A Rivers State-born athlete, Meneye Nimi-Jack, has won the World Kickboxing Federation, WKF, Championship title.

THE Federal government has been tasked to return Nigeria on track towards winning the war against polio by meeting its $181 million immunisation funding requirement for 2017/ 2018.

Suspected elements of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists who were foraging for food, Monday, ambushed troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE escorting commercial vehicles from Damboa to Maiduguri, at Sanda general area, Borno State and killed five civilians as well as wounding three soldiers.

THE Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described the Nigerian contingent to the Rio Paralympics in Brazil as true heroes, who gave their best to their fatherland. Ekweremadu noted that with 12 medals, including eight gold medals, and six World Record-breaking performance, the Team had not only put up the best performance […]

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has replied to a jibe by teammate John Terry, who accused Mikel of always sleeping.

Lecturers and students in Niger on Monday launched a week-long strike, paralysing universities across the country in protest over the non-payment of salaries and grants.

Robbers hijacked the bus of a Venezuelan first-division football team and held the squad for more than two terrifying hours at gunpoint, even taking their clothes and footwear, the club said Monday.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, assured the international community that his administration was already implementing several people-oriented programmes to meet the humanitarian needs of the over two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria.

As the October 9 date for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and the Chipolopolo of Zambia looms, the Football Association of Zambia are stepping up efforts to ensure they grab the three points at stake.

SOLICITOR to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Ibifaka Goodluck Jonathan, First Law Associates, has given the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, 14 days with effect from September 18 to defreeze her accounts and tender a public apology to her.

Mr Lanre Ogunsuyi, Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Youth and Sports, has defended the proposed construction of a new governor’s office, saying it is not a waste of public funds as it is aimed at providing security for Gov. Ayodele Fayose.

Twitter announced Monday it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets, in the latest effort to broaden the appeal and boost the user base of the social network. The new policy announced in May and now in effect no longer factors in certain add-ons, including pictures, into a message’s length.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready for the Sept. 28 gubernatorial elections.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has started the process of creating incentives for investors across all parts of the gas value chain to ensure maximum use of the nation’s vast resource.

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government has found a willing partner in the publishers of Nigerian Online Newspaper in its quest to change the perception about Nigeria which is in line with the recently launched ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign.