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Buhari hails Ashiru’s appointment as Odu’a Group Board Chairman

The appointment of Otunba Bimbo Ashiru as the Board Chairman of Odu’a Group, a conglomerate owned by governments of South-west states has received...

Again, Lagos BRT crushes mother with baby strapped to her back

Another accident involving a high capacity bus on the fleet of Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has claimed the life of a...

BREAKING: Buhari appoints seven new ministers, communicates names to Senate.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed replacements for the ministers who resigned in May to contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress...

Vice-Presidential candidacy of Tinubu, Obi: No law backing placeholders, it’s illegal says INEC

  In what seems like a direct reaction to the non-submission of vice-presidential candidates by APC’s Chief Bola Tinubu and Labour Party’s Mr...

Nigeria is withholding $450 million in payments due to foreign airlines – IATA

“The excuse was that 'we don't have hard cash and this is why we can't do it' but you have to note that...

Accountant-General’s theft of N80bn: It’s gangsterism of the highest order — Peter Obi

Outraged by the theft of N80 billion from the Federal Government’s coffers, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has...

APC’s Oyebanji wins Ekiti governorship poll by wide margin

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji has emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ekiti State. According to the...

Tinubu: No VP candidate yet, submits surrogate Masari to beat INEC deadline

ln a bid to beat the June 17 deadline of INEC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress has...

Breaking: Doyin Okupe announces self as LP vice-presidential candidate

Dr Doyin Okupe, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the running mate of Labour Party’s Presidential...

Akeredolu to Governors: Let’s challenge FG’s excesses, powers

Worried by the over-centralization of authority in the hands of the Federal Government, Ondo State Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has urged the governors...

Breaking: Burning Overland plane makes emergency landing in Lagos

A near ill-fated flight has been averted as Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of...

Just in: Okowa is Atiku’s running mate

The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may have finally settled for Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate of the party’s presidential candidate,...

Pakistan’s ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s organs failing,family says he’s in final hours

Pakistan's defence minister also gave his blessing to Gen Musharraf's return and said the former dictator should be able to spend the rest...

Protracted ASUU strike: Issue with unions not as simple as many think, says FG

The issues surrounding the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other university-based unions are not as simple...

Another crisis hits Nigeria’s Education sector: COEASU  declares indefinite strike

More troubles for the nation’s Education sector as the Council of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) declares indefinite strike. This was...

U.S. Police launch man-hunt for Nigerian national, Nwobodo, for killing, dismembering woman

A Nigerian national, Chukwuebuka Nwobodo, 28, has been declared wanted for murder and tampering with evidence, Police in Houston, Texas, in U S....