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Sri Lankan officials say radical domestic group responsible for suicide bombings that killed over 300 people

Nearly 300 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the coordinated Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury...

Civil Servants Don’t Have the Skills They Need – HoS Oyo-Ita

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said that shortage of people with the necessary skills and...

Child Brides in Africa Are Advertised on Facebook and Sold to Old Men

In one Nigerian community, illiterate fathers have learned from their sons that Facebook is a good way to let buyers know their daughters...

Hon Bago says he’s in the race “for the long haul”, as Northern group kicks against APC’s decision on Gbajabiamila

Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago has ruled out stepping down in the race for speaker of the House of Representatives, saying he’s more encouraged than...

Fire reported in newly completed Abuja Airport Terminal

Airport officials briefly closed one arrival terminal at the newly completed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja after a fire sparked by a...

VIDEO: Focus on Dr. Foye Ikyaator, Youngest Nigerian Doctor To Open ER In Texas

  Dr. Foye Ikyaator, the youngest doctor to open an Emergency Room in Texas, and her husband, Orseer Ikyaator of Houston TX opens a...

Igho Sanomi runs into trouble again as Swiss bank seeks to seize his three London homes

After Swiss Bank Credit Suisse Group AG seized embattled oil tycoon Igho Sanomi’s private jet. The bank is about to seize his London...

Nollywood Star Omotola Says Nigeria is ‘Hell’ Under Buhari Administration

Majority of Nigerians are living in hell under the Buhari administration says Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, in a blistering attack Sunday on twitter. She...

Insecurity: SERAP writes Buhari, 36 governors, seeks disclosure of spending on ‘security votes’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors in Nigeria...

Provide alternatives, Elumelu responds to IMF on China loan

Mr. Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heir Holdings, has reacted to International Monetary Fund (IMF), warning to Nigeria to be weary of China loan,...

Still On the Value Added Tax (VAT) Debate

By Sen Babafemi Ojudu On my page I posted  a while ago a contribution by Prof Familoni to the debate on whether or...

Emefiele’s Control and IMF’s Applause

Tayo Isaac In a world where many economies are suffering and where there is no shortage of gloom forecast, the International Monetary Fund...

Former U.S Ambassador urges Citizen participation in decision making as Senate confirms NEDC board

A former U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has urged the board of the North East Development Commission,  (NEDC) to promote community unity...

Protesters said Zamfara govt under Yari ‘failed in its responsibility’ to secure the state

Dozens of protesters Saturday in Abuja said that the government of Zamfara state under the leadership of Abdulaziz Yari, clearly has failed in its...

Insecurity: IGP launches ‘Operation Puff Adder’ along Abuja-Kaduna expressway, others

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has launched a security action plan tagged ‘Operation Puff-Adder’, to tackle kidnapping, banditry and other...