Popular blogger and social commentator, Japheth Omojuwa has been nominated for the 2016 Peace Achievers Awards alongside Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and popular dancehall artiste Patoranking. Other nominees for this year’s award include Gover… link to this post
No fewer than seven persons were feared dead yesterday evening in Akokwa community in Ideato North council of Imo State, following a bloody clash between the Hausa/Fulani community and the indigenes. It was gathered that trouble started when a membe… link to this post
In a dramatic twist to the row over the 2016 budget padding allegations causing disharmony in the House of Representatives, the hunter now appears to be the hunted, going by emerging development. The erstwhile Chairman of the Committee on Appropriat… link to this post
Pope Francis left the Vatican on Friday to visit a Catholic charity that is giving shelter to women rescued from forced prostitution, the Vatican said on Friday. Francis met 20 women at the Community Papa Giovanni XXIII in Rome, including six from R… link to this post
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the crash in world oil prices has suddenly made Nigeria poor, adding that the past one year has been very difficult for his administration.He spoke at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja while receiv… link to this post
Business entrepreneur and mother of 2, Kim Kardashian put her amazingly toned body on display during a walk to the studio on Friday afternoon. She seems to have reached her goal of 120 pounds, which she said was her pre-pregnancy weight, a feat she … link to this post
APC National chairman John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday said during the election campaigns in 2015, their party knew that things in Nigeria were bad but never knew how bad it was. Oyegun said this while speaking at a surprise birthday party held for him … link to this post
The Presidential Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement (CADEP) has traced about N2billion meant for the purchase of vehicles for the Nigerian Army to the accounts of five children of a former Chief of Army Staff. The Nation reports tha… link to this post
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the ministry will soon embark on “Buy Nigeria Campaign’’ to raise awareness on local contents. The minister made the disclosure when the management of Omatek Ventures Plc de… link to this post
By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me say right away that the biggest problem confronting our world today is that of mass unemployment. I have decided to address this issue today as it portends grave danger and unprecedented chaos especially in A… link to this post
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, gave reasons why he failed to surrender himself to be interrogated by the Police Special Investigating Panel over alleged padding of the 2016 budget. Speaker of the House of Repres… link to this post
As the controversy surrounding the alleged padding of the 2016 budget continues, a member of the House of Representatives and Chairman House Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo, says they were elected to pad the budget as it is thei… link to this post
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) today shot dead a suspect in an anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario, according to several media reports. Canadian media reports say police had raided a property in Strathroy, about 225km… link to this post
President Buhari today said the sudden fall in oil price in the international market has made Nigeria to become a poor country. He said this while speaking at a meeting with the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and un… link to this post
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, at a special edition roundtable organised by Women in Business, a non-profit women advocacy organisation, in Abuja on Wednesday, lamented the Central Bank’s prevailing fiscal regime, saying the bank’s 14… link to this post
