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BREAKING: Horror: Rampaging kidnappers waste Ondo first-class monarch

    Kidnappers, who have been on the prowl unrestrained by the Ondo State Government, have shot dead a first class monarch in...

Nigeria now 3rd most terrorised country — GTI 

  The Boko Haram insurgency  and Fulani extremism have placed Nigeria as the world’s third most terrorised country, according to a Global Terrorism...

Buhari felicitates with his Chief of Staff Prof. Gambari at 76

  In a rare gesture of exaltation, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday celebrated his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as he turned 76...

Breaking: Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, dies at 60

  A world-class football legend, Diego Maradona, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The Argentine had a heart attack...

#EndSARS sanction threat: FG begins talks with UK Government 

    Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s move to impose sanctions on some officials over their roles in attacking and shooting #EndSARS protesters,...

Buhari may reopen land borders soon

    An indication emerged on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report of a Presidential Committee on the reopening...

Interior Minister, Aregbesola, declared persona non grata in Osun

  A former Osun State Gov. and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has been declared persona non grata in the state which ruled...

Just in : Ex-VP Atiku’s security aide’s wife, son abducted in Adamawa

    Gunmen have again struck in Adamawa, abducting the wife and son of  former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s security detail. The kidnappers had...

Excitement, gamboling in Africa as U.S. President-Elect Biden nominates Linda Thomas Greenfield, a lover of Africa, as UN Ambassador

      By Femi Soneye     Just as the US President-elect Joe Biden has begun to name his cabinet choices ahead...

Recession Blues By Reuben Abati 

      “My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?”  “E ku recession”  “Excuse me?”  “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba...

#EndSARS protest: UK lawmakers mull sanctions against Nigerian govt, security officials

  The United Kingdom Parliament on Monday took a swipe at the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the attack and clampdown on...

Joe Biden’s cabinet picks you need to know

  Meet US president-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks. Appointments   National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan Mr Sullivan was Mr Biden’s national security adviser...

Trump finally agrees transition of power to Joe Biden can begin

  US President Donald Trump has agreed that the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden can begin. The head of the General...

COVID-19: PTF asks schools to send home any child with respiratory symptoms

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has directed school authorities to send away any child with respiratory symptoms to reduce the...

Lai Mohammed reacts to Twitter setting up the HQ in Ghana.

#EndSARS Lekki shooting: FG writes CNN, threatens legal action

  Peeved at its #EndSARS Lekki shooting, the Federal Government has lodged a complaint with the headquarters of Cable News Network (CNN), demanding...

Breaking: Senator Ndume remanded in prison for failing to produce Maina in court

  Senator Ali Ndume being led out of the courtroom by an official of the Nigerian Correctional Service, after he was remanded in...