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Oyo-Ita finally surfaces, meets Kyari

The Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, who has been asked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to answer...

U.S Court Sentence Nigerian Man to Prison for Role in $8.3 Million Medicare Fraud

A Nigerian man Ayodeji Temitayo Fatunmbi was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Monday for his role in a durable medical equipment...

No cause for alarm over EFCC search, says Ambode

Former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday urged his supporters and the general public to remain calm and law-abiding as there...

Supreme Court Strikes Out PDP, Atiku’s Appeal

The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The appeal...

Redeemed Church Is Owing Me N17m, Ex-Pastor Cries Out

Bayo Akinjiyan, A 55-year-old pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God  (RCCG), has cried out to the leadership of the church to...

Presidency Query Into Fowler’s Variances’ in Tax Revenue May Halt Re-appointment

Some close to the Presidency believe that Babatunde Fowler, the executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) may soon be ousted...

Deadly blast rips through wedding in Afghanistan, killing 63 people

A suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Kabul on Saturday killed 63 people and wounded 182, the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said....

VP Osinbajo says Oyegun is “on the right side of history”

Former chairman of the ruling APC party celebrated his 80th birthday over the week-end with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo wishing him well...

Power: FG assures additional 669MW before end of 2019

Plans to close 5.3million consumers metering gap The federal government has assured Nigerians of additional 669MW of power supply before the end of...

Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s phone call with Zakzaky in India angered FG

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki looked to have sparked a potentially damaging row with Nigeria on Friday after speaking with Sheikh Zakzaky over...

Why Indian authorities repatriated El-Zakzaky, wife back to Nigeria

The Indian authorities, on Friday, flew Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat back to...

Osundare to Buhari: Release Sowore now, says Nigeria becoming a “big-for-nothing” 

Prolific Nigerian poet and media columnist, Prof. Niyi Osundare, has called on the Federal Government to release the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest and...

PDP hit by thunderbolt in 2015, says George

Raising the hope of a more formidable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after getting stuck in political mire, a chieftain, Chief Olabode George, says...

Analysts disagree with Buhari over forex restriction for food imports

Financial analysts as well as stakeholders in the country’s agriculture sector are voicing their concern over a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari asking...

PDP distort facts on UNCTAD, FDI – BMO

PDP CONFUSING FICTION WITH FACTS-BMO The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has totally run out of ideas and is now pushing out unverified claims,...

Photo: Zakzaky, wife aboard Emirates flight to India for treatment

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on board Emirates Airlines’ flight to India at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport...