Telecoms giant MTN on Wednesday denied an allegation that it had illegally repatriated $13.92 billion from Nigeria, saying the claim was without merit. Lawmakers in the upper house of Nigeria's...
The Presidency will this week transfer a deputy director, blamed for the plagiarism of U. S. President Barack Obama’s speech, out of the State House, Abuja. The presidency had on Friday blamed the...
A biography on President Muhammadu Buhari will be launched on Oct. 3 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. The book, entitled “The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’’, is written...
According to Encomium magazine, popular Nollywood and newly married actor, Kalu Ikeagwu, has just gotten himself into trouble as he was reportedly being arrested by the Nigerian Police. The security...
Samson Siasia, Nigeria's former under-23 coach, has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a two-week ultimatum to settle its debt to him. Siasia says the NFF owes him five months' salary...
Law Professor Patrick Lumumba is asking African leaders to sever ties with the world bank and the IMF because there will not be any solutions once they are tied to their strings. Speaking on the...
The recent interview granted The Punch by one Professor Ishaq Akintola titled “We want Fridays work-free for Muslims” wherein among other things he acerbically nay needlessly criticized the...
Five Nigerian male football referees have failed the FIFA Physical Fitness Test held at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday. The match officials were among the 16 ungraded FIFA...
Muslim faithful nationwide are set for a low-key Eid el Kabir celebration monday, no thanks to the harsh economic situation. Just as the Islamic adherents are putting finishing touches to their...
Nigerian oil tycoon, Prince Arthur Eze who embodies so many qualities of what a Prince represents – he is strapping, independent, father, politician, philanthropist, dynamic and Chairman of Atlas...
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari first took power through a military coup in late 1983, he launched a self-described “war against indiscipline” in a country he claimed desperately needed...
The man believed to be in his 30s proved to friends he could do anything for money. A man, believed to be in his 30s, stripped naked in a broad day light and walked about freely to earn N10,000 at...
A Nigerian journalist accused of having information about the whereabouts of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram has been arrested according to multiple reports, though the Nigerian military has...
Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country's fight against the Islamic extremists continues despite...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the China Development Bank (CDB) are to enhance their cooperation towards yielding mutual dividends in the development of transport and...
It becomes necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the African...
Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy has slid into recession after negative growth in the first two quarters of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. Nigeria, Africa's top...
Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession official data revealed Wednesday with oil production hammered by militant attacks on pipelines and foreign investment at a "record" low....
Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession, official data showed Wednesday, with oil production hammered by militant attacks on pipelines and foreign investment at a "record" low....
Johannesburg (AFP) - A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for a series of terror attacks in his homeland on Wednesday appealed his conviction, challenging South Africa's right to try him, his lawyer...
