Eduardo Cunha ,President of Brazil’s Lower House, on Thursday said that the parliament was set to commence impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Cunha said Rosseff was suspected of falsification of state accounts, among other crimes.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 29-year-old man, Nurudeen Egeberongbe, for allegedly dealing in drugs. Egeberongbe is facing a two-count charge of drug dealing. Justice Mohammed Yunusa ordered the remand of the accused after the prosecution and defence counsel had argued for and against the bail applications of the accused.

A 39-year-old legal practitioner, Odunayo Oladayo, who allegedly defrauded a widow of N500,000 was on Thursday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused who resides at No.15, Odunsi St. Meiran, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, false pretence and stealing.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey had proof Russia was involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, countering “immoral” Russian allegations that his own family was importing oil from the jihadists. “We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world,” Erdogan said in a televised address in Ankara.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey’s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Russia’s warplanes as Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline project. As Putin fired another salvo in his mounting war of words with NATO member Turkey his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he had “proof” that Russia was involved in illegal oil trading with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.

More than a dozen people were arrested on Thursday in Switzerland in connection with corruption allegations at football’s international governing body, a FIFA report said. Some of the pre-dawn arrests were made at the same hotel where other FIFA officials were arrested in May, the report said.

Dr Frank Ozoh, former Coordinator, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Institute, has urged the commission to ensure that political stakeholders in Kogi adhere to due process during the state supplementary election. He told newsmen by telephone on Thursday in Abuja that INEC should ensure that stakeholders follow due process in deciding who would become the governorship candidate for All Progressives Congress in the state.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday paid a private visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting went without media coverage It lasted less than an hour. The president who arrived the villa, cladded in blue flowing gown, without the usual horde of aides did not […]

The Senate Minority leader and lawmaker representing Akwa-Ibom North West, Godswill Akapbio, has assured Nigerians that the senate will not pass into law any bill with the aim of sending social media users to jail.

Sebastian Coe, President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), on Thursday said he would clean up athletics from its current mess. According to InsideGames, an online portal, Coe spoke to the British Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sports Committee during an inquiry on recent excessive doping cases in world athletics in London.

The ‎‎Supreme Court, today, fixed February 5 to determine ‎the appeal seeking to quash the 13-count criminal charge that the Federal Government preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCT.

An Indian national, Mr Somen Debnath, on Thursday said that he arrived Lagos on bicycle after visiting 110 other countries in the last 11 years through same means.

America’s epidemic of gun violence has struck again and claimed 14 lives, this time at the hands of a heavily armed man and woman who shot up a Christmas party in California and were later gunned down by police.

The Nigerian Communications Commission has sharply reduced a hefty penalty slapped on South African telecoms giant MTN over unregistered SIM cards, the company said on Thursday.

More than a dozen people were arrested on Thursday in Switzerland in connection with corruption allegations at football’s international governing body, a FIFA report said.