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A Lagos-based lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to perpetually restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from executing his proposed plan to sell some national assets as a measure to tackle the economic doldrums…

Security agencies in Nigeria have arrested about 800 suspected violent herdsmen across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall…

A fire in Exeter has destroyed historic buildings including what is described as the oldest hotel in England. The fire began at around 05:00 BST in buildings on Cathedral Green in Devon and spread to the Royal Clarence Hotel, which…

The place, believed to be, where Jesus Christ was buried has been discovered and is being restored. The final resting place of Jesus Christ has been uncovered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Christian Today…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday called its first prosecution witness before a Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial of an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, who is being…

here was a breach of the peace at the Isale-Oyo Community High School, Oyo Town, after some pupils of the school reportedly set ablaze some classrooms over mass failure in their examinations. It was learnt that the aggrieved students…

The Presidency on Wednesday expressed delight at the latest World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 ranking report released on Tuesday which ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in the overall Ease of Doing Business rank. The…

There is an unfolding drama at the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the hearing of a case bothering on fundamental human rights filed by Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan against the Economic and…

Activists say more than 20 people, mostly children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria. A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in Idlib…

Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Lagos have arrested a suspected fraudster, Babatunde Oyedepo, popularly known as Baudex on IG, for allegedly attempting to swindle businessman Femi Otedola.‎ The Nation reports that Oyedepo,…

State governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Monday expressed their displeasure on how they were being sidelined in the choice of those being given federal appointments in their states by President…

It’s barely two months since Khloe Kardashian and her basketballer beau,Tristan Thompson started dating, and now reports are in that the couple is set to walk down the aisle. According to an exclusive by In Touch Weekly, Thompson got…

Music star Davido has been speaking about Nigeria’s governance and Buhari’s administration. Davido in an interview with ThisDay reveals Buhari may need more time to get things right. The singer is a huge supporter of the APC-led…

The currently detained former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro has implicated Governor Ayodele Fayose in the probe of the N4.745billion wired to a company by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA). The…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged  a review of Nigerian  laws  to enable anti-graft agencies in the country  retain a percentage of  the loot recovered to fund their operations. The Acting Chairman of the…

Many took to social media to protest Mrs Buhari& expensive clothing, saying she's insensitive to the plight of Nigerians. Following her praised controversial comments against her husband's government, Mrs Aisha Buhari is now being…

A prince from the Saudi royal family was executed on Tuesday for murdering a man during a brawl in the capital Riyadh, the Interior Ministry announced. The execution of Prince Turki Saud-al-Kabir is an extremely rare case of a…

The University of Lagos has ordered the immediate expulsion of 125 students of the institution for forgery and academic misconduct. Authorities of the school also rusticated 198 students over various offences including examination…

The teenage daughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay died on Sunday after a shooting at a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., local media reported. Trinity Gay, 15, – herself a rising track athlete – was shot in the neck about…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured that all eligible prospective corps members (PCMs) for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ service year will be mobilised. This assurance was given by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier…