Police were searching Saturday for a gunman who killed at least four people and wounded one other during a shooting at a mall in the US state of Washington.

At the advent of renewed mindless attacks by Fulani herdsmen on fellow Nigerians with the height of it all coming in Agatu and Enugu where, as usual, hundreds of innocent and defenceless citizens were mowed down in cold blood, invasions which caused a huge outcry among well-meaning Nigerians and the international community, several eminent Nigerians have risen in defence of the herdsmen designated the fourth most dangerous terrorist group in the world by the Global Terror Index, claiming an alibi for them by saying that they are not Nigerians.

Monday’s US presidential debate, a combat of titans pitting the Democrat Hillary Clinton against the Republican Donald Trump, is sure to be a major moment in the campaign, with just six weeks left before the November 8 election.

The governments of the United Kingdom and the U.S. on Friday pledged additional 80 million pounds and 41million dollars, respectively, to the Lake Chad Basin to support those affected by the Boko Haram crises.

Marrying someone who once had a blood covenant is like marrying a married man who already had a commitment before

President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, risking a fierce public backlash and rare congressional rebuke. While expressing “deep sympathy” for the families of the victims, Obama said the law would be “detrimental to US national interests.” The White House tried and failed to have the legislation […]

Dr Vincent Akpotai, the Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has fixed final verification of staff and pensioners of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to hold between Oct.3 and Oct. 21.

Some people have asked us why we are bringing this campaign without even fulfilling our own promise of change. And our answer is very simple: If for instance, this campaign had been on before now and the tenet of the campaign had been imbibed we would not be where we are today. If Nigerians had imbibed the spirit of the campaign, I am sure the kind of corruption, stealing, mindless destruction of assets, and the huge appetite for imported goods would have been checked and we would have probably had a healthier balance sheet than we have today.

HAD ex-First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan not claimed ownership of $31.4 million found in the bank account of a former presidential aide, Mr. Waripome Dudafa, the issue may not have been made public by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

An online platform, PerSecondsNews.com, on Friday reactivated a long running campaign of calumny against businessman, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu in an article titled “Kachikwu on the run, wanted for graft charges”.

The Kaduna State Government on Friday performed the ground breaking for its $120 million Vicampro Potato Farm and Processing facility in Manchok, Kaura.

Members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during a protest on Friday in Abidjan suburb of Treichville.

Former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, yesterday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari, against rushing to heed to calls by some eminent Nigerians to sell-off some of the country’s national assets, as a way of reviving the nation’s ailing economy.

SENATOR Matthew Urhoghide is the Director General of the Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu Campaign Organization. In this interview ahead of Wednesday governorship election in Edo State, he insists that the PDP, barring rigging and manipulation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, security agencies and the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party at the federal level, his party will win the election. He also speaks on the postponement of the election, blaming INEC for allowing itself to be manipulated by security agencies.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, announced a deficit of N24.18 billion for the month of July 2016.