National

FG to hand over UN house soon - FCT minister

he Federal Government has paid all outstanding bills to the contractor handling the rehabilitation of the United Nations office in Abuja, just as work is expected to be completed soon.As soon as work…

Africa

Kenyan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters over vote body

 Police fired tear gas and water cannon at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body that they say is biased and should be scrapped, a Reuters witnes…

World

 Bangladesh police have arrested a senior official from the main opposition party and accused him of plotting against the state following his meeting with an Israeli political adviser in India.A…

Gist

Ex-Nigerian Minister, Obanikoro Graduates From Oglethorpe University

Former Minister of State for Defence and one-time Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro on Saturday May 14th graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor…

National

Reps seek powers for DMO to monitor debt-financed projects

 Against the background of sterner monitoring regime of implementation of all government projects financed with borrowed funds, adopted by the current administration, the House of Representative…

Entertainment

Imade Adeleke turned a year older on the 14th, May, 2016. The first birthday Imade has had was celebrated in grand style as a lavish party was thrown in her celebrationAccording to reports, Davido's …

World

Iran cracks down on 'un-Islamic' Instagram modelling, 8 arrested

 Iran has arrested eight people for working in "un-Islamic"? online modelling networks, particularly on Instagram, the head of Tehran's cybercrimes court said on state television. The arrests we…

Sports

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is to visit Nigeria in June - NFF president

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has promised to visit Nigeria in a few weeks.Infantino confirmed his coming to Nigeria during a special session with the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federatio…

National

FG earmarks N12bn for N/East rebuilding

The Federal Government says it will spend N12 billion in 2016 to restore normalcy in the crisis ridden North-East zone.The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this ye…

Gist

Bomb blast in Maiduguri, 2 confirmed dead

 Barely 24 hours after a suicide bomber was killed in a failed suicide attempt at a mosque in Sulimanti ward of Maiduguri in Borno state, a bomb this morning went off on the busy Musa Usman Secr…

Sports

Adidas ends sponsorship of Chelsea after a bad season

Adidas AG will get a payoff of at least 50 million euros ($57 million) from London's Chelsea soccer team to end a sponsorship deal six years early, leading the German company to boost its profit fore…

National

Ex-Air Force chief arraigned, granted bail

  A Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja granted bail to former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Dikko Umar.Umar was arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako by the Federal Government on a seven …

World

Philippines elects first-ever transgender woman to congress

 A transgender woman has been elected into the congress in Philippines, the first time ever a transgender has occupied such a position in the history of the country.Geraldine Roman made history …

Gist

Youths set ablaze Senator, reps residences in Kano over unfulfilled campaign promises

Angry youths suspected to be political thugs, on Wednesday burnt the residence of Senator Kabiru Gaya in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State.The youths also torched the campaign office and poult…

Sports

International friendlies: Eagles in visa hitch, NFF begs French embassy

     The refusal of the French Embassy in Nigeria to issue visas to some members of the national team ahead of the two friendly matches against Mali and Luxembourg, is threatening…

National

FG removes subsidy, petrol to sell for N145 per litre

Nigeria's organised labour has rejected the Federal Government's increase of the price of petrol from N86 per litre to N145 per litre.Through the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and t…

National

NIMASA: N324.5m moved to BDC operator's accounts - Witness

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions witness, Chima Anyasor at the On-going trail of ex-NIMASA boss, Akpobolokemi yesterday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that between February 2015 and…

National

President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that Nigeria is, indeed, "one of the two most corrupt countries in the world,"? as claimed by British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and, therefore, he would n…

Politics

APC sets Edo governorship election form at N5.5 million

All intending aspirants for the September 2016 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Con?gress are expected to pay an expression of interest fee of N500,000, before they would…

Gist

Son Of Former Nigerian Chief Justice Uwais Who Joined ISIS Is Killed In Syrian Airstrike

 Ibrahim Uwais, son of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mohammed Uwais, has been reportedly killed in Syria in a United States (US) airstrike targeted at the Islamic State of Syria…