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VIDEO- Cash for votes: APC, PDP are wooing Ekiti voters

For years, politicians have gamed the system during election season in Nigeria, handing out food, money and clothes with promises of future largess,...

FG begins verification of over 300,000 workers in 487 MDAs

The Federal Government is set to verify in the next two weeks, over 330,820 employees in 486 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) being...

Nigerian Man Forced to Pay Delta Airlines $9,000 After Causing Disruption on Flight

A Washington resident with a Nigerian name will pay Delta Airlines $9,118 after screaming and verbally assaulting a flight attendant, in a disruption...

Ogun governorship, Bimbo Ashiru and the necessity of continuity

By Femi Soneye  Ogun politics blossoms and the state is strengthened by how it has been able to always successfully manage its complex...

WhatsApp starts labelling forwarded messages to Combat Misinformation

After a long time, whatsapp has released a new feature ‘ forwarded ’ label on forward messages. Some couple of months ago WhatsApp...

Obama embarks on trip to the ancestral home of his father in Ko’gelo, Kenya

Former United States president, Barack Obama will be in Kenya on July 16 for a one day visit to meet leading political leaders...

KLM says it will halt flights to Iran

Dutch airline KLM says it will halt flights to Tehran “as a result of the negative results and financial outlook” following the U.S....

Repositioning the NNPC and Baru’s knack for openness

By Kingsley Ukah It will take a great deal of sustained and concerted reforms to ensure that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...

Former Benue governor Suswam accused of illegal possession of firearms granted N500m bail

Gabriel Suswam, former Benue governor who appeared in court today for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, has been granted bail. He was...

Yari admits tension remains over rAPC breakaway

Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, admitted Thursday that things are still tough but it is getting easier after some chieftains broke away from...

VIDEO: Passenger headbutts flight attendant at Charles de Gaulle airport in France

Security staff at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in France put a passenger in a chokehold after he attacked a flight attendant during...

FEC approves N206b for 11.9 km 2nd Niger Bridge

Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved a contract of N206 billion for the construction of 11.9...

FG won’t respond now to court-approved impeachment of Buhari

The Federal Government has said its reaction to Wednesday’s court order of mandamus for the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President...