Four African heads of state landed in The Gambia on Tuesday with a mission to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to leave office, as the country’s election commission was locked down by police.

Promoters of MMM Nigeria, known as Guiders have urged Nigerians to remain calm as the one month freezing of all accounts of the scheme is a measure adopted to ensure sustainability and stability of the scheme.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti- The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to “defreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank with immediate effect. Justice Taiwo Taiwo who held that the anti-graft agency did not follow due process in taking such an action, described the EFCC […]

An Afghan boy who became an online hit after wearing a homemade shirt bearing Argentina captain Lionel Messi’s famous national team number 10 has met his hero.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma says that the Federal Government will issue new oil licences as part of efforts to explore new streams of revenues to fund the 2017 budget.

The Kebbi State Government says it will deploy 1,500 out of 2,000 youths under the N-Power programme to teach in rural areas as part of efforts to improve the standard of education in the state.

On Friday, 9th of December, 2016, I was at the Force Headquarters, Abuja to attend the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day put together by United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria (UNOY) and Network for Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIM).

The trial of Emeka Mba, former Director General of Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), could not hold due to absence of counsel to EFCC at Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has threatened that he would expose secrets that are capable of sinking Nigeria. Kanu gave the threat at his resumed trial on Tuesday.

The Police arraigned a 24 – year old man before an Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ court on Tuesday for allegedly disappearing with sales money from the shop of the wife of Oyo state Gov. Ajimobi.

Arsene Wenger feels guilty about Arsenal’s Champions League failures and the Frenchmen is hoping a quote from the Bible can act as inspiration when they face Bayern Munich in the round of 16.

Africa’s representatives at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be decided over the coming days as the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Lagos from Tuesday.

The Executive Director of the Women Advocates’ Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), Barr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi has warned that the burden of poverty and hunger in the society would persist, if the efforts of women farmers are not recognised and assisted.

The Kwara State government says its forthcoming solar-powered street lights project, Light Up Kwara (LUK), will be funded for over 10-year period under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and through the Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund(IFK).

The Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday expressed readiness to contest the Rivers South-East Senatorial District’s re-run election result at the tribunal.