The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in the state has thrown its weight behind the candidature of the incumbent deputy governor, Dr. Pius Odubu.

The Presidency has said that the Government of President Mohammadu Buhari has not forgotten the welfare packages of all staff and security operatives working at the presidential villa, Abuja, but working to streamline the payment methodologies.

The wife of the embattled Chief Executive Officer of Oneplus Nigeria Limited and cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Stella Azibaola, on Wednesday, has regained her freedom from Kuje prison.

By Esther Onyegbula Residents of Mebamu community are now living in fear of attacks from rampaging cultists, who are on rampage in the rustic community in the densely-populated Okoko area of Lagos. A father of three, Steven Boyo, was shot, cut in the throat and fingers. The suspected cultists attacked the community thrice in one week, […]

French police fired tear gas and charged England supporters during trouble in central Lille on Wednesday which left at least one injured, AFP reporters said.

Mobile messaging apps, no doubt, are growing ever more popular – with added social networking features – competing to meet the growing demand for free mobile calling and SMS texting services, across the globe, especially in Nigeria and the rest of the African continent as a result of market demand.

Following the challenge thrown at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by former Defence Minister for State, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, to show evidence of his sons’ involvement in money laundering, the commission said last night that it would not be distracted but would do its job.

Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced on July 6, Judge Thokozile Masipa announces on Wednesday.

Former Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel Dudafa and a bank official, Iwejuo Joseph Nna (aka. Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah) were today Wednesday docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court Lagos on 23-counts of concealment, retention of proceeds of crime and failing to furnish information.

THERE comes a time in politician’s life when his claim to statesmanship is tested. Such a time now beckons on Senator Ali Modu Sherrif, the immediate past chairman of the People’s Democratic Party,PDP. Senator Sherrif, perhaps for good reason, still sees himself as the bonafide chairman of the PDP, insisting that the Port Harcourt Convention of the Party, which produced the Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi and Senator Ben Ndi Obi-led Caretaker Committee was illegal. To give vent to his position, he procured a court order pending determination of the case.

Multi-talented R&B sensation Tobi Emmanuel has dropped his long anticipated hit single ‘Amen’, a song of hope and inspiration. ‘Amen’ is a perfect blend of Afro R&B, with soft melodious tunes sure to rejig your mood on a particularly tough day. It is a song of hope, encouraging the average person grappling with life’s challenges to keep the hustle on however tough it gets.

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress,NLC, Oyo state chapter, Wednesday, staged another massive protest round the city of Ibadan over some education policies the state government has been trying to introduce. The policy which the government describes as a ‘participatory exercise’ is being touted by the Nigeria Union of Teachers in the state as commercialisation of education in the state.

The FBI and US federal prosecutors said Wednesday that threats against Muslims would not be tolerated, after alleged incidents in the wake of of the Orlando gay club massacre, which was carried out by a Muslim gunman.

The decision of the Abia State Government to revive the dreaded vigilante group,  the Bakasi Boys, attracted some critical comments in some quarters, but Governor Okezie Ikpeazu responded that the local security outfit was not a militia group.

The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mr Waziri Adio, said Nigeria lost billions of dollars in 2013 to sharp financial practices in the oil and gas sector. Adio stated this while briefing the Senate on the agency’s 2013 audit report on the oil and gas sector and solid minerals sector in Abuja on Wednesday.