Politics

Legendary Nigerian boxer, Jerry Okorodudu recently cried out for help, wailing about being owed his wages for 10 months by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports. Okorodudu who represented Nigeria in the 1994 Los Angeles Olympic Games which held ...

Egypt’s parliament has passed a law that could make senior military officers immune from future prosecution tied to violence which followed the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi. The law grants President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the right to name ...

South Africa will tighten its mine safety regulations to hold mine operators accountable for accidental deaths in the industry, President Cyril Ramaphosa says. Safety is a huge issue in South Africa’s deep and dangerous mines and increasingly a focus for ...

The legacies of a former South African President and a Legend, Late Nelson Mandela have been described as tools for peace, unity and development in Africa. Mandela is known for advocating a non-racial, non-racist democratic South Africa and the voice ...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has on Monday, July 16, placed a N10 million bounty on the assailants of four policemen killed in Sabon-gida Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state, on July 14. This was announced ...

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has described Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, as a street-type thug who was made to look like a gadfly by the Nigerian media.   In an article he ...

Married Conservative minister Andrew Griffiths, 47, has been forced to resign after more than 2,000 text messages of a sexual nature sent to a 28-year-old barmaid named Imogen Treharne and her friend were revealed.   In the thousands of texts, Mr Griffiths asked ...

Follwoing the recent twin ambushes and killings of Nigeria police officers in Abuja and Edo states, IGP Ibrahim Idris has set-up a team of Specialized Crack Investigation Detectives, Police Scene of Crime Experts and Technical Intelligence Unit of the Force to investigate ...

Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday, July 16, disclosed that he has been sent out of his present political party, All Progressives Congress (APC), and is currently exploring a new option to actualize his future ambition. Terver Akase, chief press secretary ...

The members of the House of Representatives are set to question former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan over recoveries of money stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha. Punch reports that an 11-man panel of the ...

Twitter user @AyoBankole said his pastor asked this interesting question today and the men in the church said they would rather have the woman relocate.    

The deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena on Sunday, July 15, declared that Senate President Bukola Saraki must tell the world whether he is still in APC or not. Nabena said the declaration was necessary because Saraki’s ...

Over the weekend, members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, ambushed a military convoy at Boboshe village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. 23 soldiers and eight military trucks went missing after the attack. The soldiers were on their way ...

No fewer than 23 Nigerian soldiers are yet to be accounted for after Boko Haram insurgents ambushed a military convoy at Boboshe village in Bama local government area of Borno state. Five officers, 18 soldiers and 8 trucks were missing ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has rescued 50 Nigerian football fans, who were stranded in Moscow, Russia at the on-going 2018 FIFA World Cup. Before Ambode’s intervention, officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) were aware that over 50 Nigerians were ...

Dr Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Democratic Party (APC) has won the Ekiti state gubernatorial elections. The former minister and governor defeats Professor Olusola Eleka, the current deputy governor of Ekiti state and the anointed candidate of Governor Ayodele ...

The federal government said that all parts of the country would benefit from projects to sustain its fairness and equality policy. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Saturday, July 14, at the Alex Ekwuem Federal University Ndifu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) Ebonyi, ...

As the election in Ekiti state enters the final stage on Sunday, July 15, Dr Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken an early lead. The APC candidate has won in seven of the eight local government ...

Voting in Ekiti state commenced early with the arrival of voting materials and INEC officials, smooth working of most Card Readers, peaceful conduct of electorates and civil conduct of the security agents. Voting commenced early in most areas. Starting from ...

These nursing mothers were seen queueing up to exercise their voting rights as Ekiti state votes to elect a new governor.  

A mass burial was held at Tabbannin Gera village Sokoto on Tuesday, for 32 people killed by suspected bandits at four villages in Sokoto and Zamfara States. The bandits were said to have invaded the villages with over 100 motorcycles at ...

A U.S. service member died on Thursday from wounds sustained in a combat operation in eastern Afghanistan, according to a brief statement from the Department of Defense. Neither the branch of military nor the name of the service member was ...

The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adjust dates for presidential and National Assembly primaries ahead of the 2019 elections. The call was sequel to a motion by Balarabe Salame (Sokoto-APC) at plenary in ...

Duduzane Zuma, son of former South African president Jacob Zuma, attends the Randburg Magistrate Court on homicide charges related to a fatal car crash in 2014, in Randburg, near Johannesburg, South Africa July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko A South African ...

Former Minister of Environment in Bayelsa state, Lionel Jonathan-Omo, has died after he slumped and fell from a balcony in his country home in Ogbolomabiri area of Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of the state yesterday July 12th.   According to reports,  ...