Nigeria Wednesday beat hosts Senegal 1-0 to reach the final of the CAF under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, and also cemented their participation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Oghenkaro Etebo scored from the spot to break the hearts of the Senegalese and the home crowd who were expectant of a victory. But the introduction […]

Senate investigation into the alleged N25 billion Treasury Single Account (TSA) has taken a different turn with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) trading blames.

Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says the social media space needed clean up as the use of outright abuses and insults instead of constructive criticisms was wrong.

Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says James Faleke will be replaced as deputy governor-elect should the need arise.
Odigie-Oyegun said this in Abuja on Wednesday in an interaction with newsmen.

Nigeria’s Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka warned the government against any harsh crackdown on pro-Biafran activists in an interview broadcast Wednesday after an upsurge in separatist protests.

The newly elected governor of Kogi State, Alh. Yahaya Bello was today issued with a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission at Lokoja.

Your mandate is simple, to investigate and report the entire process culminating in the adoption, remuneration and otherwise of TSA including determining the cost of such project

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has avowed that Nigeria cannot continue to be a consuming nation that depends on other nations even for her basic needs

The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, Upstream, and Downstream, to investigate the lingering crisis in the supply petroleum products in the country. This followed a motion moved by Rep. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama (PDP-Edo) which was unanimously adopted.

The Naira on Wednesday continued to depreciate at the parallel market as it exchanged for N249 to the dollar. The naira lost N1 on Wednesday afternoon to close at N249, as against its previous value of N248.

Last night, Tuesday, December 8th saw one of the most intense discussions on Nigerian television as the MTV #BaseNaijaHottestArtist 2015 round table premiered on MTV Base.

Garry Monk has been sacked as manager of Swansea City following a run of one win in 11 Premier League games, the Welsh club announced on Wednesday.

The Senate President Dr.Bukola Saraki yesterday said there was no anti-social media bill before the senate. Speaking on the sideline of Lagos Business School Dinner in which he was a guest, Saraki said “We have only debated the Principle of the bill, we have not gone into the details of the bill, so if there is any part of the bill that does not conform to human right, be rest assured that the senate will do the proper thing. So there was no bill that was brought forward called social media bill.

-To realize the December deadline to stamp out insurgency in Nigeria, President of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Boni Yayi, has pledged to send 800 soldiers to fight alongside Nigerian troops.

Tension Wednesday heightened in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital as thousands of All Progressive Congress APC supporters, men, women and youths took to the streets in protest of the cancellation of the rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw local government area.