of Representatives, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has finally...

Nigerian House of Representatives presses perjury charge against Buhari’s minister 

  Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given a Minister to publish the names of NDDC contracts beneficiaries, the House of Representatives...

Late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile’s body buried with military honours 

  The body of the late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile was on Thursday interred at the Military Cemetery on Airport Road, Abuja amid...

Liverpool lift Premier League trophy after defeating Chelsea

Liverpool lifted the Premier League trophy on the famous Kop end at Anfield after a thrilling 5-3 win over Chelsea on Wednesday. Despite...

Again, another Nigerian governor contracts COVID-19

  Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor and the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus.   He said...

13 nuns at the same Michigan convent dead from COVID-19

    Thirteen nuns from the same Michigan convent in the United States have died from coronavirus in a deadly wave that claimed...

Hope rises as Minister says international flights may resume before October

  Baring any hitch, the Federal Government says international flights may resume in Nigeria before October. The Minister of Aviation, Sen.Hadi Sirika, gave...

Presidency to Senate: Appointment or sack of Service Chiefs presidential prerogative

    The Presidency on Tuesday reacted to the Senate’s call for the sack of the Service Chiefs, citing multi-pronged security challenges in...

Buhari naming Warri-Itakpe rail line after me, good gesture- Jonathan 

  Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has described the naming of Warri-Itakpe rail station after him, as a good gesture by the President...

Probe: Publish names of NASS members who benefited from NDDC contracts, Speaker tells Akpabio 

Barely 20 hours after the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, alleged that 60 percent of NDDC contracts were given to federal...

BREAKING: Jonathan storms Presidential Villa, meets Buhari 

  President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan are currently meeting behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.     Jonathan,...

Just in: ECOWAS leaders head to Mali on peace mission

  Four ECOWAS leaders — Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger,  Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and Nana Akufo Addo...

Fidelity Bank MD, Okonkwo retires, Onyeali-Ikpe appointed MD-designate

  Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Executive Director, Lagos and South West Directorate as the Managing Director-designate...

US presidential candidate Joe Biden pledges to end Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ on first day in office

  U.S Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged on Monday to end the Trump administration’s “Muslim ban” and include voices from the...